Actuary, Agribusiness Pricing - REMOTE

Nationwide Insurance; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a skilled Actuary to drive modernization in their Commercial Agribusiness Pricing portfolio. This pivotal role involves managing a team, influencing strategic decisions, and presenting insights to senior executives. The position offers high visibility and opportunities for innovation in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Match

Pension Plan

Business Casual Attire

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 and influence strategic vision.
• Prepare and present actuarial findings to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Statistical Methods

Data Analysis

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Undergraduate degree in actuarial science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Analytical Software

Predictive Modeling

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. Additionally, 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 crucial to Nationwide’s success and customer protection. You’ll work independently and may lead others (directly and/or indirectly).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Act as a strategic technical expert of actuarial methodologies, sourcing and manipulating data within standard requirements.

2. Conduct complex analyses, adhering to actuarial standards, making assumptions, recognizing considerations, and developing recommendations. Resolve unreasonable results using experience and judgment. Influence broad strategic vision through analysis.

3. Document assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations systematically.

4. Prepare and present actuarial findings for technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership. May represent the company with regulators, auditors, and external vendors, and negotiate within defined parameters.

5. Develop cross-functional work plans, ensuring accurate delivery, and identify additional business partners needed for success.

6. Develop and implement peer review techniques, participate in peer reviews to ensure quality, drive innovation, and provide guidance.

7. Build strategic relationships across the organization to drive solutions.

8. Identify training gaps for new associates and develop solutions.

9. Use data mining techniques to identify new relationships and make recommendations. Have foundational knowledge of modeling software and expert use of predictive modeling. Lead in recommending new software impacting long-term success.

10. Operate as a corporate leader to influence Nationwide’s strategic direction.

11. Consult on new or enhanced product development, discussing data needs, coding implications, and viability and profitability assessments.

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, requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: Actuarial designation required, generally as an FCAS. Refer to the Nationwide PC Insurance Company Actuarial Student Program for details.

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

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

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

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

Values

Demonstrates Nationwide Values regularly and consistently.

Job Conditions

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover principal and essential functions. Specific 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 plan, business casual attire, and more. Click here to learn more.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment, providing equal employment opportunities regardless of protected characteristics.

This position can be filled in any of the lower 48 U.S. states. Smoke-Free Iowa Statement and NY state law information included.

Note to Employment Agencies

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies without a signed agreement. Resumes sent without agreement are deemed unsolicited, and no fee will be paid if the candidate is hired through such means.

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