Director, Actuary – ALM

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Oregon.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the JFSA Economic Capital program within the organization.

• Manage economic capital governance, reporting, and engagement with stakeholders.

• Evolve economic capital from a mere regulatory requirement into a strategic business management asset.

• Supervise the production, aggregation, validation, interpretation, and reporting of economic capital results in line with the JFSA framework.

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate a team of economic capital professionals.

• Act as the primary point of contact with Meiji Yasuda regarding economic capital methodologies, assumptions, results, reporting needs, emerging issues, and strategic opportunities.

• Collaborate with Product Lines, Actuarial Modeling, Finance, ALM, Investments, Enterprise Risk Management, and Governance teams.

• Enhance organizational understanding of economic capital and JFSA through educational initiatives and collaborative discussions.

• Convey economic capital results, insights, and emerging risks to senior management, auditors, regulators, Meiji Yasuda, and other stakeholders.

• Investigate industry best practices and emerging trends related to economic capital and associated frameworks.

• Lead the implementation of economic capital use cases in business management, strategic planning, pricing, performance measurement, capital allocation, and resource distribution.

• Advocate for a comprehensive framework that facilitates risk-aware decision-making and supports sustainable strategic growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a comparable combination of education and experience in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business, or a related field is preferred.

• ASA designation is mandatory.

• FSA designation is highly preferred.

• A minimum of eight years of actuarial experience with progressively increasing responsibilities.

• Solid understanding and experience with economic capital regulations, governance, reporting relevance, and their effects on business strategy, performance management, capital allocation, and growth decisions.

• Proven experience in managing and providing technical oversight to senior actuarial individual contributors and/or actuarial teams.

• Demonstrated experience in driving actuarial team performance towards established business objectives.

• Familiarity with JFSA is advantageous.

• Proficient in Excel is required.

• Experience with Power BI is a plus.

• Experience with Dataiku is a plus.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Capability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate complex concepts into easily understandable ideas.

• A criminal background check and verification of employment, education, and licensing are required.

• Must be eligible for bonding.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan featuring matching contributions from the company.

• Annual incentive bonus program.

• Paid time off that includes 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours each year.

• Accumulation of PTO increases with tenure.

• Opportunities for career growth and advancement.

• Paid parental leave.

• Assistance for adoption/surrogacy.

• Employee giving program that offers double matching for donations to eligible nonprofits and educational institutions.

• Benefits that promote work-life balance.