Senior Actuary Leader: Pricing, Ratemaking & Strategy

GNY Insurance Companies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 137,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

GNY Insurance Companies in New York, NY seeks a Lead Actuary to guide pricing, underwriting tools, and reinsurance pricing initiatives. You will lead complex models, provide actuarial insights to senior leadership, and collaborate across underwriting, product management, finance, and claims.

The role requires FCAS and 15+ years of experience, with strong SQL, Python, R, Excel VBA, and data visualization skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience specialized in the actuarial field
• FCAS designation required
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites
• Advanced knowledge of ratemaking, reserving, profitability analysis, predictive modeling, and reinsurance pricing
• Proficiency in Excel (VBA), PowerPoint, Word, and SQL or other programming languages (e.g. R and Python)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of actuarial pricing, underwriting, and profitability models.
• Perform highly complex ratemaking, reserve analyses, and profitability studies for commercial insurance products and programs.
• Provide actuarial support for large account, excess, specialty, and non-admitted business pricing.
• Support reinsurance pricing, treaty evaluations, and reserve adequacy analyses.
• Serve as the lead technical resource for actuarial projects and initiatives.
• Review, validate, and provide technical guidance on analyses completed by Actuary I and Actuary II staff.
• Assign and coordinate actuarial work among team members and monitor project progress to meet quality and timeliness expectations.
• Mentor and develop actuarial staff through training, coaching, and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure actuarial methodologies, assumptions, models, and documentation comply with accepted actuarial standards and internal controls.
• Partner with underwriting, product, finance, claims, and other business areas to identify opportunities to improve pricing accuracy and business performance.
• Prepare and present complex actuarial findings and recommendations to management and business stakeholders.
• Support state rate filings and regulatory compliance activities as needed.
• Identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities through advanced data analysis and predictive modeling techniques.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts related to actuarial tools, data quality, processes, and methodologies.
• Participates in special projects and performs additional duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science/Math/Statistics

Tools

Excel (VBA)

SQL

Python

R

PowerBI

Tableau

Actuarial software

Job description

GNY Insurance Companies in New York, NY seeks a Lead Actuary to guide pricing, underwriting tools, and reinsurance pricing initiatives. You will lead complex models, provide actuarial insights to senior leadership, and collaborate across underwriting, product management, finance, and claims.

The role requires FCAS and 15+ years of experience, with strong SQL, Python, R, Excel VBA, and data visualization skills.