Senior Actuary - Annuity Pricing and Product Development

About the role

This is a visible opportunity to support fixed and indexed annuity pricing, product development, and pricing model ownership in a role that combines hands-on actuarial work with business-facing partnership. The person in this role will help shape product competitiveness, evaluate risk and profitability tradeoffs, and support high-impact product decisions across the annuity business.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance the fixed indexed annuity pricing model used to support product development and pricing decisions
• Lead actuarial pricing analysis for new products, product features, and product changes
• Translate business partner needs and market opportunities into actuarial model updates and pricing recommendations
• Evaluate product competitiveness, profitability, assumptions, and risk tradeoffs across annuity products
• Support the full product development and pricing cycle from concept through internal governance and risk committee presentation
• Perform ad hoc product analysis to help the business respond quickly to market and pricing needs
• Present actuarial findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA)
• Strong actuarial experience in annuity pricing, product development, actuarial modeling, or related actuarial ownership work
• Deep AXIS modeling capability and the ability to work independently in a pricing model environment
• Prior experience owning, updating, or enhancing actuarial models used for pricing or product development
• Ability to assess risk, pricing implications, and business tradeoffs with strong actuarial judgment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively across business, actuarial, and leadership teams

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or similar background requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis
• Typically, at least eight years of actuarial experience

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

Benefits

• 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
• Eight hours of Lifetime paid time off
• Eight hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire