Senior Actuary, Annuity Valuation - REMOTE

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Nationwide Financial is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Actuary, Annuity Valuation to join the Annuity Valuation team. This role offers the opportunity to own and elevate important valuation processes across the full annuity product portfolio while delivering insights that support financial reporting, risk management, and business decisions. We are seeking an experienced actuary who can take ownership of critical work, build strong partnerships, and help advance the team’s capabilities across accounting bases.

About the Role

The Annuity Valuation team supports valuation, reporting, analysis, and business decision-making across all annuity products. The team’s work spans Statutory and US GAAP responsibilities, creating an opportunity for this position to contribute broadly across the valuation function.

You will work across the full annuity product portfolio, including variable annuities, RILA, fixed-indexed annuities, MYGA, SPIA, pension risk transfer, and other annuity products. You will partner with actuarial and business teams across Product, Pricing, Financial Reporting, Modeling, and related functions to analyze results, improve processes, and support evolving business and regulatory needs.

This is a hands‑on people leadership role with direct reports. You will combine deep expertise in actuarial valuation with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations for Actuaries, Underwriting, Product, Finance and senior business leaders. You will guide and develop analytical professionals, including direct reports, and lead complex work across functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own or oversee valuation and reporting processes across the annuity portfolio under applicable accounting bases, including Statutory and US GAAP/LDTI.
• Analyze reserves, capital, earnings emergence, product calculations, and other valuation drivers; translate results into clear insights and recommendations.
• Serve as a technical resource for assigned products or valuation processes and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop, maintain, test, and enhance actuarial valuation and projection models, tools, documentation, and controls.
• Partner with Financial Reporting, Modeling, Controllership, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver accurate, consistent, and well‑understood results.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, transparency, control, and repeatability across valuation processes.
• Support financial reporting, management reporting, audit requests, and the analysis or implementation of emerging accounting and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership on special projects and broader initiatives affecting the annuity business.

Ideal Candidate

• FSA designation required.
• Typically eight or more years of actuarial experience, with deep experience in Statutory valuation, US GAAP/LDTI valuation, or both.
• Strong experience with annuity products such as variable annuities, RILA, fixed‑indexed annuities, MYGA, SPIA, and pension risk transfer.
• Strong understanding of actuarial valuation, financial reporting, modeling, data, and related controls.
• Experience improving valuation processes, developing tools, or applying automation and technology to increase efficiency and reliability.
• Ability to take ownership of complex work, operate effectively in a changing…