Job Details

About the Role

Nationwide Financial is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Actuary, Annuities Valuation to lead a small team within our Variable Annuity (VA) business. This is a fantastic opportunity to manage and contribute to a key product line within our organization.

Key Areas

• Management & Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of actuarial professionals, providing guidance and support in their day-to-day activities.
• Variable Annuity Expertise: Focus on our largest earning segment, the variable annuity line of business, including RILA products.
• Technical Skills: Utilize technical skills and actuarial expertise to contribute to valuation requirements, documentation, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of actuarial professionals.
• Oversee valuation calculations, including Principal Based Reserves, for variable and RILA annuities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.

Additional 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.

Ideal Candidate

• FSA designation required.
• 6+ years of actuarial experience.
• Experience with annuity products or valuation.
• Management experience preferred.
• Strong technical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional Information

• This role can be fully remote.
• This position will be staffed at the internal H5 pay band or lower depending on the qualifications of the candidate.

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.

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 managers 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.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states. For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov)

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or or through other means.

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. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Sr Actuary, NF : $134,000.00-$259,000.00The expected starting salary range for Sr Actuary, NF : $145,000.00 - $219,000.00