Actuarial Manager

Venerable; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Venerable seeks a Financial Planning and Analysis Actuarial Manager to lead reporting and analytics from the Controllership team. You will collaborate with Finance and Risk, including Valuation, Hedging, RBC, and Capital Projections, to deliver actionable insights and improve processes.

You will drive financial reporting accuracy, participate in strategic initiatives, and mentor a team of actuaries and analysts to strengthen overall controls and decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Finance or related business discipline; FSA or Career ASA.
• 7+ years financial, insurance industry, or actuarial experience.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of insurance products and regulation.
• Excellent communication across diverse audiences; ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Ability to challenge methodologies and manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Managerial experience; able to coach and develop team members.
• Willingness to learn and grow across accounting standards and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with actuarial valuation teams to understand monthly results.
• Interface with business partners to improve analytics and transparency of results.
• Evaluate financial models to compare actual results with projections.
• Streamline financial data processes and improve controls.
• Support technology initiatives that enhance analytics efficiency.
• Lead corporate projects aligned with company strategy.
• Assist accounting teams with regulatory requests and projections.
• Lead, coach, and develop the actuarial/finance team.

Skills

Financial analysis

Actuarial knowledge

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory knowledge

Data storytelling

Education

Actuarial degree

FSA/ASA

Job description

As a Financial Planning and Analysis Actuarial Manager you will report directly to a VP Managing Actuary within Venerable’s Controllership team, which holds responsibility for actuarial analysis, and financial reporting. This position will collaborate with actuaries in the Finance and Risk departments, including Valuation, Hedging, RBC, Capital Projections, Investment Risk and Analytics. Additionally, this role is expected to implement solutions that contribute to quality improvements and work process effectiveness.

Primary responsibilities:

• Prepare and assist with monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for key stakeholders.
• Closely collaborate with the actuarial valuation team in developing and understanding monthly financial results.
• Interface with key business partners throughout the organization, particularly with our actuarial functions, to improve the level of analytics and the timeliness of them, while effectively communicating the story behind results.
• Evaluate the company financial models to better compare actual results.
• Implement ways to better streamline financial data.
• Support technology initiatives that will improve efficiency and enhance control of financial analytics.
• Work on corporate projects and initiatives that supports the strategy of the company.
• Assist accounting teams in the state insurance department and regulatory requests on financial projections.
• Lead and develop team, by effective goal setting, coaching and feedback.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Finance or related business discipline FSA or Career ASA
• 7+ years financial, insurance industry, or actuarial experience
• Excellent analytical skills and deep knowledge of insurance products, regulations, or insurance company structure from prior experience in roles such as pricing, modeling, valuation, risk management, inforce management, experience studies, hedging
• Ability to appropriately and professionally communicate complex concepts across multiple and varied audiences; internally and externally
• Ability to use own knowledge to challenge current methodologies/approaches and develop and execute on solutions to complex actuarial problems Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Managerial experience required. Able to lead, coach and advise team members.
• Strong desire to learn and grow; shows willingness to gain expertise in other areas, including but not limited to accounting standards, besides current areas of expertise to strengthen overall.

Note: At this time, we are not considering applicants who require any form of immigration sponsorship to work in the United States now or in the future.

This includes F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, H-1B, TN, and other similar visa types.

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Every position at Venerable has responsibility for living out the company's values as described here:

Venerable Values:

• We are Courageous - We think critically, ask "why?" and seek out creative solutions.
• We are Curious - We take calculated risks, learn from out failures, and challenge traditional ways of thinking.
• We are Connected - We are connected to each other, our customers and our community.

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