Senior Actuarial Consultant - Commercial Lines Capability Acceleration & Tools - REMOTE

Senior Actuarial Consultant - Commercial Lines Capability Acceleration & Tools - REMOTE

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. 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.

Join a dynamic team dedicated to accelerating commercial lines capabilities through innovative tools and processes. We are seeking a Senior Actuarial Consultant to play a pivotal role in building indication tools and manipulating data from external sources. This position offers a unique opportunity for growth and mentorship within a small, collaborative team environment.

• Understand complex actuarial analyses and provide technical expertise.
• Drive innovation and problem‑solving initiatives within the team.
• Develop code‑based solutions to expedite actuarial processes.
• Build strategic business relationships and identify skill gaps.
• Create cohesive presentations for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Act as a technical expert of actuarial methodologies allowing the ability to source and manipulate data within standard requirements.
• Conduct complex analyses, adopting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, and developing recommendations. Resolve unreasonable results and influence decisions at a higher level.
• Accurately document assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
• Prepare and present actuarial findings suitable for senior actuarial leadership or regulatory audiences, and negotiate within defined parameters.
• Develop cross‑functional work plans and lead peer reviews to ensure quality and drive innovation.
• Lead onboarding and training for new associates on standard work processes and assist in creating new training materials.
• Apply data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data, recommend findings, explore new software packages, and make recommendations.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R.
• Experience with data manipulation, querying, and familiarity with Databricks.
• Strong communication skills.
• Actuarial designation (ACAS).

• Actuarial knowledge and experience in commercial lines.
• Ability to mentor junior actuaries and contribute to team development.

• Be part of a team led by industry experts, focused on innovation and excellence.
• Take advantage of mentoring opportunities and contribute to shaping the future of commercial lines capabilities.

This role will be based in Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA. It has a hybrid work arrangement of at least two days per week in‑office and up to three days remotely. Fully remote work arrangements will also be considered.

Our Property and Casualty (P&C) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state‑of‑the‑art tools, are encouraged to innovate and master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, we want to know more about you! As an Actuarial Sr Consultant, you’ll need to have detailed familiarity with business operations, systems, and actuarial methodologies. You’ll be adept at complex actuarial techniques, work independently, and may lead others.

You’ll provide consultancy and recommendations on deliverables, maintain detailed documentation of models and analyses, and support senior leadership decisions.

Reports to an Actuarial, Analytics, or Risk Management leader.

• Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.
• License/Certification/Designation: ACAS required and working toward FCAS or recently attained FCAS. Refer to the Nationwide PC Insurance…