As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.Actuarial Associate, Excess Casualty Pricing and Modeling - REMOTENationwide’s Excess Casualty Lines team is hiring a Pricing Modeler to help shape sophisticated insurance pricing and deliver insights that influence business decisions. This role is ideal for someone who brings strong technical skills and either a solid actuarial foundation, Excess Casualty insurance knowledge, or both.In this position, you will work at the intersection of pricing strategy, actuarial thinking, and predictive analytics. You will partner closely with teammates and business partners to build, enhance, and refine excess casualty insurance pricing. You will also have the opportunity to work across teams on a variety of projects, expand your technical toolkit, and deepen your understanding of how pricing drives real business outcomes.Key Responsibilities:Serve as a technical expert in actuarial methodologies, conducting complex analyses and providing high-level consultation.Build and maintain business relationships, leading pricing and product initiatives.Partner with business stakeholders to deliver actionable, data-driven insights that inform strategic decisionsHighly Preferred Qualifications:A minimum of five years of actuarial experience.ACAS certification and working towards FCAS or recently attained FCAS.Proficiency in Python, R, Power BI, Databricks, SQL, analytical software, and programming languages.Experience in leading cross-functional teams and developing strategic pricing plans.Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently.This role can be staffed fully remote.#LI-remote#LI-SM1Job Description SummaryDo you have the desire to analyze data and perform groundbreaking research to drive business outcomes? Nationwide has been using data to serve our members and drive business outcomes for almost 100 years. Our industry-leading workforce adopts an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. Our Risk Analytics Researchers play a key role in harnessing the power of data to deliver business results. Specifically, they are responsible for modeling sophisticated problems, discovering insights and identifying business opportunities from data using a variety of techniques from mathematics, actuarial studies, statistics, data science and financial engineering. As a Consultant, you’ll work on projects associated with the design, development, and application of unique risk models. You’ll need a basic understanding of broad business objectives and will work with business partners across the finance organization to develop solutions to pressing business needs. We’ll count on you to be a subject matter authority in Nationwide’s risks. It’s imperative that you are fully proficient with basic and sophisticated mathematical, statistical and analytical techniques associated with risk modeling.Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities:Researches and implements financial engineering, data science and statistical techniques for risk management and business applications. Completes regular testing of risk limits to provide distinct management guidance on asset allocation, risk transfer and product growth decisions.Owns complex quantitative modeling processes and philosophies. Identifies industry standards to understand if models are working as intended. Collaborates to ensure that consistent model assumptions, processes and outputs are well understood and that modeling standard methodologies are upheld.Reviews and analyzes model output to identify model limitations and their impact. Provides corrective quantitative methods. Crafts and updates model documentation for business continuity purposes. Collaborates to develop creative solutions to business problems. Acts as the technology owner for Risk Analytics.May perform other responsibilities as assigned.Reporting Relationships: Reports to Risk/Actuarial leader. Typical Skills and Experiences:Education: Undergraduate studies in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, mathematics or related subject area required. Graduate-level studies in a related field with advanced degree highly desirable. License/Certification/Designation: Progress toward FCAS, FSA, CQF, CFA or similar preferred.Experience: Typically, five or more years of related work experience in financial risk modeling or actuarial functions. Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Working knowledge of machine learning, stochastic processes, Monte Carlo simulations, sampling methods and other statistical techniques applicable to specialized risk modeling. Prefer mathematical knowledge of specialized risk models such as those used in hedging, economic scenario generation, catastrophe, credit risk, etc. Solid understanding of risk management operations such as asset-liability management, portfolio risk assessment, hedging, etc. Proficient written and verbal communication skills. Intermediate proficiency with Excel and common statistical software such as R, SAS, Python, or MATLAB. Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.Job Conditions: Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)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. We currently anticipate accepting applications until 09/17/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.BenefitsWe have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer,click here.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.This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.Smoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations. For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888-944-2247.For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdfNOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Consultant, Risk Analytics Researcher : $118,000.00-$222,000.00The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Risk Analytics Researcher : $118,000.00 - $178,000.00SummaryLocation: Ohio - Columbus, One Nationwide Plaza; United States - RemoteType: Full time
