Remote Principal, Corporate Actuarial & Capital Modeling

NoDesk; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is seeking a technically strong, hands-on Principal for Corporate Actuarial to lead capital modeling, ERM, reinsurance, and reserving efforts across the organization.

The ideal candidate is an ACAS or FCAS with 6+ years of P&C actuarial experience and strong programming skills in R, Python, SQL, and GenAI. Remote work across the United States is supported, with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

Qualifications

• ACAS or FCAS with 6+ years of P&C actuarial experience.
• Strong programming skills and experience with ERM, capital modeling, and reserving.
• Ability to mentor junior staff and present analyses clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and use internal capital models to inform risk appetite, reinsurance decisions, and financial strategy.
• Contribute to stress testing, ORSA scenario development, and economic capital modeling efforts.
• Help implement and refine ERM frameworks, risk registers, and related processes across the organization.
• Conduct analysis to support the evaluation and placement of reinsurance structures, including quota share, excess of loss, and catastrophe arrangements.
• Collaborate with brokers and internal teams to assess the financial impact and capital benefits of various reinsurance options.
• Model the impact of reinsurance structures on earnings volatility, surplus preservation, and RBC.
• Partner with Corporate Actuarial teammates to conduct monthly reserving analyses and processes as needed.
• Analyze trends, variances, and reserve adequacy across multiple lines of business and coverages.
• Assist with regulatory filings and support the appointed actuary as needed.
• Work with Data Science, Finance, Accounting, Underwriting, and Claims to align assumptions and methodologies.
• Present technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to process automation, analytics, and actuarial tool development (R, Python, SQL, GenAI).

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics

ACAS or FCAS

Tools

R

Python

SQL

GenAI

Job description

Root is seeking a technically strong, hands-on Principal for Corporate Actuarial to lead capital modeling, ERM, reinsurance, and reserving efforts across the organization.

The ideal candidate is an ACAS or FCAS with 6+ years of P&C actuarial experience and strong programming skills in R, Python, SQL, and GenAI. Remote work across the United States is supported, with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.