Actuarial Specialist - Pet Pricing; Remote

Overview

Join Nationwide’s Pet business unit as an Actuarial Specialist - Pet Pricing and help us protect what matters most—our customers’ beloved pets. In this role, you’ll combine analytical expertise with innovative thinking to design and price products that deliver real value to pet owners. Our team is collaborative, forward-thinking, and passionate about creating solutions that make pet insurance accessible and reliable.

If you’re looking for a role where your work directly impacts customer satisfaction and business success, this is the place for you.

• Build and maintain actuarial models that guide pricing, valuation, and financial projections for pet insurance products.
• Analyze complex data to uncover trends, assess risk, and support strategic decisions.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to develop new products and ensure competitive pricing.
• Prepare clear, actionable insights and recommendations for leadership to drive business growth.
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation through peer reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Conduct analyses that adhere to actuarial standards by selecting appropriate data sources and making assumptions to develop recommendations; note and suggest potential resolution to any unreasonable results and report to leader.
• Accurately document assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
• Prepare and present actuarial findings and documents that are suitable for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Adhere to assigned work schedule to ensure timely completion of individual tasks and group projects; notify leadership anticipating any possible missed deadlines and potential impact.
• Perform peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.
• Build business relationships across PC multi‑channel finance and begin developing relationships in other areas of finance to gain business acumen.
• Assist with onboarding and training new associates on standard work processes.
• Use data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data; gain understanding and ability to build models in different software packages; explore new software packages; have basic knowledge of predictive modeling.

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Exam progress toward ACAS designation.
• 1‑3 years of actuarial experience, ideally in P&C insurance.
• Strong technical skills in actuarial software, Microsoft Office (including VBA), and programming languages such as R, Python, or SQL.
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills, with an ability to thrive in a dynamic, team‑oriented environment.

This position can be remote for applicants who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience.

This role does not qualify for employer‑sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

Internal Compensation Grade: F4.
National salary range for Specialist, Actuarial – P&C: $88,000.00 – $.
Expected starting salary range: $88,000.00 – $.

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long‑term disability coverage, 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.