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Nationwide Insurance

Life Actuary - Nationwide Financial

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As a team member in the Finance and Internal Audit department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey!

Key Responsibilities:

1. Perform Illustration Actuary self- and lapse-support testing (IAT) in actuarial models for inforce life insurance products that fall under the Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation

  • Perform sensitivity analysis to review impact on IAT of changes to assumptions, charges, hedge costs, etc.

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Document the annual testing including process and model documentation updates, impact and rationale behind assumption changes, and illustration changes

  • Communicate changes with the business and update/review state filings

  • Find and implement opportunities to create efficiencies for next year

  • Maintain compliance with applicable regulation and guidance

  • 2. Assist in life reinsurance analytics and inforce management

    • Provide modeling and recommendations for managing inforce life reinsurance, including rate increase analysis, recapture analysis, and other reinsurance risk analysis

    • Analyze risk and profitability of reinsured blocks of business

    • Support ad hoc reinsurance research and analysis, such as for reinsurance audits and reinsurer questions

    • Maintain and enhance reinsurance data and reporting capabilities

    • Build and implement automated reinsurance reporting, monitoring, and administrative solutions using SQL, Tableau, and VB.Net

    Skills/Competencies:

    • Generally, has attained ASA and is working towards FSA

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

    • At least 3-5 years relevant actuarial experience

    • At least 3 years modeling experience

    • Proficient in at least one of ALFA, Axis, or PolySystems

    • Proficient in SQL

    • Proficiency in Tableau, VB.Net a plus

    • Strong communication skills

    • Strong organization skills

    This position can be staffed at G3 or F3 level

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    Job Description Summary

    Our Nationwide Financial Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools and 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 an Actuarial Consultant, you’ll need to be adept at actuarial functions and know Nationwide Financial (NF) products to perform sophisticated, quantitative actuarial analyses. In addition, we’ll count on you to provide expertise, including consultation and recommendations, on actuarial models and issues.

    Key Responsibilities:



    1. Perform Illustration Actuary self- and lapse-support testing (IAT) in actuarial models for inforce life insurance products that fall under the Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation

    Perform sensitivity analysis to review impact on IAT of changes to assumptions, charges, hedge costs, etc.

    Document the annual testing including process and model documentation updates, impact and rationale behind assumption changes, and illustration changes

    Communicate changes with the business and update/review state filings

    Find and implement opportunities to create efficiencies for next year

    Maintain compliance with applicable regulation and guidance

    2. Assist in life reinsurance analytics and inforce management

    Provide modeling and recommendations for managing inforce life reinsurance, including rate increase analysis, recapture analysis, and other reinsurance risk analysis

    Analyze risk and profitability of reinsured blocks of business

    Support ad hoc reinsurance research and analysis, such as for reinsurance audits and reinsurer questions

    Maintain and enhance reinsurance data and reporting capabilities

    Build and implement automated reinsurance reporting, monitoring, and administrative solutions using SQL, Tableau, and VB.Net



    Skills/Competencies:

    Generally, has attained ASA and is working towards FSA

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

    At least 3-5 years relevant actuarial experience

    At least 3 years modeling experience

    Proficient in at least one of ALFA, Axis, or PolySystems

    Proficient in SQL

    Proficiency in Tableau, VB.Net a plus

    Strong communication skills

    Strong organization skills

    Job Description

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Compiles, categorizes and analyzes data.

    • Performs construction of testing tools and analysis of product calculations.

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

    • Performs financial reporting and analysis.

    • Leads pricing and implementation of products.

    • Analyzes risks for lines of business.

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

    • Performs reinsurance analysis and pricing.

    • Supports and may develop effective communication strategies and recommendations to leadership.

    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: Generally, has attained ASA and is actively enrolled in the Actuarial Development Program; working towards FSA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

    Experience: Typically, three to five years of actuarial experience.

    Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases. Proficient in Microsoft Office products (including VBA within Access and Excel), analytical software (such as tableau) and programming languages. Should have basic competencies including: command skills, strategic agility, delegation, motivating others, business perspective, and accounting. Should have highly-developed competencies in: business understanding, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, and learning ability.

    Other criteria, including leadership skills, proficiencies 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.

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    Job ID: 39be6cc71e02d7aebe4d4dc934ed0721a00944b272abe76a35b7f7f8ec9ef910
    Employment Type: Other