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On the Nationwide Actuarial Modeling Team

• We care about your development. Your leaders will work with you to find opportunities to further develop your technical and leadership skills, to give you an advantage when you are ready for the next step in your career.
• We have integrated remote and on-site work, so if you are remote, you won’t miss out on anything that is happening in the office.
• We have fun. We enjoy showing off our competitive nature during online games of charades or challenging the leadership teams in a game of trivia.

Job Profile Summary:

The Sr. Actuary on the Modeling Team is responsible for leading a team through multiple aspects of model development and maintenance supporting all major actuarial functions including valuation, forecasting, pricing, cash flow testing and risk management. The role oversees the development and maintenance of our GGY AXIS models in consultation with the application owners from all actuarial functions. The role provides technical expertise to modeling approaches and methodologies and ensures integration of end-to-end model development, from data to output, and adherence to enterprise model risk standards. This is a leadership role that requires strong communication skills, actuarial knowledge, and modeling skills, necessary to lead a team through the execution of model development and maintenance.

Job Description

Reports To: Sr. Director

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the Annuities Model Lead with setting the vision for the team and translating strategic priorities into operational reality; aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities and internal processes to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results
• Lead the team through the implementation of new products or regulations in GGY Axis
• Oversee the QE/YE production process for multiple applications and lines of business
• Assist actuarial internal customers with GGY Axis modeling needs
• Manage 3-4 actuarial associates

Required Leadership skills:

• Ability to connect associates to the enterprise vision and help them understand how we support the
• company’s overall success
• Demonstrated capability to establish job clarity and work priorities
• Passionate about leading by example, and acting as a coach to help associates discover insights on their own

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis
• At least 10 years of relevant actuarial experience, minimum 5 years of FSA level work
• Modeling expertise: GGY AXIS expert
• Product knowledge: Variable Annuity – expert
• Application knowledge: Stat and GAAP Valuation and Forecasting, Pricing, Cash Flow Testing and Risk Management – proficient
• Technical skills: Microsoft Excel, SQL, Tableau or Power BI – proficient
• Strong communication skills

This role will be staffed at the internal payband of H5. This role can be fully remote.

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Job Description Summary

Our Nationwide Financial Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Actuary, you’ll be an expert, providing leadership, direction and oversight for the creation and performance of sophisticated actuarial techniques and procedures and risk analysis. You’ll handle research and direct others to ensure efficient, consistent and integrated data and analysis. We’ll count on you to provide a strategic vision for the team and deliver business recommendations that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide our customers. You’ll work independently and may directly or indirectly lead others.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic direction and knowledge for the compilation, categorization and analysis of data and financial reporting and analysis.

• Constructs sophisticated testing tools and analyzes product calculations.

• Leads, provides expertise and builds strategies for pricing and implementation of products.

• Constructs, maintains and completes Actuarial, Projection & Valuation Models.

• Analyzes risks and reinsurance for lines of business.

• Establishes reserves and other valuation items under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP and tax) for products.

• Builds cohesive presentations, communication strategies and recommendations of actuarial findings that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences at the OCFO leadership level.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Actuarial leader.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or similar background requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: FSA required. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Experience: Typically, at least eight years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Experienced knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases; knowledge of company operations, products, systems and actuarial methodologies. Knowledge of industry and regulatory practices is vital. Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (including VBA within Access and Excel), analytical software (such as tableau) and programming languages. Proficient level of organizational agility, influencing skills, strategic agility, inspiring others, business perspective and accounting. Mastery level of perspective, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, analysis, learning.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, capabilities and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range.

The national salary range for Sr Actuary, NF : 129,000.00-244,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Sr Actuary, NF : 139,000.00 - 207,000.00