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Ameritas is seeking a Director, Annuity Statutory Valuation to join the Corporate Actuarial Annuity Valuation team. This role serves as an actuarial leader and subject matter expert, responsible for directing annuity statutory and tax valuation activities, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing actuarial insight to support financial results and risk management.

The position reports to the Vice President, Life and Annuity Valuation Actuary, and partners closely with actuarial leadership, Accounting and Finance, Internal Audit, external auditors, and regulators to ensure adherence to valuation and reserve standards across multiple reporting bases.

This position may be hybrid or remote depending on proximity to an Ameritas office location.

What you do:

• Provide leadership and oversight for annuity statutory and tax valuation processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and well controlled quarterly and annual valuation results, including regulatory filings, rating agency surveys and management reporting.
• Serve as a valuation subject matter expert on annuity products and statutory frameworks, including principle based methodologies around VM21 and VM22, and provide interpretation and guidance on emerging valuation requirements; serve as a key contributor to the VM-22 project team, supporting VM-22 development and implementation for impacted annuity products, including requirements definition, testing, governance documentation, and production readiness. Identify and communicate key drivers of VM-22 reserve results and support method or assumption recommendations within established governance.
• Direct and influence crossfunctional collaboration with Capital Management, ALM/Investments, Reinsurance, and Risk Management to assess the financial impact of asset strategies, hedging approaches, and reinsurance structures on statutory reserves and financial outcomes.
• Provide governance leadership for valuation models, assumptions, and methodologies, including documentation standards, model controls, and responses to audit, regulatory, and examination inquiries.
• Partner with Liability Product Owners and Modeling teams to prioritize valuationrelated initiatives, support implementation readiness for new methodologies or tools, and identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control.
• Lead, mentor, and develop actuarial staff, providing technical direction, coaching, and performance feedback, and fostering a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Drive continuous improvement of valuation processes, controls, and data governance, recommending enhancements that align with best practices and evolving regulatory expectations.
• Contribute actuarial insight and recommendations to senior leadership on matters affecting annuity valuation, capital, and financial reporting, while independently managing assigned valuation responsibilities within a teambased environment.

What you bring:

• 7-10+ years of actuarial experience required. Significant experience in statutory andGAAP/LDTI valuation preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field required.
  ASA (Associate, Society of Actuaries) designation required.
• Advanced understanding of annuity products, valuation theory, and insurance regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including technical review, mentoring, and crossfunctional influence.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex actuarial concepts to varied audiences.
• Experience with actuarial projection systems and valuation tools preferred.

What we offer:

A meaningful mission. Great benefits. A vibrant culture
Ameritas is an insurance, financial services and employee benefits provider Our purpose is fulfilling life. It means helping all kinds of people, at every age and stage, get more out of life.
At Ameritas, you'll find energizing work challenges. Flexible hybrid work options. Time for family and community. But dig deeper. Benefits at Ameritas cover things you expect -- and things you don't:
Ameritas Benefits
For your money:
401(k) Retirement Plan with company match and quarterly contribution.
Tuition Reimbursement and Assistance.
Incentive Program Bonuses.
Competitive Pay.
For your time:
Flexible Hybrid work.
Thrive Days - Personal time off.
Paid time off (PTO).
For your health and well-being:
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
Well-being programs with financial rewards.
Employee assistance program (EAP).
For your professional growth:
Professional development programs.
Leadership development programs.
Employee resource groups.
StrengthsFinder Program.
For your community:
Matching donations program.
Paid volunteer time- 8 hours per month.
For your family:
Generous paid maternity leave and paternity leave.
Fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance.
Backup child, elder and pet care support.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application Deadline
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 business days or until filled.

This position is not open to individuals who are temporarily authorized to work in the U.S.