Actuarial Associate, Excess Casualty Pricing and Modeling - REMOTE

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s Excess Casualty Lines team and supports pricing strategy, actuarial analysis, and predictive analytics. You will help build, enhance, and refine excess casualty insurance pricing and deliver insights that influence business decisions.

This position can be staffed fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical expert in actuarial methodologies by conducting complex analyses and providing high-level consultation.
• Build and maintain business relationships while leading pricing and product initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders to deliver actionable, data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions.

Additional Modeling & Risk Analytics Responsibilities (as applicable)

• Research and implement financial engineering, data science, and statistical techniques for risk management and business applications.
• Complete regular testing of risk limits to provide management guidance on asset allocation, risk transfer, and product growth decisions.
• Own complex quantitative modeling processes and philosophies, including identifying industry standards to confirm models work as intended.
• Collaborate to ensure consistent model assumptions, processes, and outputs are understood and that modeling standards are upheld.
• Review and analyze model output to identify limitations and their impact, and provide corrective quantitative methods.
• Craft and update model documentation for business continuity purposes.
• Collaborate to develop creative solutions to business problems.
• Act as the technology owner for Risk Analytics.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Undergraduate studies in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, mathematics, or related subject area required.
• Typically, five or more years of related work experience in financial risk modeling or actuarial functions.
• Working knowledge of machine learning, stochastic processes, Monte Carlo simulations, sampling methods, and other statistical techniques applicable to specialized risk modeling.
• Prefer mathematical knowledge of specialized risk models such as those used in hedging, economic scenario generation, catastrophe, credit risk, etc.
• Solid understanding of risk management operations such as asset-liability management, portfolio risk assessment, and hedging.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Intermediate proficiency with Excel and common statistical software such as R, SAS, Python, or MATLAB.
• Progress toward FCAS, FSA, CQF, CFA or similar preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of five years of actuarial experience.
• ACAS certification and working towards FCAS or recently attained FCAS.
• Proficiency in Python, R, Power BI, Databricks, SQL, analytical software, and programming languages.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing strategic pricing plans.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work independently.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary (Geographic-specific structure)

• National salary range for Consultant, Risk Analytics Researcher: $118,000.00-$222,000.00
• Expected starting salary range for Consultant, Risk Analytics Researcher: $118,000.00-$178,000.00

Starting pay within the range is determined by factors including skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope/complexity/location of the role, and market cost of labor.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off (newly hired associates receive a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year, pro-rated quarterly based on hire date)
• Nine paid holidays
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire

Overtime Eligibility

• Not Eligible (Exempt)

Location

• Fully remote
• This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

Application Timeline

Applications are currently anticipated to be accepted until 11/19/2026; early submissions are encouraged as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture. Discrimination and harassment are prohibited.

Additional Notes

• Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises and company issued vehicles, with designated smoking areas at each location, in compliance with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.
• For NY residents: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov).
• Staffing exceptions to standard criteria must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.