P&C Actuarial Development Program - Senior Analyst, Actuarial - ESS Reserving

Nationwide•Columbus, OH

2d•$69,500 - $129,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is part of Nationwide's P&C Actuarial Rotation Program, specifically on the E&S Specialty Reserving team. It offers strong development, business visibility, and exposure beyond traditional reserving work. The position involves performing complex mathematical and quantitative analyses, building foundational reserving and actuarial skills, and applying actuarial methodologies in a business setting. You will work with modern tools, help build diagnostic capabilities, and contribute to improving how the team explains and understands data. This role provides meaningful exposure to insurance finance, data analysis, and cross-functional partnership, including gaining experience supporting reserving analysis while building a broader understanding of how actuarial, pricing, underwriting, and finance teams collaborate to manage performance and strategy. The program includes structured development, foundational experience in reserving, actuarial analysis, and insurance finance, exposure to a recently modernized team using state-of-the-art tools, and the opportunity to help build diagnostic functionality. It also offers the chance to work with partners outside of reserving, present work to broader leadership, and provides strong long-term career value for those seeking broad actuarial and business experience early in their careers.

Requirements

Ability to learn new actuarial techniques in a fast-paced environment.
Strong organizational skills.
Effective communication skills and a professional presence.
Problem solving ability, innovation, teamwork, and speed to action.
Strong quantitative aptitude and a genuine interest in learning.
Curiosity, enthusiasm, and the ability to learn new tools, concepts, and business applications.
A candidate early in their actuarial career who wants to grow in a developmental rotational environment.
Progress toward actuarial credentialing, including at least one actuarial exam passed.
Academic background in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or a related quantitative discipline.
Ability to explain analysis clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Interest in gaining exposure beyond traditional reserving work through cross-functional partnership.
Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.
Generally, has passed one or more actuarial exams and is actively enrolled into the Actuarial Student Program.
No actuarial experience required.
Basic understanding or ability to learn Microsoft Office products, analytical software and programming languages.
Should have basic competencies including business understanding, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results and learning ability.

Nice To Haves

Internship, rotational, tutoring, teaching, or other early analytical experience.
Exposure to actuarial, analytical, modeling, programming, or data-mining tools.
Insurance, reserving, pricing, underwriting, or broader financial analysis exposure is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Perform complex mathematical and quantitative analyses.
Build foundational reserving and actuarial skills.
Develop the ability to apply actuarial methodologies in a business setting.
Work with modern tools and help build diagnostic capabilities.
Contribute to work that improves how the team explains and understands data.
Generate actuarial analysis alongside reserving leadership in support of business insight and decision-making.
Gain experience supporting reserving analysis while building a broader understanding of how actuarial, pricing, underwriting, and finance teams work together to manage performance and strategy.
Source and manipulate data within standard requirements.
Conduct analysis that adheres to actuarial standards by selecting appropriate data sources and making assumptions to develop recommendations.
Note any unreasonable results and report to leader.
Document assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
Prepare actuarial findings and documents that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.
Adhere to assigned work schedule to ensure timely completion of individual tasks and group projects.
Notify leadership anticipating of any possible missed deadlines.
Participate in peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.
Begin developing business relationships across property and casualty multi-channel finance to provide extraordinary care to all customers.
Complete all required training in a timely manner.
Develop understanding of data mining techniques used to identify new relationships in data.
Gain understanding of, and the ability to use, modeling software.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire