SVP & Corporate Actuary - Remote

Overview

This role provides enterprise leadership across actuarial modeling, statutory valuation, experience studies, international reporting, and actuarial governance. Reporting to the Chief Actuary, the executive will serve as a key bridge between actuarial insight and enterprise decision-making, supporting financial strategy, capital management, regulatory compliance, and long-term growth.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Executive Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Actuary, CFO, and senior executives on financial performance, risk, and capital management.
• Provide an enterprise perspective that connects actuarial insights to long-term value creation.
• Support major strategic initiatives, including corporate transactions, capital strategy, and enterprise planning.
• Build partnerships across Finance, Actuarial, Data & IT, offshore Bermuda team, Investments, Risk, and business divisions.
• Lead the day-to-day actuarial relationship with Sumitomo Life and support international reporting requirements.
• Serve as an enterprise voice on actuarial implications impacting the balance sheet, capital position, earnings, and long-term financial performance.
• Translate complex actuarial, valuation, and capital concepts into actionable business insights for executive leaders and non-actuarial stakeholders.

Actuarial Transformation, Innovation & Modernization

• Champion modernization of enterprise actuarial capabilities and operating models.
• Accelerate adoption of automation, advanced analytics, AI, and modern modeling technologies.
• Drive scalable, enterprise-wide technology, data, and process solutions to improve efficiency, governance, and decision support.
• Challenge existing paradigms and drive organizational change in how actuarial insights are developed, communicated, and applied across the enterprise.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead a highly visible organization of actuarial professionals through experienced senior leaders.
• Foster strategic thinking, an enterprise perspective, and business partnership capabilities.
• Establish priorities, accountability, and decision-making frameworks.
• Strengthen succession planning and develop the next generation of actuarial leadership.
• Promote collaboration and alignment across actuarial functions and enterprise stakeholders.

Enterprise Oversight & Governance

• Provide strategic oversight of enterprise actuarial modeling, statutory valuation, experience studies, international reporting, and the Office of the Appointed Actuary.
• Ensure high-quality analysis, strong governance, effective controls, and sound actuarial decision support.
• Support regulatory, rating agency, and parent company reporting obligations while maintaining appropriate actuarial independence and accountability.
• Partner with Finance, Investments, and Risk Management leaders to advance asset-liability management (ALM), capital optimization, financial projections & estimates, and enterprise balance sheet insights.

Executive Communication & Influence

• Communicate complex actuarial and financial concepts into actionable insights for executive and board audiences.
• Build credibility through sound judgment, transparency, and strategic thinking.
• Represent corporate actuarial perspectives in governance forums, executive discussions, and key external relationships.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of actuarial experience, including significant leadership of senior actuarial professionals.
• Deep expertise across life insurance and annuity actuarial disciplines, including valuation, financial reporting, enterprise modeling, capital management, and regulatory oversight.
• FSA and MAAA required.
• Bachelor’s degree typically in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Finance, or a high school diploma with FSA required.
• Deep understanding of U.S. statutory valuation, actuarial reporting requirements, and governance responsibilities associated with appointed actuary functions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate company financial results, balance sheet dynamics, and actuarial implications to executive and non-actuarial audiences.
• Experience leading enterprise actuarial functions within a life insurance and annuity organization.
• Accomplished actuarial executive combining technical depth, strategic vision, and exceptional leadership.
• Proven leader of leaders with experience building, developing, and empowering high-performing actuarial teams.
• Strategic thinker connecting actuarial insights to financial performance, capital management, risk, and business strategy.
• Experienced change agent who has led modernization, transformation, or large-scale organizational initiatives.
• Passion for leveraging technology, analytics, automation, and AI to drive business value.

Preferred Qualifications

• International reporting, parent company relationships, or global actuarial coordination experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Bermuda regulatory frameworks, European Embedded Value, Asset Adequacy Analysis, and international capital standards preferred.

Travel

• Ability to travel approximately 10-15% annually.
• In-person sessions for required leadership training will take place at corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Travel and accommodation expenses are covered.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation

• Salary Range: $315,000 - $350,000 plus eligibility for annual bonus program and long-term incentive plan

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days, and ten paid holidays
• Company matching for community giving (double your impact)

Location

• Bellevue, Washington (in-person leadership training sessions)
• Remote/hybrid arrangements available

Work Authorization

• Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout employment.

Required Remote Internet Standards

• Minimum Internet Speed: 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload (FCC broadband definition)
• Internet Type: Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL
• Not Permissible: Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up

Hiring Process Notes

• Video required for interviews after the initial phone screen.
• Failure to comply with identity verification procedures may result in disqualification, withdrawal of an offer, or termination and other remedies if fraud is discovered.