AVP - Actuarial (Data) bei Nassau Financial Group

Job Summary

Lead data component of strategically important initiatives that impact actuarial. May include data integration, TPA data integrity activities, and actuarial extract development and maintenance. Ensure actuarial data requirements are appropriately defined, tested, and established for ongoing processes/infrastructure. Ensure overall data and modeling needs are addressed for existing and new content and serve as a key resource in supporting changes to administrative and valuation system projects.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive and prioritize solutions and enhancements for the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) by partnering with technology department.
• Lead team through frequent change management of 30+ actuarial inbound extracts which will include enhancements and maintenance activities. This includes gathering business requirements from actuarial modelers, providing data testing strategies to the working team and guiding internal and external auditors
• Create solutions to strengthen data integrity around policy administrative data received from external vendors. Onboard and productionize processes related to data received from new platforms.
• Provide business analysis perspective for ongoing projects to conform corporate data into the enterprise data mart (EDM)
• Support the new business development process for actuarial by representing data and actuarial department needs
• Manage team members through their responsibilities and educate team in areas around data acquisition, data management, data governance, and data utilization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Analytics, Actuarial-related or other job-related field with 10 years of progressively responsible experience in insurance, including 5 years of experience leading analytic capabilities, operations or development; prior management experience a plus
• Understanding of the basics of life insurance, annuity and accident & health insurance products
• Understanding of business data stewardship needs; ability to interpret requirements, identify impacts and analyze problems to determine downstream impacts to the business
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to identify, evaluate, implement, and communicate enterprise practices and standards for data management across systems
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain clear documentation, including but not limited to: training documentation and instructions, email communications and audit evidence
• Demonstrated knowledge of data in an insurance or financial services industry, including analytics, structures, statistics, data governance and quality control. Knowledge of ACORD standards and dimensional data modeling is a plus
• Demonstrated familiarity with programming languages such as R, Python, SQL, etc.
• Understanding of code change asset management using AWS Code Commit/GitHub
• Politically astute and diplomatic; experience in managing technical and functional teams and experience in building business cases for large transformational projects
• Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership and accountability, result-oriented individual with the ability to manage time and schedules effectively and ensure deliverables are met on time and with high quality output
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, time management and organizational skills required

Compensation

Nassau maintains a holistic compensation philosophy focused on competitive base salaries, performance driven incentives, and unique professional development opportunities. The combination of compensation, benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture along with related experiences is key to recruiting and retaining talent.  Our compensation system is designed to reward performance, support development and job growth, and compensate individuals relative to their contribution to our organization. The base salary for this position falls within Nassau’s salary band F:  $105,000-$125,000 depending upon experience.

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Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Nassau Financial Group is a growth focused and digitally enabled financial services company with a fully integrated platform across insurance and asset management. Nassau was founded in 2015 and has grown to $1.6 billion in total adjusted capital, $25.5 billion in assets under management, and 363,000 policies and contracts as of June 30, 2025.

As part of a young and growing financial services enterprise, our employees are tapping into a new entrepreneurial spirit while they build on a long track record of putting customers first, understanding the evolving income and protection needs, and developing quality products to meet those needs.

Nassau provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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