Hybrid Senior Actuary – ALM Modeling

at Transamerica

• Job title: Senior Actuary – ALM Modeling
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $157,000 - $175,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cedar Rapids, United States

About the role

• ALM Modeling Senior Actuary at Transamerica building and analyzing models for insurance products and portfolios, enhancing company risk adjusted returns through advanced analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead modeling activities on various insurance liabilities, fixed-income assets and derivatives in actuarial systems, including AXIS.
• Model and quantify risks including equity and interest rate sensitivities, cash flow variability, credit, alternative investment, or liquidity risks.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders from business line valuation, ALM, risk management, financial/risk reporting, etc.
• Embrace new technologies to improve workflows.
• Design and build external or embedded controls to mitigate operating risks in workflows.
• Apply risk management techniques and procedures, including the company's mandated risk methodologies.
• Gather and analyze market data, calculate hedge program or portfolio statistics and develop/use models to simulate financial reporting processes.
• Serve as a company-wide expert in multiple specialties, including portfolio yield projections.
• Act as a subject matter expert for colleagues with less experience.
• Apply and integrate statistical, mathematical, predictive modeling and business analysis skills to manage and manipulate complex high volume data from a variety of sources.
• Design and lead multiple projects, with accountability for ongoing activities and objectives.
• Review the work of others, providing direction and insight on research solutions to problems presented.
• Develop staffing plans, recruit qualified candidates, and develop internal staff resources.
• Lead multiple advanced research projects.
• Interpret internal or external issues and recommend solutions/best practices.
• Solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify solutions.
• Build efficient models and processes
• Apply judgment to modeling choices in a defensible manner.
• Assess the materiality of various modeling and data choices.

Requirements

• FSA or equivalent professional designation along with Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related field, and 8 years of relevant experience.
• In lieu of Bachelor's, will accept Master’s in a listed discipline and 6 years or relevant experience.
• In lieu of FSA will accept ASA or equivalent professional designation and 14 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrates high quality leadership, judgment, organization and prioritization skills.
• Exhibits effective management skills to motivate and develop a staff.
• Effectively communicates, both verbally and in writing, advanced mathematical and analytical concepts to various audiences.
• Works well under pressure and within time constraints to effectively accomplish individual and team objectives.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Bonus for Eligible Employees
• Benefits Package
• Pension Plan
• 401k Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Disability Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Career Training & Development Opportunities
• Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
• Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
• Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
• Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
• Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Back-Up Care Program
• PTO for Volunteer Hours
• Employee Matching Gifts Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• Inclusion and Diversity Programs
• Employee Recognition Program
• Referral Bonus Programs