Senior Actuarial Analyst

Lyft•New York, NY

5h•$128,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Lyft’s actuarial team serves as a business partner across the organization, applying actuarial expertise to core products and complex pricing challenges. The Senior Actuarial Analyst collaborates with Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Public Policy. The role supports actuarial data and analysis, modeling, reserving, pricing, financial reporting, and competitive analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Actuarial Science, Math, Statistics, Economics, or a similar field.
At least 3 years of relevant internships or entry-level experience in the property and casualty actuarial field.
Personal or commercial auto insurance experience.
Very strong SQL skills.
Working knowledge of GitHub.
Great communication and presentation skills.
Strong organization and time-management skills.
Ability to balance attention to detail with a fast-paced environment.
Passion for actuarial science and eagerness to learn and grow.
Highly innovative.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ETL and R or Python, and an interest in coding and automation.
Experience or knowledge in reserving or pricing.
Experience with competitive analysis or financial statement analysis.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing robust ETL pipelines and maintaining complete and accurate actuarial data for analysis.
Design and build data-monitoring dashboards to drive data insights.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on modeling, reserving, and pricing projects.
Contribute to process changes that promote prompt and accurate data delivery to cross-functional teams.
Support financial reporting by providing key actuarial inputs and analysis.
Support competitive analysis by researching financial statements, insurance company filings such as Schedule P, and other industry papers.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely completion of tasks.
Take ownership of assigned tasks and drive insightful analysis.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance options, with additional programs available when enrolled.
Mental health benefits.
Family-building benefits.
Child-care and pet benefits.
401(k) plan with company match.
12 observed holidays.
Discretionary paid time off for salaried team members; hourly team members receive 15 days of paid time off.
18 weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
Subsidized commuter benefits.
Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.
Flexible scheduling during exam preparation and continuing-education support for FCAS.