Actuary – E&S/S Reserving - REMOTE

Acturhire; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

Life insurance

401(k) match

Pension plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking an experienced actuary to influence business strategy and lead complex E&S/S reserving analyses. You will serve as a strategic technical expert across P&C Actuarial, presenting insights to executives and collaborating with finance, underwriting, and product teams.

The role emphasizes innovation, peer review, and the development of long-term actuarial capabilities, with remote work options across the lower 48 states.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or related field.
• Actuarial designation generally FCAS or equivalent.
• Seven+ years of actuarial experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex actuarial analyses and influence strategic decisions.
• Present findings to senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Develop and implement new techniques, peer reviews, and peer guidance.

Skills

Actuarial judgment

Statistical analysis

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Actuarial science degree

FCAS designation

Tools

Actuarial software

Programming languages

Job description

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70,000,000,000 in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! 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.

Role Overview

If you are an experienced actuary looking for an opportunity to influence business strategy, lead complex analysis, and help shape the future of E&S/S reserving, this could be an excellent opportunity.

This role sits on Nationwide’s P&C Actuarial E&S Specialty Reserving team and offers meaningful visibility across actuarial, finance, underwriting, pricing, product, and executive leadership. In this position, you will serve as a strategic technical expert, applying advanced actuarial methodologies, data analysis, modeling, and professional judgment to develop recommendations that support business decisions and Nationwide’s ability to protect its customers.

You will lead and oversee complex actuarial work, help establish an integrated vision for the team, and translate sophisticated analysis into clear insights for both technical and non-technical audiences. You will also have the opportunity to influence innovation, strengthen peer review practices, advance modeling capabilities, and contribute to long-term strategic direction across P&C Actuarial.

What makes this opportunity stand out

• Opportunity to serve as a strategic technical leader within E&S/S Specialty Reserving
• Ability to influence broad business strategy through complex actuarial analysis and recommendations
• High visibility with actuarial, finance, underwriting, pricing, product, and executive leadership partners
• Opportunity to present findings to technical and non-technical audiences, including OCFO leadership
• Ability to represent Nationwide’s position with regulators, auditors, and external vendors, as appropriate
• Opportunity to improve peer review techniques, quality practices, and actuarial innovation
• Exposure to data mining, predictive modeling, actuarial software, and tools that support long-term P&C Actuarial success
• Opportunity to consult on new or enhanced product development, including data needs, coding implications, viability, and profitability
• Ability to build strategic relationships and lead cross-functional work plans from analysis through solution delivery

The ideal candidate will have

• Strong actuarial judgment and the ability to resolve unreasonable results or non-optimal solutions
• Expert knowledge of actuarial methodologies, statistical analysis, actuarial models, software, and databases
• The ability to source, manipulate, and interpret data within established requirements
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex analysis in a clear, concise, and compelling way
• Strategic thinking, business perspective, and the ability to connect technical work to broader organizational outcomes
• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to guide peers, develop others, and build relationships across the organization
• Curiosity and an interest in advancing tools, techniques, and processes that improve actuarial work
• Comfort working independently while leading or influencing others directly and indirectly

What we are looking for

• An experienced actuary who wants to make a meaningful impact in E&S/S reserving and across P&C Actuarial
• An undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or a related quantitative discipline
• An actuarial designation, generally FCAS or equivalent
• Generally, seven or more years of actuarial experience
• Demonstrated expertise with Microsoft Office products, analytical software, programming languages, and actuarial tools
• Experience preparing and presenting actuarial findings and business recommendations to senior leaders and varied audiences
• The ability to develop and implement new techniques, support peer reviews, and drive consistent, high-quality work
• The ability to apply professional judgment, manage ambiguity, and deliver results in a complex business environment

Preferred experience

• Property and casualty actuarial experience, particularly in reserving, E&S, specialty, or commercial insurance
• Experience using predictive modeling, data mining, or other advanced analytical techniques
• Experience developing cross-functional work plans and coordinating partners to deliver business solutions
• Experience advising on product development, profitability, data requirements, or coding implications
• Experience representing an organization with regulators, auditors, or external vendors
• Experience mentoring associates, identifying training needs, or teaching others how to use modeling software and analytical tools
• Experience influencing strategic direction beyond an individual function or team

Work Arrangements

• 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

• Acts as strategic technical expert of actuarial methodologies allowing the ability to source and manipulate data within standard requirements.
• 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 vison.
• Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources and considerations in an organized fashion.
• 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.
• Develops cross functional work plans and ensures accurate work product is delivered. Identifies any additional business partners needed for work plan success.
• Develops and implements new techniques used in peer reviews. Participates in peer reviews to provide expert guidance, collaboration, ensure quality work and drive innovation.
• Builds strategic business relationships at all levels of the organization to drive solution delivery.
• Identifies gaps in training for new associates and develops solutions.
• 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.
• Operates as corporate leader to advance and influence the strategic direction within Nationwide.
• 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 10/31/2026. 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.

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.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

Smoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.

Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles.

The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location.

The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations.

For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888-944-2247.

For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Actuary PC : $138,000.00-$243,000.00The expected starting salary range for Actuary PC : $138,000.00 - $206,000.00