Actuarial Director - Remote (Seattle, WA)

OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellbeing programs

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Learning & development

Job summary

OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC is seeking an Actuarial Director to lead client data and analytics strategies, conduct actuarial studies, and deliver client solutions. The role requires senior-level actuarial credentials, extensive health benefits knowledge, and strong communication skills.

This position offers remote work with national scope and direct client engagement. The ideal candidate will oversee actuarial models, manage projects end-to-end, and mentor junior staff while collaborating

Qualifications

• Expert analytical skills with data analysis or financial modeling.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven project management and client-facing experience.
• Deep understanding of health insurance, medical stop loss, reinsurance, and employee benefits.

Responsibilities

• Leads development and oversees execution of client data and analytics strategies.
• Conceives, plans and conducts actuarial studies.
• Ensures a financial forecasting system with accurate projections and variance explanations.
• Mentors staff, manages timelines and deliverables.
• Supports business development and client meetings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Client-facing experience

Health insurance knowledge

Education

Actuarial credentials

BA/BS in actuarial science or related field

Tools

MS Excel VBA

R or Python

Job description

Actuarial Director - Remote (Seattle, WA) page is loaded## Actuarial Director - Remote (Seattle, WA)locations: Remote-Washingtontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R9399Employee Benefits is the core of our business and at our heart we are a people-focused organization. Every day, we help over 100,000 employers give their employees peace of mind by providing health, pharmacy, long and short-term disability, vision, dental and other insurance solutions. What makes us unique is that we can surround our clients with more services and more technology-based tools and a team of advisors that simply cares more than anyone else.If you want a career giving people the reassurance that they can have access to the health care they need for themselves and their loved ones, join OneDigital.**Our Newest Opportunity:**The Health & Benefits actuarial department at OneDigital is responsible for developing tools/models and for managing client projects that focus on employers' health benefits strategies, including financial projections, carrier selection, plan design optimization, employee contribution setting, IBNR valuations, benchmarking, well-being initiatives, and renewal negotiations. Centralized at corporate, the department works both with field office analytics and consulting leaders, as well as directly with large clients. The team helps OneDigital colleagues and clients evaluate and optimize their health and welfare programs.As a part of this team, the Actuarial Director creates client deliverables, provides direction to other actuaries and junior analysts, serves as a financial client contact, and presents deliverables to clients in partnership with senior members of client teams. This position provides the opportunity to meet directly with clients, from mid-management to the c-suite; collaborating on different workstreams and sharing ideas and insights. Most often the Actuarial Director is brought in as a subject matter expert, however at other times he/she may lead a project end to end.The Actuarial Director also oversees and helps to develop and maintain OneDigital's tools and actuarial models for measuring client spend and risk exposures. He/she will provide overall direction relative to the development, application and consistent administration of actuarial principles and statistical techniques to ensure sound financials. The Actuarial Director is responsible for the creation and execution of the enterprise data and analytics strategy to drive business value.**Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):*** Leads development and oversees execution of client data and analytics strategies.* Conceives, plans and conducts actuarial studies.* Ensures a financial forecasting system which generates accurate projections relative to cost, claims, administrative expenses, underwriting gains/losses, with the ability to explain variances to senior management.* Devises, collects, maintains, and reports financial and statistical information required to monitor cost and utilization trends in order to assure accuracy of the factors used in current financial arrangements.* Independently determines methodologies and approaches for projects.* Facilitates client meetings, client presentations and internal team meetings.* Leads the development of client deliverables, including written documents.* Manages timelines, including completion of client deliverables.* Ensures all work products are technically peer reviewed and submitted for consulting review.* Actively communicates project status updates with internal team.* Supports business development activities.* Serves as mentor to staff within the department, monitoring work and providing guidance and support ensuring the passage of institutional knowledge.* Performs team leadership responsibilities to include, but not limited to being involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.**Qualifications, Skills and Requirements:*** Expert analytical skills - experience in data analysis or financial modeling* A creative and consultative approach, with an interest in thinking outside of the box* Excellent written and oral communication skills* Proven project management skills and creative problem-solving abilities* Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple complex projects simultaneously* Experience presenting technical concepts to a non-technical audience* Strong presentation skills and consulting project experience - ability to translate results of data analysis into easy-to-understand recommendations for client decision-making* Deep understanding of health insurance, medical stop loss, reinsurance, and ancillary employee benefit products**Education, Training and Experience:*** Minimum 10 years of relevant experience holding relevant actuarial credentials* Experience leading and managing people* 3+ years of experience building risk models* 3+ years of experience with client-facing responsibilities* BA/BS degree in actuarial science, math, finance, economics or related field* Expert level of proficiency with MS Excel (including VBA) and either R or PythonThe typical base pay range for this role nationwide is $220,000 to $240,000 per year.Your base pay is dependent upon your skills, education, qualifications, professional experience, and location. In addition to base pay, some roles are eligible for variable compensation, commission, and/or annual bonus based on your individual performance and/or the company's performance. We also offer eligible employees health, wellbeing, retirement, and other financial benefits, paid time off, overtime pay for non-exempt employees, and robust learning and development programs. You will receive reimbursement of job-related expenses per the company policy and may receive employee perks and discounts.To learn more, visit: www.onedigital.com/careersOneDigital is an equal opportunity employer. Not only as a matter of standard, but to honor and celebrate our differences. We believe that the power of ONE starts with you. We are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture that celebrates diversity, insists on equity and inclusion, and connects us. Ensuring our people feel **seen, valued, respected, and supported** is fundamental to our core values and business goals.OneDigital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law (collectively, \"protected characteristics\"). A copy of the Federal EEO poster is linked .Pursuant to local Fair Chance Ordinances, we will consider qualified applications with arrest or conviction records for employment. For applicable candidates, the following ordinances are linked here to inform you of your rights as an applicant:Employment decisions shall comply with all other applicable federal, state and city/county laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. OneDigital complies with all criminal history inquiry [or 'ban the box'] laws in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.*In short, we believe in hiring the most qualified applicant for the position, regardless of background.*If you have questions about our hiring policies and practices, we would be happy to discuss upon receiving your application. We hope to welcome you to