Senior Actuary - Life and Annuity Pricing Modeler
About the Role
As a Senior Actuary - Life and Annuity Pricing Modeler, you'll play a key role in Pacific Life's growth and long-term success by developing and maintaining actuarial models used in life and annuity product pricing, e.g., Index Universal Life (IUL), Variable Universal Life (VUL), Term, Registered Index-Linked Annuity (RILA), Variable Annuity (VA) and Fixed Annuity (FA & FIA) products. You will collaborate with Pricing, R&D, Valuation, and New Business Reporting teams to provide cutting edge modeling and reporting capabilities. You will join a team within the Enterprise Modeling division working to develop Life and Annuity Pricing Models using our in-house C#-based application.
This role is on-site 4 days per week and work from home 1 day per week in Newport Beach, CA, Omaha, NE, or Charlotte, NC. If you are not currently located near one of our offices, we offer comprehensive relocation assistance.
Responsibilities
- Lead pricing model development projects and serve as the modeling Subject Matter Expert for new and existing life and annuity products.
- Apply your knowledge of life and annuity products and regulations to build and maintain our pricing models—a high-speed and user-friendly C#-based pricing system.
- Perform model development, testing, and debugging of pricing models. Peer review changes made by other team members and act as an internal modeling expert for your colleagues.
- Collaborate with other modeling teams on methodology and technology. Validate pricing models against those used in other areas (e.g., Valuation, ALM, etc.).
- Support pricing and research actuaries with competition analysis, profit studies, product management, and speed to market.
- As the model liaison, educate model users on new features developed; support related production implementation efforts through model deployment.
- Support and comply with all Model Risk Management initiatives, documentation, and standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, computer science, finance, mathematics, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in actuarial modeling and coding.
- Proficiency in C#, Python, or other programming languages is preferred.
- Self-starter with the ability to develop solutions by collaborating with multiple business partners.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team and manage long-term projects.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- FSA designation
- Experience coding in C#, Python, or other programming languages.
- Experience working with Azure DevOps and/or JIRA pipelines.
- Experience with software development processes, including CI/CD and version control systems such as Git
- Experience with complex products such as IUL, RILA, and other life and annuity products.
- Experience working with actuarial software, such as Prophet, ALFA, MoSes, or GGY.
- Experience with ALM/Hedging.
Pay
Base salary ranges (location specific):
- Newport Beach, CA: $167,670 - $204,236
- Omaha, NE: $144,810 - $176,990
- Charlotte, NC: $152,370 - $186,230
Benefits
Your benefits start day 1. Your wellbeing is important to Pacific Life, and we're committed to providing you with flexible benefits that you can tailor to meet your needs. Whether you are focusing on your physical, financial, emotional, or social wellbeing, we've got you covered.
- Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
- Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
- Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation