Specialist, Pet Pricing

About the role

Join Nationwide's Pet business unit as an Actuarial Specialist - Pet Pricing and help us protect what matters most-our customers' beloved pets. In this role, you'll combine analytical expertise with innovative thinking to design and price products that deliver real value to pet owners. Our team is collaborative, forward-thinking, and passionate about creating solutions that make pet insurance accessible and reliable. If you're looking for a role where your work directly impacts customer satisfaction and business success, this is the place for you.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain actuarial models that guide pricing, valuation, and financial projections for pet insurance products.
• Analyze complex data to uncover trends, assess risk, and support strategic decisions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to develop new products and ensure competitive pricing.
• Prepare clear, actionable insights and recommendations for leadership to drive business growth.
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation through peer reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Compiles, categorizes, and analyzes data with limited supervision.
• Builds testing tools, analysis of product calculations and product illustrations.
• Aids in creating, maintaining, and executing of Actuarial, Projection & Valuation Models.
• Participates in pricing and implementation for products.
• Developing skills to analyze risk for lines of business.
• Aids in valuation/reserving under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP, and tax) for products.
• Assists and supports analysis and support of reinsurance opportunities.
• Supports the creation of documentation and presentations for leadership.
• Assists with onboarding and training new associates on standard work processes.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
• Reporting Relationships: Reports to an Actuarial, Analytics, or Risk Management leader.
• Typical Skills and Experiences:
• Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or similar background requiring modeling, programming, or quantitative analysis.
• License/Certification/Designation: Generally, has passed four or more actuarial exams and is actively enrolled into the Actuarial Development Program. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
• Experience: Typically, two years of actuarial experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Exam progress toward ACAS designation
• 1-3 years of actuarial experience, ideally in P&C insurance
• Strong technical skills in actuarial software, Microsoft Office (including VBA), and programming languages like R, Python, or SQL.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, team-oriented environment.
• This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.
• This position can be remote for applicants who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience.
• Internal Compensation Grade: F4
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• Job Description Summary
• Our Nationwide Financial (NF) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!
• As an Actuarial Specialist, you'll gain a more detailed knowledge of our actuarial functions for our NF products. You'll also perform increasingly sophisticated mathematical and quantitative actuarial analyses critical to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide to our customers.
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Additional Information

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.

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