Specialist, Financial - Actuarial

Job Description Summary

As a Technical Specialist in Finance at Nationwide, you will bring strong technical skills to implement new products, maintain the in‑force block of business, and collaborate with IT, actuarial teams, and key business stakeholders. The role is part of the Life In‑force Management team, working on reinsurance, key value auditing, and policy review.

• Compile, categorize, and analyze data with limited supervision.
• Assist in building sophisticated testing tools and analysis of product calculations and illustrations.
• Assist with construction, maintenance, and execution of financial, actuarial, projection, and valuation models.
• Assist with financial reporting and analysis.
• Support pricing and implementation of products.
• Conduct analysis of risks for NF lines of business.
• Assist with valuation/reserving under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP, tax).
• Conduct analysis of reinsurance opportunities.
• Assist within specialty areas on data governance, strategy, modeling, manipulation, and requirements elicitation.
• Help design, develop, and implement new or modified applications, including coding and test plans.
• Support development of effective communication and recommendations to leadership; build supporting documentation if required.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Financial Director – Actuarial or other financial/actuarial management.

Education/Knowledge: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or a similar field requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.

License/Certification/Designation: May have passed several actuarial, LOMA, or other industry exams and may hold IT certifications.

Experience: Two to four years of financial, actuarial, or relevant experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and

Skills:

General knowledge of finance or actuarial business functions, statistical analysis methods, financial or actuarial models, and related software. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, VBA within Access and Excel, programming languages, and actuarial models. Strong problem‑solving skills, ability to deal with ambiguity, drive for results, and learning on the fly.

Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job; specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Nationwide offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, short and long‑term disability coverage, paid time off (including nine paid holidays, lifetimed paid time off, and Unity Day paid time off), 401(k) with company match, company‑paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.