Director, Actuary - JFSA Economic Capital

The Standard; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Standard is seeking a Director and Actuary on our ALM & Capital Analytics team to lead the JFSA Economic Capital program and transform it into a strategic business-management capability. You will partner with our Meiji Yasuda parent to integrate risk and value insights into strategy, performance management, capital allocation, and growth decisions.

In this role you will oversee governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement; lead a team of economic capital professionals; and drive

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead teams in capital analytics.
• Strong understanding of economic capital and risk.
• Experience with regulatory reporting frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production, interpretation, and reporting of economic capital results under JFSA.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of capital analytics professionals.
• Liaise with Meiji Yasuda on methodologies, results, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with Finance, ALM, Investments, ERM, and Governance teams to align results with strategy.
• Educate stakeholders to build organizational acumen in JFSA metrics and capital use.
• Communicate results and insights to senior management, auditors, and regulators.

Skills

Leadership

Economic capital

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder comms

Job description

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary:

As Director and Actuary on our ALM & Capital Analytics team, you will lead the organization's JFSA Economic Capital program, transforming economic capital from a regulatory requirement into a strategic business management capability. This role oversees economic capital governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement while partnering across the enterprise and with our parent company, Meiji Yasuda to integrate risk and value insights into business strategy, performance management, capital allocation, and growth decisions. Through strong leadership, collaboration, and innovation, the Director drives informed decision-making, enhances organizational understanding of risk, and advances the effective use of economic capital to create long-term value.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee the production, aggregation, validation, interpretation, and reporting of economic capital results under the JFSA (Japanese regulator) framework for both our parent company, Meiji Yasuda, and senior management for Pillar 1 (prescribed economic capital results) and Pillar 2 (results that we believe are more reflective of our business)
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of economic capital professionals, setting priorities, building technical and business expertise, delegating analytical ownership, and ensuring the delivery of timely, accurate, and high-quality analysis and reporting.
• Serve as the primary liaison with Meiji Yasuda on economic capital methodologies, assumptions, results, reporting requirements, emerging issues, and strategic opportunities to enhance the use of economic capital across the organization.
• Partner with Product Lines, Actuarial Modeling, Finance, ALM, Investments, Enterprise Risk Management, and Governance teams to understand and interpret model results, ensure alignment, support strategic decision-making, and maintain governance standards for economic capital methodologies, controls, and processes.
• Build economic capital and JFSA acumen across the organization by educating stakeholders and their teams, facilitating collaborative discussions, and fostering a shared understanding of JFSA results, related metrics, and underlying measurements. Promote consistent use of economic capital information across the enterprise to support informed decision-making and a common understanding of risk, performance, and growth trade-offs.
• Communicate economic capital results, insights, and emerging risks through an ongoing two-way dialogue with senior management, auditors, regulators, Meiji Yasuda, and other stakeholders, enabling effective interpretation of results, strengthening organizational understanding of JFSA results and complementary metrics, and supporting informed, risk-aware business decisions.
• Research industry best practices and emerging trends in economic capital, regulatory capital frameworks, risk-adjusted performance measurement, capital allocation, and value-based management, identifying opportunities to enhance the organization’s ability to balance performance, growth, and risk through the effective use of JFSA results and related measures.
• Lead the identification and implementation of economic capital use cases, partnering with stakeholders across the business to integrate economic capital into business management, strategic planning, pricing, performance measurement, capital allocation, and resource allocation decisions. Champion a holistic framework of JFSA results and complementary metrics that provide a comprehensive view of risk and value creation, support enterprise