Lead Actuary - Employee Benefits

About the position

At Alliant Insurance Services, we thrive on creating employee benefits solutions built on the idea that health makes growth possible. As top tier professionals dedicated to solving our clients' health and welfare insurance challenges, Alliant team members deliver an unrivaled depth of service, and our unique approach enables us to help clients stay resilient and turn change into opportunity. This position is a chance to join a dynamic, expanding company with prospects for individual and career growth. As one of the 10 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S., Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to clients nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Provides business leadership, analytical expertise, and process oversight for significant strategic initiatives
• Prepares and analyzes various reports to identify trends and deviations
• Conducts analysis by qualitatively and/or quantitatively analyzing data and information, including exploratory data analysis, graphing, forecasting and modeling
• Analyzes and documents complex data and business problems and provides recommendations based on research of performance analysis and business products for optimal business solutions
• Develops reports, presentations and proposals for action and/or implementation plans and presents to management to assist in decision making
• Performs quality assurance checks/peer reviews on the work of other team members/departments
• Reviews and evaluates existing procedures and operations in assigned area; makes recommendations regarding improvements
• Manages key actuarial projects
• Trains or provides guidance to team members
• Complies with agency management system data standards and data integrity (enters and maintains complete and accurate information)
• Infrequent travel required 10% - 20% of the time
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related quantitative field
• Fifteen (15) or more years related work experience
• Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS)
• Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries (FSA)

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to apply actuarial techniques and standards to complex business problems
• Excellent planning, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and time management skills
• Possess high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and within a team and to foster teamwork
• Advanced knowledge of insurance or financial principles and concepts
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products; expert level in Excel