Remote Actuarial Associate — VM-22 Modeling & ALM

The Standard; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid time off and holidays

Volunteer hours annually

Annual incentive bonus plan

Parental leave

Employee giving program

Job summary

The Standard’s Individual Annuities division seeks an Actuarial Associate to support VM-22 modeling, data processes, and analytics. This role builds models, enhances AXIS-based processes, and collaborates with valuation, pricing, FP&A, and investment teams to improve governance and scalability.

Ideal candidates are process-oriented, enjoy problem solving, and want to advance modeling skills while supporting pricing, ALM, and governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience sufficient to have gained a seasoned actuarial business perspective.
• Prior modeling experience with GGY AXIS (preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Individual annuities (preferred).
• Asset modeling and Asset Liability Management (ALM) experience (preferred).
• Projection and Valuation modeling experience (CFT, LDTI MRB, VM-20, or VM-21) (strongly preferred).
• Python experience (preferred).
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to own and explain reserve movements.

Responsibilities

• Applies understanding of functional area to support enhancement of AXIS models and processes supporting VM-22 valuation.
• Support key element of VM-22 model implementation, such as model improvements, including structure, assumptions, and runtime optimization.
• Develop of working understanding of VM-22 in order to effectively support governance needs (change management, controls, validation readiness).
• Partner with valuation, pricing, FP&A, and investment management to ensure consistency and usability of results.
• Analyze model output to identify drivers, limitations, and opportunities for improving model performance and scalability (automation, workflow, cloud integration where applicable).
• Partners with the core VM-22 team as well as other members of the actuarial community of practice.

Skills

Actuarial experience

AXIS knowledge

Python

VM-22 knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mathematics/actuarial science/business

Tools

GGY AXIS

Job description

The Standard’s Individual Annuities division seeks an Actuarial Associate to support VM-22 modeling, data processes, and analytics. This role builds models, enhances AXIS-based processes, and collaborates with valuation, pricing, FP&A, and investment teams to improve governance and scalability.

Ideal candidates are process-oriented, enjoy problem solving, and want to advance modeling skills while supporting pricing, ALM, and governance frameworks.