Director & Actuary (Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) or Remote)

Brighthouse Financial • Charlotte, NC

5d • $160,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Director & Actuary, you'll be responsible for being the business lead within the annuity valuation group who is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and appropriateness of the VM-21, Variable Annuity (VA), Shield (RILA) and Fixed Deferred Annuity (FA) valuation models. Act as the key contact working with the actuarial modeling team on valuation model development projects as well as the key contact for all questions and analysis related to the products and calculations. Set the strategy for developing and maintaining robust valuation models, controls, and processes to support the analysis and production work performed by the annuity valuation team. This role will report to the Leader of Deferred Annuity Valuation and collaborate with other departments' leads to achieve strategic goals and inform key stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience with increasing responsibilities within an actuarial department
• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) is required.
• Strong interpersonal and project/people management skills
• Experience in valuation, pricing, or actuarial modeling
• Knowledge of Statutory and GAAP valuation
• Strong experience in Deferred Annuity products and actuarial valuation principles is required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences and regulators.
• Must have strong ability to make decisions; ability to consider multiple aspects while making business decisions

Nice To Haves

• Experience in validating actuarial valuation models for Deferred Annuity products, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to model governance standards a huge plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with pricing, product, actuarial modeling, annuity valuation and others to develop specifications and scope of valuation model releases.
• Work closely with the actuarial modeling team as they implement model updates for a given model release, addressing any questions and decisions as they arise.
• Lead analysis and validation of annuity valuation models culminating in signoff for each model release.
• Work with actuarial modeling to enhance attribution and sensitivity capabilities of valuation models.
• Work with actuarial modeling, pricing, and other partners to implement VM-22 for FA.
• Develop and maintain excel single cell and single scenario validation tools for all applicable use cases including VM-21 and MRB for VA and legacy CARVM for FA.
• Validate valuation models against pricing specs and policy forms, ensuring all material product features and benefits are reflected.
• Work with internal and external audit, model risk management team, and other areas to answer questions and explain model calculations.
• This role will work closely with several teams including annuity valuation, actuarial modeling, pricing, product, reinsurance, IT, CFT, financial projections and hedging.
• Proactively engage with business partners to vet existing methodology, assumptions, or procedures
• Support ad-hoc requests for key initiatives.
• Maintain strong documentation of modeling processes, improvements, and analysis.

Benefits

• Compensation - Base salary ranging from $160,000 - $180,000 plus competitive performance-based incentives determined by company and individual results.
• Flexible Work Environment - Work remotely or in the office to better thrive in all areas of life.
• Paid Time Off - Recharge with a minimum of 20 days of paid time off and 16 paid company holidays per calendar year plus paid volunteer time and paid study time.
• Financial Health - Work toward achieving your financial goals through our 401(k) savings plan with company match (up to 6%) and annual company nondiscretionary contribution (3%), 15% employee stock purchase plan discount, and financial counseling services.
• Health and Wellness - Enjoy competitive medical, vision, and dental plans plus tax-free health savings accounts with potential company contributions up to $1,000 per family.
• Family Support - Care for loved ones with up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents, back-up dependent care, dependent care flexible spending account, and up to a $25,000 lifetime maximum during your adoption, infertility, or surrogacy journey.
• Life and Disability Support - Gain access to company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees