The Standard · 11 hours ago
Sr. Director, Actuary - IA Financial Reporting
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$182K/yr - $291K/yr
8+ years expThe Standard is a company focused on making a difference in the lives of others and maintaining financial stability. They are seeking a Sr. Director for their Individual Annuities team to oversee key actuarial operations, including financial reporting, financial planning, and strategy support, while leading a team of actuaries.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Providing formal leadership and thought leadership for the division and 9 onshore and offshore team members while championing cross training and process documentation of each product’s reporting processes
Driving VM22 implementation, including overseeing modeling implementation, roadmap, and governance framework
Overseeing IA’s financial planning process, coordinating updates with partners, and ensuring clear and effective communication for key stakeholders, including senior leadership and corporate partners
Supporting strategy projections, enterprise capital strategy, and investment strategy analysis, as well as supervising annual model assumption updates and related experience studies
Facilitating reinsurance analysis to support sales growth, profitability, capital efficiency, and distribution footprint expansion
Driving efficient use of offshore teams for routine financial reporting processes and ad-hoc business support activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in: Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business or a related field is preferred
FSA designation required
Eight or more years of actuarial experience with increasing levels of responsibility
Proven experience in the overall management and technical oversight of senior actuarial individual contributors and/or teams of actuarial staff and driving actuarial team performance to defined business objectives
Prior experience and solid understanding of regulatory issues and applicability to the division and ongoing monitoring & tracking of the dynamic environment in the industry
Experience with fixed / indexed individual rate setting
Strong technical background including depth in risk analysis and assessment, valuation, planning, actuarial modeling (AXIS experience strongly preferred), and strong technical communication skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships within the team and across the organization
Works collaboratively across the organization to accomplish common business goals
Effectively collaborates and communicates with a wide range of non-technical stakeholders and is able to translate complex ideas into easily understandable concepts
Proactively identifies business issues and develops practical solutions to resolve those issues
Subject matter expert with the ability to develop and execute on cross-functional strategic plans
Adept at negotiating and influencing senior management decision making
Proactively identifies opportunities to enhance reporting efficiency, strengthen controls, and improve actuarial models and processes that support organizational goals
Leads evaluation and solutioning efforts for complex group or function-wide initiatives
Deep understanding of actuarial, financial, and industry expertise combined with unique product line knowledge and the ability to design and implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness
Provides coaching, mentoring and development opportunities for individual team members and fosters a team culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Cultivates professionalism by encouraging collaboration with colleagues, ownership of results, and implementation of innovative technical solutions
Benefits
A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
An annual incentive bonus plan
Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure
A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement
Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
Company
The Standard
The Standard is a leading provider of workplace benefits including group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, group dental and vision insurance, group accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, paid family leave and absence management services, retirement plans services and individual annuities.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2016-03-07Acquired
1999-04-16IPO
Leadership Team
Jared Hyman
Regional Vice President
Brad Yoder
Assistant Vice President - Life, Supplemental Health & Disability Claims
Recent News
2025-12-17
2025-11-03
Company data provided by crunchbase