Actuarial Specialist - Commercial Pricing Modeler REMOTE

Job Summary

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless. 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.

• Impactful Work:
  Contribute directly to business outcomes through data‑driven insights.
• Collaborative Culture:
  Thrive in an agile environment with a supportive and collaborative team.
• Career Growth:
  Advance your skills in a role critical to team restructuring and innovation.

• Research and implement actuarial, data science, statistical and machine learning techniques for business applications.
• Contribute to pricing modeling processes, ensuring industry standards are met and models are working as intended.
• Collaborate to ensure consistent model assumptions, processes, and outputs are well understood.
• Review and analyze model output to identify limitations and impacts.
• Assist in crafting and updating model documentation for rationale, assumptions, and business continuity purposes.
• Apply expertise to develop creative solutions to business problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, economics, statistics, mathematics, analytics or a related field. Graduate‑level studies preferred.
• Three or more years of related work experience in predictive modeling or actuarial functions.
• Progress toward actuarial credentials (ACAS, FCAS, or similar preferred).
• Experience with techniques such as regression, classification, time series analysis, and machine learning.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python (scikit‑learn, pandas) or R, Git Hub and common software such as Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with feature engineering and data preprocessing.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools/Ability to visualize data using Excel, Tableau or Power BI.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Collaborate with business partners across the finance organization to develop solutions to pressing business needs.
• Work closely with the FIN P&C Property Modeling team, reporting to the Risk/Actuarial leader.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• This role can be staffed fully remote.

It is highly preferred that this role will work on a hybrid schedule, with 2 days per week at one of our office locations in Columbus, OH, or Des Moines, IA. Relocation assistance may be provided. This role may also be staffed remotely.

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 protected by applicable law.