AVP, Corporate Actuarial, Reserving & Loss Analytics

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Arch Insurance Group, part of Arch Capital Ltd, is a specialty insurer built around talent intensive businesses. We prioritize niche focus, underwriting expertise, flexibility, diversification and disciplined cycle management. We work creatively to provide new value and solutions to our clients and distribution partners. Arch highly values actuaries and actuarial expertise. Many senior executives and business unit leaders are actuaries by training.

Arch Insurance Company is seeking a motivated actuarial candidate to join a dynamic Reserving and Loss Analytics team. This leadership role will assist with reserving, loss analytics, and results management for Middle Market Business Divisions. You will also be responsible for co‑leading the M&A integration efforts on behalf of the Reserving & Loss Analytics team, with a primary focus on the Corporate Actuarial function (NAIC Statement of Actuarial Opinion processes, statutory reporting, etc.).

This role will also provide support for the overall Corporate Actuarial function within the team, and lead Loss Analytic analyses. This role will be highly visible and have an extremely leveraged effect across the organization.

• Partnering with leaders in the actuarial department to identify key priorities for developing new models and improving existing frameworks.
• Work in close collaboration with underwriting, pricing, claims and finance to develop a common view of the business; partner with stakeholders to identify emerging trends that could impact results and propose corrective action in a timely manner.
• Lead projects across the Reserving & Loss Analytics Team and get work done in collaboration with others.
• Provide proactive insights, identify drivers and ensure that the reserve analyses reflect any changes in the portfolio to minimize volatility and avoid surprises.
• Apply innovative approaches and leading‑edge tools to analyze the business; seek opportunities to leverage advanced analytics to provide greater insights; ensure the quality of the data and its consistent application in the reserving process.
• Partner with the finance organization to provide accurate, timely and granular analyses to support the quarterly financial reporting process; provide input on ongoing financial forecast and plan process.
• Collaborate with the global actuarial organization and the business units to share knowledge.
• Assume an active leadership role within Arch's actuarial community and keep abreast of new reserving methodologies, trends and product/tort reforms and other external issues.

• Software skills: Excel (expert), Word, PowerPoint; SQL (expert), Power BI (preferred); database and programming skills, Snowflake knowledge (preferred), Python knowledge (preferred).
• Self‑sufficient with competence to progress and build comprehensive reserving models and analytic solutions.
• Leadership:
  Strength and experience as a teacher, manager, peer, leader and contributor to a positive culture.
• Efficiency: productivity and organizational skills.
• Analytical and quantitative skills: theoretical foundation, work quality, productivity, creativity, ingenuity.
• A well‑rounded actuary with deep knowledge of a wide range of commercial and specialty lines as well as reinsurance.
• A successful track record managing a sophisticated reserving team at a large insurer or reinsurer.
• Proven expertise leading and developing actuarial teams; experience developing high performing teams with strong technical skills and business acumen.
• Experience presenting to executive management and external stakeholders.
• Strong business judgment and ability to operate with ambiguity.
• Demonstrated experience effecting change and gaining buy‑in.
• Demonstrated experience providing proactive guidance and sought‑out insights to business leaders, executive management and other…