Actuary, Agribusiness Pricing - REMOTE

Ohiox; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a highly skilled Actuary/Sr. Actuary to lead the Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio. This pivotal role involves driving modernization, managing a team, and presenting insights to senior leadership. The position offers high visibility and the opportunity to shape a critical portfolio within a collaborative organization. This role can be fully remote, providing flexibility and a chance to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off

Company-paid pension plan

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio.
• Conduct complex analyses adhering to actuarial standards.
• Present findings to senior executives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Education

Undergraduate degree in actuarial science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Analytical Software

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 so much 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 who are 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 the performance of complex actuarial techniques and procedures and risk analysis. In addition, 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 business recommendations that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide our customers. You’ll need to work independently and may lead others (directly and/or indirectly).

Key Responsibilities:

1. Acts as strategic technical expert of actuarial methodologies allowing the ability to source and manipulate data within standard requirements.
2. Conducts complex analyses, adhering to actuarial standards, by selecting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, recognizing consideration, and developing recommendations. Accountable for resolving unreasonable results/non-optimal solutions using experience and professional judgment. Analysis conducted will be used to influence broad strategic vision.
3. Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources and considerations in an organized fashion.
4. Prepares and presents actuarial findings and documents suitable for technical and non-technical audiences at the OCFO leadership level. May professionally represent company's position with regulators, auditors and external vendors. May negotiate within defined parameters.
5. Develops cross functional work plans and ensures accurate work product is delivered. Identifies any additional business partners needed for work plan success.
6. Develops and implements new techniques used in peer reviews. Participates in peer reviews to provide expert guidance, collaboration, ensure quality work and drive innovation.
7. Builds strategic business relationships at all levels of the organization to drive solution delivery.
8. Identifies gaps in training for new associates and develops solutions.
9. Uses data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data and make recommendations based on findings. Has foundational knowledge of modeling software and the ability to use/teach others. Expert use of predictive modeling. Serves as lead on recommending new software packages that impact long term success of PC actuarial.
10. Operates as corporate leader to advance and influence the strategic direction within Nationwide.
11. Consults and provides expert advice on new or enhanced product development opportunities, including discussions on data needed for analysis, coding implication, and opinions on the viability and profitability of the proposals.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Actuarial leader.

Typical Skills and Experiences

Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Actuarial designation required, generally as an FCAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE PC INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL STUDENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Experience: Generally, seven or more years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Expert knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases. Mastery of Microsoft Office products, analytical software and programming languages. Basic level of organizational agility and conflict management. Proficient level of command skills, strategic agility, delegation, motivating others, business perspective and accounting. Mastery level of perspective, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, analysis, learning.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values

Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible).

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 06/17/2025. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.