5-7 years of progressively responsible actuarial experience within insurance, demonstrating strong actuarial and business judgment; employee benefits experience preferred. Prior hands-on experience sufficient to have gained a seasoned actuarial business perspective.
Experience preparing, analyzing, and interpreting financial statements under GAAP, statutory, and/or tax reporting frameworks.
Proven ability to partner with actuarial and business leaders to assess profitability, trends, and risk drivers across complex products.
Demonstrated experience reviewing, challenging, and validating actuarial analyses to ensure quality and sound conclusions.
Hands-on experience developing analytical tools and models using programming languages (SAS preferred, or similar experience with Python, C++, Power BI.
Strong financial, analytical, and conceptual skills, including evaluation of economic, market, and competitor data.
Advanced Excel skills, including VBA and macro development.
Working knowledge of regulatory considerations impacting actuarial and financial reporting.
Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate:
Improvement Minds
Benefits
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Additional Information
The next part of your journey is right around the corner - with The Standard.
A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we've been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?
Job Summary:
The Standard is seeking a talented Actuary to join our Employee Benefits (EB) division, supporting products such as disability, group life and AD&D, dental, and vision. In this role, you'll influence product strategy and results, working closely with senior leadership across actuarial and multidisciplinary business teams.
Responsibilities include preparing financial statements, analyzing business results, and presenting insights to business units and executive leadership. In this role, you will represent the actuarial perspective, identify key drivers and trends, and help improve processes and tools through a continuous improvement mindset. A strong attention to detail and ability to review and challenge work are critical to ensuring accurate, insightful analysis and clear executive communication.
Note: This role may be filled at either of the levels noted below based upon applicable experience and career path:
Actuary: Operates from a seasoned vantage point resulting in "big picture" thinking, business insight, actuarial innovation and intuition, influence, and leadership. Draws on broad and deep understanding of how economic, social, regulatory, geopolitical and industry change impacts our business. Combines this knowledge with business acumen and actuarial principles associated with own practice area to design and deliver actuarial solutions to business problems and drive strategic business actions. ASA required.
Senior Actuary: Possesses broad actuarial, financial and industry expertise combined with unique product line knowledge, uses skills to contribute to the achievement of company goals. Applies broad and deep understanding of how economic, social, regulatory, geopolitical and industry change impacts our business. Combines this knowledge with business acumen and actuarial principles to identify, assess and advocate for new, innovative and market leading risk/return opportunities consistent with the Company's strategic goals. Works on significant and complex issues where analysis of situations requires evaluation of quantitative, qualitative, forward looking and organizational factors. This position requires a very experienced and knowledgeable actuarial viewpoint in a wide variety of actuarial subjects, as well as company, industry & regulatory practices. FSA Required.
Skills and Background You'll Need:
Education: Bachelors degree
Certification: Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) required; Fellowship progress or FSA strongly preferred.
Standard Insurance · Portland, OR