Senior Actuarial Associate — VM-22 Valuation

American Equity; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company seeks a Senior Actuarial Associate to support the VM-22 valuation function, perform modeling, reserve calculations, and validation. You will collaborate across Actuarial, Finance, Investments, Product, and Technology to ensure accurate results and timely delivery.

The role requires strong actuarial exam progress, experience with annuity valuation and modeling, and proficiency with MG-ALFA, PathWise, AXIS, and Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science or related field.
• Three actuarial exams completed.
• Experience with annuity valuation, financial reporting, modeling or related actuarial functions.
• Experience with principle-based reserving, stochastic modeling or asset-liability modeling is preferred.
• Experience with actuarial modeling platforms such as PathWise, AXIS, Prophet or MG-ALFA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute components of the quarterly VM-22 valuation process including reserve production, reconciliation, documentation, and review.
• Prepare reserve movement analysis and investigate drivers of changes in valuation results.
• Support financial reporting through validation of actuarial exhibits and materials.
• Validate, test, and implement VM-22 valuation models.
• Perform testing, model result verification, and maintain model documentation.

Skills

Programming (VBA/SQL/R)

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in actuarial science

Three actuarial exams completed

Tools

PathWise

AXIS

Prophet

MG-ALFA

Excel

MS SQL

Job description

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company seeks a Senior Actuarial Associate to support the VM-22 valuation function, perform modeling, reserve calculations, and validation. You will collaborate across Actuarial, Finance, Investments, Product, and Technology to ensure accurate results and timely delivery.

The role requires strong actuarial exam progress, experience with annuity valuation and modeling, and proficiency with MG-ALFA, PathWise, AXIS, and Excel.