About This Role
This role involves leading complex actuarial projects focused on product development, financial modeling, financial reporting, risk analysis, or data analysis. It suits a professional who can independently apply advanced actuarial principles and collaborate with technical teams to develop actuarial models, databases, and methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Actively participate in or lead small team meetings, cross-functional team meetings, and meetings with senior management
- Manage own time and work with manager to set priorities, set deadlines, and share project status
- Communicate with peers, manager, and senior management orally and in writing, using tools such as email and Microsoft Teams
- Assist in communication with external parties
- Compose reports presenting analysis to senior management
- Create and maintain model documentation in accordance with Jackson’s Model Risk Management Policy, as needed
- Recommend and provide manager level review of changes to the coding and structure of actuarial tools, as assigned
- Lead processes for production of actuarial output, such as calculated reserves, cash flow projections, product pricing, and experience data
- Analyze and validate actuarial output
- Develop improvements in methods and procedures as necessary to improve efficiency and controls
- Lead small team and cross-functional projects, creating project plans and assigning tasks
- Mentor junior associates on technical topics and train them to perform processes
- Serve as an expert resource for selected areas of regulatory, professional, or technical knowledge
- Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or related field of study
- 5+ years actuarial experience and FSA or 8+ years actuarial experience and ASA
- Advanced knowledge of actuarial mathematics/concepts and ability to lead others in applying those concepts to work product
- Advanced knowledge of one or more of insurance product lines (life, annuities)
- Expert in at least one key field of actuarial work (pricing, financial reporting, data analysis, or modeling)
- General understanding of at least one other key field of actuarial work
- Expert knowledge of at least one actuarial application used by Jackson, such as SAS, Python, or ALFA
- Ability to train associates in the use of Jackson actuarial applications
- Ability to guide others in following processes and running actuarial models or programs
- Ability to effectively communicate with actuarial associates at all levels and across functional teams, as well as assist in communications with external parties, verbally and in written form
