Sr. Actuarial Consultant – Life Insurance Valuation REMOTE

Acturhire; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Sr. Actuarial Consultant in Life Insurance Valuation for a fully remote role.

You will apply actuarial expertise to valuation activities, contribute to evolving standards like LDTI and PBR, and work with Tax, Controllership, Pricing, and other stakeholders to support monthly and quarterly deliverables. You will develop tools to validate results, communicate analyses to leadership, and participate in cross-functional initiatives spanning data, modeling, and reporting.

Qualifications

• ASA is required; FSA preferred.
• Knowledge of actuarial business functions and life insurance valuation principles.
• Experience with life insurance products and Statutory or GAAP valuation preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and analytical tools such as SQL, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Exposure to actuarial modeling software such as AXIS, ALFA, or PolySystems preferred.
• Programming experience in Python or VB.NET is a plus.
• Ability to learn quickly, manage priorities, and communicate technical information clearly to business partners.

Responsibilities

• Compiles, categorizes, and analyzes sophisticated data sets.
• Builds testing tools and conducts detailed analysis of product calculations.
• Constructs, maintains, and performs Actuarial, Projection, and Valuation Models.
• Builds financial reporting tools and completes analysis.
• Prices and implements products.
• Conducts complicated risk analysis.
• Establishes reserves and other valuation items under statutory, GAAP, and tax regimes.
• Performs reinsurance analysis and pricing.
• Develops supporting documentation and communicates recommendations to leadership.
• Leads cross-functional peer reviews to improve quality and drive innovation.

Skills

Actuarial knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

ASA designation

FSA preferred

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

AXIS

ALFA

PolySystems

Python

VB.NET

Job description

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Sr. Actuarial Consultant – Life Insurance Valuation REMOTE

Build your expertise in life insurance valuation

Join our Life Insurance Valuation team as a Sr. Actuarial Consultant and apply your actuarial knowledge to our life insurance products. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to accurate, efficient, and compliant valuation processes while developing expertise in evolving regulatory standards, actuarial modeling, data analysis, and reporting.

You’ll work with experienced actuaries and cross-functional partners in Tax, Controllership, Pricing, and other business areas. Your contributions will help support monthly and quarterly valuation activities, strengthen processes, and advance the team’s modernized analytical environment.

What you’ll do

• Apply actuarial knowledge to life insurance valuation activities for life products.
• Support the implementation and analysis of evolving standards, including Long-Duration Targeted Improvements (LDTI) and Principle-Based Reserving (PBR).
• Prepare, analyze, and explain results for assigned monthly and quarterly valuation deliverables.
• Develop and enhance tools used to validate and analyze valuation results.
• Collaborate with Tax, Controllership, Pricing, and other stakeholders to support business objectives.
• Follow established process controls, documentation, and governance requirements.
• Assist with responses to auditor and regulator inquiries by providing accurate, well-supported analysis.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives involving actuarial data, modeling, assumptions, product development, analytics, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve valuation processes, tools, and reporting.

What you’ll bring

• ASA is required and work towards or achievement of the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) preferred.
• Knowledge of actuarial business functions and life insurance valuation principles.
• Experience with life insurance products and Statutory or GAAP valuation preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and analytical tools such as SQL, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Exposure to actuarial modeling software such as AXIS, ALFA, or PolySystems preferred.
• Programming experience in Python or VB.NET is a plus.
• Ability to learn quickly, manage assigned priorities, and communicate technical information clearly to business partners.

This role can be staffed fully remote.

Job Description Summary

Our Nationwide Financial (NF) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state‑of‑the‑art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!

As an Actuarial Senior Consultant, you’ll need to have detailed familiarity with business operations, systems, and actuarial methodologies. We’ll count on you to be adept at sophisticated actuarial techniques and work independently to combine advanced actuarial and business knowledge to provide high‑level analysis. Additionally, you’ll provide consultation and recommendations on deliverables and maintain detailed documentation of actuarial models and analyses. You’ll work independently and may lead others.

Key Responsibilities

• Compiles, categorizes, and analyzes sophisticated data sets.
• Builds complicated testing tools and conducts detailed analysis of product calculations.
• Constructs, maintains, and performs Actuarial, Projection, and Valuation Models.
• Builds financial reporting tools and completes analysis.
• Prices and implements products.
• Conducts complicated risk analysis.
• Establishes reserves and other valuation items under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP, and tax) for products.
• Performs reinsurance analysis and pricing.
• Crafts effective communication strategies and recommendations to leadership. Develops supporting documentation.
• Leads cross functional peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.
• Builds business relationships and leads cross functional communication with team members, customers, and business partners.
• Leads onboarding and training for new associates on standard work processes. Assists in creating new training materials.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to an Actuarial