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Company

Principal Financial Group · 4 hours ago

Assistant Actuary or Financial Analyst - Variable Annuities

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$95K/yr - $182K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with actuarial and product teams to deliver on our growth strategy.

Support illustration needs and collaborate with teams from product, IT, and administration to ensure calculations are accurate.

Provide analysis and recommendations for actuarial assumption review, including emerging RILA experience and/or traditional VA block trends.

Ensure compliance with an ever-growing landscape of regulatory requirements.

Support and offer analysis for a variety of potential cross-team initiatives. Potentially including helping support claims management, data analysis, large case sale analysis, shareholder value, and more.

Qualification

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Actuarial work experienceFellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA)ExcelVBAVariable Annuities knowledgeRegistered Index-Linked Annuities (RILA) knowledgeR programmingSAS programmingPython programmingCustomer service skillsChange management

Required

Bachelor's degree in math, actuarial science, finance or related field.

2+ years of actuarial work experience with attainment of Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) within one year in position OR 6+ years of relevant experience, pricing or coding experience is preferred.

Self motivated with excellent problem solving, leadership, and analytical skills.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, customer service and organizational skills required.

Demonstrates the ability to embrace and understand the change process, and effectively guides others through change.

Knowledge of Excel and VBA required.

Preferred

Knowledge of Variable Annuities, or Registered Index-Linked Annuities (RILA) products.

Skill in R or SAS programming language (or similar - i.e. Python - with the ability to quickly learn R).

Benefits

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness.

Pension Eligible

Company

Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.

Founded in 1879

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

10,001+ employees