Actuarial Specialist - E&S Pricing

Actuarial Specialist

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more.

• Impactful Work: Contribute directly to the financial strength and stability of a Fortune 100 company by developing and applying cutting‑edge actuarial methodologies.
• Career Growth: Participate in our P&C Actuarial Rotation Program, gaining exposure to diverse actuarial functions and expanding your skill set. Get support for actuarial exams.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside a team of passionate and experienced actuarial professionals who are committed to excellence.
• Innovation Focus: Be empowered to use state‑of‑the‑art tools, explore new techniques, and contribute to the evolution of our actuarial practices.

• Conduct complex actuarial analyses to support pricing decisions.
• Work with actuarial models using industry‑leading software.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify and address emerging risks and opportunities.
• Present actuarial findings and recommendations to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Successful completion of at least four actuarial exams and active enrollment in an actuarial student program.
• Three or more years of actuarial experience.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in actuarial software and programming languages.
• A passion for learning and a commitment to professional development.

• Highly preferred: hybrid schedule with 2 days per week at an office location in Columbus, OH, or Des Moines, IA. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Our Property and Casualty (P&C) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state‑of‑the‑art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. As an Actuarial Specialist, you'll gain a more thorough knowledge of our actuarial functions for our P&C products and perform increasingly complex mathematical and quantitative actuarial analyses.

• Continually develop deeper knowledge of actuarial methodologies, enabling more complex data manipulation.
• Conduct analyses that adhere to actuarial standards, selecting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, and developing recommendations.
• Accurately document assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
• Prepare and present actuarial findings and documents suitable for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Adhere to assigned work schedule to ensure timely completion of tasks and projects. Notify leadership of potential missed deadlines.
• Perform peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality, and drive innovation.
• Develop business relationships across PC multi‑channel finance and other finance areas.
• Assist with onboarding and training new associates on standard work processes.
• Use data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data, build models, explore new software packages, and apply basic predictive modeling.

Reports to an Actuarial, Analytics, or Risk Management leader.

Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science, or a similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: Generally, has passed four or more actuarial exams and is actively enrolled in the Actuarial Student Program.

Experience: Generally, three or more years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and

Skills:

General knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases. Proficient in Microsoft Office, analytical software and programming languages. Basic competencies include business understanding, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results…