Actuary

USAA; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 127,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services provider as an Actuary, where you'll leverage your expertise to drive strategic decisions and mentor junior analysts. This role offers the chance to work on complex projects and contribute to the organization's mission of empowering the military community.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Pension

Paid Time Off

Wellness Programs

Professional Development Support

Qualifications

• 4 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience.
• Demonstrated advanced skills in statistical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced actuarial knowledge to complete complex projects.
• Lead special actuarial projects and train new team members.

Skills

Actuarial Knowledge

Data Analysis

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

ACAS Credential

Tools

Python

R

SQL

SAS

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Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service, and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated credentialed Actuary on the Forecasting Team, you will provide accurate and insightful projections for forecast processes and communicate results to key business partners at all levels to drive key strategic decisioning conversations. You will also provide mentorship and guidance to more junior team members to foster a culture of learning and development.

Additional responsibilities may include leveraging advanced knowledge in pricing to lead and complete broad, complex unstructured projects with countrywide product-level impact.

This position can work remotely in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel.

What You'll Do

• Apply advanced actuarial knowledge to complete broad and complex projects (e.g., evaluates and selects methodology to price new discount/endorsement for countrywide rollout; develops alternative methodologies to comply with complex regulatory requirements; selects metrics and designs processes to monitor model performance; translates business problems into technical requirements and performs required analysis to develop solutions; independently runs catastrophe models and interprets and communicates results to support critical business activities, while enhancing the control environment as needed).
• Utilize advanced actuarial, mathematical, or statistical techniques to augment actuarial work product.
• Lead special actuarial projects, such as the development of new methodologies or reporting tools.
• Train new team members on the theory and mechanics of relevant actuarial methodologies.
• Apply deep understanding of products supported, stakeholders’ needs, and industry trends to solve unstructured business problems.
• Identify and anticipate compliance gaps and process improvements; develop solutions to mitigate risk.
• Represent Actuary in cross-functional efforts.
• Develop written communication and presentations that effectively convey data-driven solutions to broad audiences, including cross-functional executive leadership.
• Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree; OR 4 years of related Actuarial/business/analytical experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 4 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience.
• Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) Credential.
• Demonstrated advanced skills with relevant actuarial, mathematical, and statistical techniques and approaches used to support fact-based decision-making.
• Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in Python, R, SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems.
• Demonstrated experience communicating complex solutions and analysis to both technical and nontechnical audiences, including executive leadership.

What Sets You Apart

• A passion for creative and innovative actuarial work and developing that mindset in less experienced analysts through project leadership and oversight related to this work
• Strong Actuarial pricing expertise with experience in using a variety of pricing methodologies and models
• Experience translating detailed analytics into manageable visualizations and communicating/presenting the results concisely to executive leadership
• Experience working on multiple projects, managing competing priorities, and prioritizing workflow through strong partnerships with multiple business partners
• Demonstrable problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytic skills
• Ability to improve existing processes and create new, repeatable workflows to enhance team productivity
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner

Compensation range:

The salary range for this position is: $127,310 - $243,340.

Additional notes

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply if you will need immigration support now or in the future.

Employees are paid within the salary range based on experience and market data. Actual salary may vary by location. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on performance.

Benefits

USAA offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, paid time off, wellness programs, and professional development support.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply promptly.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.