Actuarial Specialist, Surety

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Actuarial Specialist, Property & Casualty

Role Overview: The Specialist, Actuarial - P&C will primarily focus on the surety line of business. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on non-traditional lines and engage in portfolio management using simulations to assess risk and improve models.  Additional responsibilities include work supporting excess casualty transactional pricing and loss rating. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Surety Line of Business:

  • Conduct actuarial analyses and support portfolio management.

  • Use simulations to assess risk, develop assumptions, and improve models.

  • Present findings to underwriters and other stakeholders.

• General Actuarial Support:

  • Develop business relationships across multi-channel finance.

  • Assist with transactional pricing and loss rating.

  • Engage in data analysis.

Must-Have Skills:

• Proficiency in actuarial methodologies and data analysis.

• Strong communication skills for presenting findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Python or R

Work Arrangements:

• It is highly preferred that this role will work on a hybrid schedule, with 2 days per week at one of our office locations in Columbus, OH, Des Moines, IA, or Scottsdale, AZ. This role will be staffed at the F4 internal pay band. 

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Job Description Summary

Our Property and Casualty (P&C) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!

As an Actuarial Specialist, you’ll gain a more thorough knowledge of our actuarial functions for our P&C products. You’ll also perform increasingly complex mathematical and quantitative actuarial analyses that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide to our customers.

This position has the opportunity to be a part of the P&C Actuarial Rotation Program, which will give you the potential opportunity to work on various actuarial, analytics, and risk management teams to learn and develop across different actuarial functions. Should you choose to participate in the program, you will participate in two to three rotations of two years each. Full program details will be provided to you upon your start date.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Continues to develop deeper knowledge of actuarial methodologies, allowing the ability to source and manipulate more complex data within standard requirements.

• Conducts analyses that adhere to actuarial standards by selecting appropriate data sources and making assumptions to develop recommendations. Notes and suggests potential resolution to any unreasonable results and reports to leader.

• Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.

• Prepares and presents actuarial findings and documents that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Adheres to assigned work schedule to ensure timely completion of individual tasks and group projects. Notifies leadership anticipating of any possible missed deadlines and possible impact.

• Performs peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.

• Continues to develop business relationships across PC multi-channel finance. Begin developing relationships in other areas of finance to gain business acumen

• Assists with onboarding and training new associates on standard work processes.

• Uses data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data. Gains understanding and the ability to build models in different software packages. Explores the use of new software packages. Has basic knowledge of predictive modeling.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships:  Reports to an Actuarial, Analytics, or Risk Management leader.

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education:  Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: Generally, has passed four or more actuarial exams and is actively enrolled into the Actuarial Student Program. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE PC INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL STUDENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Experience:  Generally, three or more years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:  General knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases. Proficient in Microsoft Office products, analytical software and programming languages. Should have basic competencies including business understanding, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results and learning ability.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values:  Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA:  The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job.  Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. 

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: 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, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range.

The national salary range for Specialist, Actuarial - P&C : $77,000.00-$159,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Specialist, Actuarial - P&C : $85,500.00 - $128,500.00