Sr. Actuary - Filings Transformation Leader - REMOTE
About The Position
Nationwide is hiring a Senior Actuary to lead a multi-year transformation of insurance regulatory filing processes across Commercial Lines, Excess & Surplus, Specialty, and Nationwide Agribusiness. The role will oversee current filing capabilities while defining and carrying out a roadmap to centralize, simplify, and scale filing work, supporting a more consistent “build once, use many” operating model. The position provides actuarial leadership and oversight for complex analyses, risk assessments, methodologies, and work plans. The Senior Actuary will direct and develop associates, promote consistent actuarial standards, strengthen peer review and governance, and deliver timely, accurate work. The role also partners with Pricing, Legal, Product, Government Relations, Technology, regulators, auditors, and other stakeholders to improve filing efficiency, quality, and responsiveness. The successful candidate will identify opportunities to apply automation, artificial intelligence, and analytical tools to improve processes and turn filing information into insights for profitability reviews. They will communicate complex actuarial findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical senior leaders, build strategic business relationships, and may represent Nationwide’s position with regulators, auditors, and external partners. The role may be performed in an office, hybrid, or fully remote, consistent with Nationwide’s practices, and may be located in any of the lower 48 U.S. states. It reports to an Actuarial leader. The position is exempt from overtime and operates in a normal office environment.
Requirements
- Actuarial designation required, generally FCAS or equivalent qualification appropriate for filing signatory responsibilities.
- Generally, eight or more years of actuarial experience.
- Expert knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical analysis, actuarial models, software, databases, company operations, products, systems, methodologies, and industry and regulatory practices.
- Mastery of Microsoft Office products, analytical software, and programming languages.
- Ability to conduct complex actuarial analyses, make assumptions, recognize considerations, resolve unreasonable results or non-optimal solutions, and use professional judgment.
- Ability to communicate actuarial findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leaders.
- Leadership, collaboration, strategic agility, delegation, motivation, organizational agility, and conflict-management capabilities.
- Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or a similar quantitative field is preferred in the posting, not stated as required.
Nice To Haves
- Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or a similar field involving modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.
- Deep experience with P&C actuarial work, insurance rate filings, or related regulatory processes; commercial lines or personal lines experience may be relevant.
- Experience recognizing how SQL, Excel, Python, R, automation, and AI can accelerate actuarial work and executing on that vision.
- Track record of leading through ambiguity, influencing without relying solely on authority, and moving complex work from concept to delivery.
- Change-oriented, solutions-focused approach, with resilience and a constructive sense of urgency.
Responsibilities
- Lead current-state filings capability and define and execute a long-term filings transformation roadmap.
- Direct Actuarial Associates responsible for ongoing filings, reporting, and implementation work; provide structure, prioritization, coaching, and delivery oversight.
- Partner with Pricing, Legal, Product, Government Relations, Technology, and Departments of Insurance to improve efficiency, quality, and regulatory responsiveness.
- Identify opportunities to use automation, artificial intelligence, and analytical tools to improve processes and generate scalable business insights for profitability reviews.
- Establish peer-review and governance practices, resolve process gaps, and promote consistent actuarial standards across portfolios.
- Translate complex actuarial analysis into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical senior leaders.
- Represent Nationwide’s position with regulators, auditors, and external partners when needed.
- Conduct complex actuarial analyses, select appropriate data and assumptions, exercise professional judgment, and develop recommendations.
- Document assumptions, methods, data sources, and considerations in an organized manner.
- Manage research and strategically develop and oversee multiple work plans to ensure accurate and timely delivery.
- Build strategic business relationships across organizational levels and drive cross-functional collaboration and solution delivery.
- Identify associate skill gaps and develop training materials to support future business needs.
- Advise on strategic data-mining techniques and recommend data and software packages.
- Consult on new or enhanced product opportunities, including data needs, coding implications, and proposal viability and profitability.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off, with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days per full calendar year, prorated quarterly based on hire date
- Nine paid holidays
- Eight hours of Lifetime paid time off
- Eight hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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