Life and Annuity Principle -Based Reserve Lead

USAA•San Antonio, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a dedicated Life and Annuity Principle-Based Reserving Life Actuary Lead, you will be responsible for technical leadership and process implementation for the calculation, reporting, and forecasting of Life and Annuity Principle-Based Reserves. They will work with the leaders of the Life and Annuity reserving and forecasting teams to ensure that we are compliant with the NAIC valuation manual while creating the processes and controls to optimize these deliverables. Coordinates, prepares, and performs highly complex or specialized actuarial analyses required to develop new products, project future results, re-price existing products, and/or determine financial strength, while also mentoring junior members of the team in these key disciplines. This role is remote eligible in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel. However, individuals residing within a 60-mile radius of a USAA office will be expected to work on-site three or four days per week. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
8 years actuarial experience and attainment of Fellow within the Society of Actuaries; OR 16 years relevant actuarial experience and attainment of Associate within the Society of Actuaries.
Experience advising senior management on issues and serving as a primary resource for cross functional team members on escalated issues of a unique nature.
Demonstrated holistic understanding of the business operations and analytics with ability to communicate clearly to influence business strategies and solutions with key stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of Moody’s AXIS experience
3+ years of VM-20 knowledge
2+ years of experience creating the VM-31 report
1+ year VM-22 knowledge
US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner

Responsibilities

Performs the most complex and unique work assignments that require a high degree of technical expertise utilizing actuarial modeling software driven models for pricing, valuation, and/or risk management.
Reviews laws and regulations to ensure all processes are compliant and provides recommendations for improvements.
Monitors industry communications regarding potential changes to existing laws and regulations.
Oversees model runs and the generation of reports and presents comprehensive analysis of all model runs to Senior Leadership.
Makes comprehensive recommendations for model adjustments and improvements, when appropriate.
Applies a holistic understanding of the business operations and analytics to influence business strategies and solutions.
Manages the most complex projects involving cross-functional actuarial areas and across the enterprise.
Leads project team through concept, planning, execution, and implementation phases.
Defines and outlines new approaches to resolution.
Anticipates, directs, organizes, and oversees the development of reporting resources, and works to improve reporting processes and controls.
Reviews and produces reporting with great attention to detail.
Identifies and resolves reporting problems independently.
Advises senior management on issues and serves as a primary resource for cross functional team members on escalated issues of a unique nature.
Leads and directs model or process governance, integrity, quality, and validation functions utilizing expert knowledge of the business, its products, and processes.
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.