Senior Actuary - Prophet Specialist/ Prophet Model Merger

Pacific Life•Charlotte, NC

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Pacific Life is seeking a Senior Actuary to join its Enterprise Modeling Team as a Prophet Specialist/Prophet Model Merger. The team is accountable for model controls and governance, integration, regression testing, and model defect resolution. The role works with the Model Steward and other Prophet Model Developers and collaborates with actuarial developers, data and IT, valuation, pricing, and modeling teams across the organization. The position focuses on production aspects of the model development life cycle, including testing valuation and production model implementation and conversion projects such as model merges, library upgrades, and system upgrades. It supports user acceptance testing (UAT), model validation, code changes and merges into the Master model, defect resolution, documentation, and approvals. The role also helps oversee model staging and integration, supports Enterprise Prophet users, and partners with IT and business areas to improve and automate modeling workflows. The position is on-site four days per week and work from home one day per week in Newport Beach, California; Omaha, Nebraska; or Charlotte, North Carolina. Comprehensive relocation assistance is offered to candidates who are not currently located near an office. The actual title will reflect the selected candidate’s experience and exam progress.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, computer science, finance, mathematics, or a related field.
At least 6 years of actuarial experience.
FSA designation.
At least 4 years of model development experience with Prophet Professional and Prophet Enterprise.
Experience coding in Python, Visual Basic, and SQL.
Ability to develop solutions collaboratively with multiple business partners.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team and manage long-term projects.
Detail-oriented, with strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Nice To Haves

Production and/or project management skills.
Process improvement and automation experience.
Cloud experience.

Responsibilities

Execute production aspects of the model development life cycle related to testing valuation and production model implementation and conversion projects, including model merges, library upgrades, and system upgrades.
Support user acceptance testing (UAT), model validation, code changes, and merges into the Master model.
Support model defect resolution and mitigation.
Maintain model documentation and collaborate with developers and stakeholders to obtain appropriate review and UAT documentation, impacts under key reporting bases, and evidence of required approvals for model changes.
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve model management workflows.
Help oversee staging and integration of production models across all use cases in PE.
Partner with IT and functional areas to develop effective solutions that simplify modeling, model review, and testing processes.
Provide troubleshooting and user support for Enterprise Prophet users.