Senior Manager, ALM Modeling

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.
* Lead modeling activities on various insurance liabilities, fixed-income assets and derivatives in actuarial systems, including AXIS/ALFA/MoSes.
* Model and quantify risks including equity and interest rate sensitivities, cash flow variability, credit, alternative investment, or liquidity risks.
* Collaborate with key stakeholders from business line valuation, ALM, risk management, financial/risk reporting, etc.
* Embrace new technologies to improve workflows.
* Design and build external or embedded controls to mitigate operating risks in workflows.
* Apply risk management techniques and procedures, including the company's mandated risk methodologies.
* Gather and analyze market data, calculate hedge program or portfolio statistics and develop/use models to simulate financial reporting processes.
* Serve as a company-wide expert in multiple specialties.
* Act as a subject matter expert for colleagues with less experience.
* Apply and integrate statistical, mathematical, predictive modeling and business analysis skills to manage and manipulate complex high volume data from a variety of sources.
* Design and lead multiple projects, with accountability for ongoing activities and objectives.
* Review the work of others, providing direction and insight on research solutions to problems presented.
* Develop staffing plans, recruit qualified candidates, and develop internal staff resources.
* Lead multiple advanced research projects.
* Interpret internal or external issues and recommend solutions/best practices.
* Solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify solutions.
* Build efficient models and processes
* Apply judgment to modeling choices in a defensible manner.
* Assess the materiality of various modeling and data choices.
* Bachelor’s degree in a technical/quantitative discipline such as statistics, math, actuarial science, computer science, economics, engineering, or a related business field such as finance
* Ten years of modeling experience (or eight with Master's degree) with expert knowledge in two or more products such as insurance liability, asset valuation, derivatives modeling, liquidity management, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
* Seven years of experience in advanced programming or actuarial systems customization
* Experience with asset liability management practices
* Comprehensive understanding of investment and finance concepts to creatively solve complex analytical problems
* Leadership capabilities to direct teams and projects
* Advanced degree
* Insurance or asset/derivatives modeling experience
* Actuarial Science background
* Experience with database design and usage
* QRM or similar asset liability software experience
* SAS, R, SPSS or other statistical software experience
* Six Sigma or other process improvement background

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $185,000 - $205,000 annually.
*** Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including
*** qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.
* Pension Plan
* 401k Match
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan
* Tuition Reimbursement
* Disability Insurance
* Medical Insurance
* Dental Insurance
* Vision Insurance
* Employee Discounts
* Career Training & Development Opportunities
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