Actuary, Agribusiness Pricing - REMOTE

Nationwide Insurance; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 124,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Insurance is seeking a highly skilled Actuary/Sr. Actuary to lead their Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio. This pivotal role involves managing a team, driving modernization, and influencing strategic decisions within the organization. The ideal candidate will possess strong actuarial expertise and leadership skills, with a focus on innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Match

Pension

Business Casual Attire

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of actuarial experience.
• Actuarial designation required, generally FCAS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio.
• Conduct complex analyses and develop recommendations.
• Build strategic relationships at all organizational levels.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Undergraduate degree in actuarial science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Analytical software

Programming languages

Job description

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do, and we’re looking for associates passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Actuary, Agribusiness Pricing

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Actuary/Sr. Actuary to lead our Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio. This role is pivotal in driving modernization and strategic influence within our organization.

Role Scope & Impact

1. Lead the Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio, managing a team of actuaries.
2. Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders across product, underwriting, finance, and claims.
3. Drive modernization efforts—introducing structure, templates, and analytics.
4. Present regularly to senior executives, providing insights and recommendations.

Preferred Skills and Experience

1. FCAS; ACAS with strong experience.
2. Background in commercial lines or agricultural pricing.
3. Proven change agent—able to lead transformation and build new processes.
4. Strong communicator with executive presence.
5. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and building from the ground up.

Why This Role?

1. High visibility with senior leadership.
2. Opportunity to shape and modernize a critical portfolio.
3. Supportive leadership and openness to innovation.
4. A chance to make a real impact in a collaborative organization.

This role can be staffed fully remote.

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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 Actuary, you’ll show a mastery of business operations, systems, and actuarial methodologies. You will provide leadership, direction, and oversight for complex actuarial techniques, procedures, and risk analysis. You’ll develop a strategic vision for the team to ensure efficient, consistent, and integrated data and analysis. We’ll count on you to provide crucial business recommendations to Nationwide’s success and customer protection. You’ll need to work independently and may lead others (directly and/or indirectly).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Acts as strategic technical expert in actuarial methodologies, sourcing and manipulating data within standard requirements.
2. Conducts complex analyses, adhering to standards, selecting appropriate data, making assumptions, recognizing considerations, and developing recommendations. Resolves unreasonable results using experience and judgment. Analyses influence broad strategic vision.
3. Documents assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations clearly.
4. Prepares and presents findings for technical and non-technical audiences, representing the company with regulators, auditors, and vendors. Negotiates within defined parameters.
5. Develops cross-functional work plans, ensuring accurate delivery and identifying needed partners.
6. Implements peer review techniques, participating to provide guidance, ensure quality, and drive innovation.
7. Builds strategic relationships at all organizational levels to drive solutions.
8. Identifies training gaps for new associates and develops solutions.
9. Uses data mining to identify relationships and make recommendations. Knowledge of modeling software and predictive modeling. Leads software recommendations impacting long-term success.
10. Operates as a corporate leader to influence Nationwide’s strategic direction.
11. Provides expert advice on new or enhanced product development, including data needs, coding implications, and profitability opinions.

Other responsibilities may be assigned.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Actuarial leader.

Typical Skills and Experiences

Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or similar.

License/Certification: Actuarial designation required, generally FCAS.

Experience: Seven or more years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: Expert in actuarial functions, statistical methods, models, software, and databases. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, analytical software, and programming languages. Organizational agility, conflict management, command skills, strategic agility, delegation, motivation, business perspective, and accounting. Mastery in perspective, problem-solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, results-driven analysis, and learning.

Additional criteria, including leadership skills and competencies, may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions require approval from the hiring manager’s leader and HR.

Values

Demonstrates Nationwide Values regularly and consistently.

Job Conditions

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible).

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above covers principal functions; circumstances may vary.

Application Deadline: 06/17/2025, but early submissions encouraged.

Benefits

Includes medical/dental/vision, life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, holidays, 401(k) with match, pension, business casual attire, and more. Click here to learn more.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and committed to an inclusive culture. Discrimination and harassment are prohibited.

This position can be filled in any of the lower 48 states. Smoke-Free Iowa Act compliance and NY resident notices included.

Agency Note

We value our preferred vendor partnerships. Unsolicited resumes from agencies without a signed agreement will be deemed unsolicited, and no fee will be paid if hired through such means.

Salary range: $124,000 - $238,000. Expected starting range: $134,000 - $202,000.