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Are you an experienced actuary who enjoys complex annuity valuation, financial reporting, and solving thorny modeling problems? Join our Retirement Solutions Financial Reporting team and help shape how we measure and manage results across a diverse block of retirement products.

Key Responsibilities

• Support quarterly GAAP and statutory valuation, financial reporting, and forecasting for Retirement Solutions products (e.g., fixed and indexed annuities, stable value, protected retirement/in plan guarantee products).

• Maintain and enhance GGY AXIS models and related tools ensuring methods remain robust, efficient, and well-controlled.

• Partner with Pricing, Controllership, and Valuation to support transactions (e.g., reinsurance, block transfers) and strategic projects that improve capital efficiency and reduce earnings volatility.

• Collaborate with peers and leaders to identify and implement process and model improvements that enhance transparency, consistency, and speed-to-decision.

What We're Looking For

Must-have skills

• Strong background in retirement product or annuity valuation (GAAP and/or statutory), with experience supporting quarterly closes and/or forecasting.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major actuarial modeling platform (e.g., GGY AXIS, MG-ALFA) and comfort working with complex projection models.

• Solid data and tooling skills (e.g., SQL, Excel/VBA) with the ability to trace results from model output through to the ledger and financial statements.

• Proven ability to communicate complex actuarial concepts to non-actuarial partners (finance, controllership, business leadership).

• Demonstrated ownership mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities around key reporting deadlines.

• ASA Required; FSA or progress towards FSA highly preferred.

Preferred skills

• Experience with LDTI and/or recent reserve methodology changes for annuity business.

• Prior exposure to reinsurance structures and their impact on valuation and earnings.

• Progress toward FSA with relevant life/annuity exams; ASA required-FSA is a plus.

Why Join Us

• Work on high-impact projects that directly influence how Nationwide manages its Retirement Solutions portfolio.

• Gain broad visibility by collaborating with Pricing, Controllership, and senior finance leaders on topics like reserve methodology, LDTI, and reinsurance.

• Join a culture that values technical excellence, thoughtful innovation, and work-life balance, with opportunities to grow into broader leadership or technical expert paths.

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Job Description Summary

Our Nationwide Financial (NF) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools and 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 Consultant, you'll need to be adept at actuarial functions and know NF products to perform sophisticated, quantitative actuarial analyses. In addition, we'll count on you to provide expertise, including consultation and recommendations, on actuarial models and issues.
This position may have the opportunity to be a part of the NF Actuarial Rotation Program, which will give you the potential opportunity to work on various actuarial, analytics, and risk management teams to learn and develop across different actuarial functions. Should you choose to participate in the program, you will participate in two to three rotations of one year each. Full program details will be provided to you upon your start date.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Compiles, categorizes, and analyzes data.

• Performs construction of testing tools and analysis of product calculations.

• Constructs, maintains, and conducts Actuarial, Projection & Valuation Models.

• Performs financial reporting and analysis.

• Leads pricing and implementation of products.

• Analyzes risks for lines of business.

• Establishes reserves and other valuation items under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP, and tax) for products.

• Performs reinsurance analysis and pricing.

• Supports and may develop effective communication strategies and recommendations to leadership.

• Leads peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.

• Maintains relationship with business customers as well as builds new relationships.

• Leads onboarding and training for 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 attained ASA and is actively enrolled in the Actuarial Development Program; working towards FSA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ACTUARIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Experience: Typically, three to five years of actuarial experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases. Proficient in Microsoft Office products (including VBA within Access and Excel), analytical software (such as tableau) and programming languages. Should have basic competencies including: command skills, strategic agility, delegation, motivating others, business perspective, and accounting. Should have highly-developed competencies in: business understanding, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, and learning ability.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager's leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 09/13/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage,paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Consultant, Actuarial - NF : $108,000.00-$200,000.00The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Actuarial - NF : $108,000.00 - $162,000.00