Actuary

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity As a dedicated credentialed Actuary on the Forecasting Team, you will provide accurate and insightful projections for forecast processes and communicate results to key business partners at all levels to drive key strategic decisioning conversations. You will also provide mentorship and guidance to more junior team members to foster a culture of learning and development.

Additional responsibilities may include leveraging advanced knowledge in pricing to lead and complete broad, complex unstructured projects with countrywide product-level impact.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations:
San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Charlotte, NC, Chesapeake, VA or Tampa, FL. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

Apply advanced actuarial knowledge to complete broad and complex projects (e.g., evaluates and selects methodology to price new discount/endorsement for countrywide rollout; develops alternative methodologies to comply with complex regulatory requirements; selects metrics and designs processes to monitor model performance; translates business problems into technical requirements and performs required analysis to develop solutions; independently runs catastrophe models and interprets and communicates results to support critical business activities, while enhancing the control environment as needed.

Utilize advanced actuarial, mathematical, or statistical techniques to augment actuarial work product.

Lead special actuarial projects, such as the development of new methodologies or reporting tools.

Train new team members on the theory and mechanics of relevant actuarial methodologies.

Apply deep understanding of products supported, stakeholders' needs, and industry trends to solve unstructured business problems.

Identify and anticipates compliance gaps and process improvements; recommends and develops solutions to mitigate risk.

Represents Actuary in cross-functional efforts.

Develop written communication and presentations that effectively convey data-driven solutions to broad audiences, including cross-functional executive leadership.

Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related Actuarial/business/analytical experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
4 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience.

Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) Credential.

Demonstrated advanced skills with relevant actuarial, mathematical, and statistical techniques and approaches used to support fact-based decision-making.

Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in Python, R, SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems.

Demonstrated experience communicating complex solutions and analysis to both technical and nontechnical audiences, including executive leadership.

What sets you apart:

A passion for creative and innovative actuarial work and developing that mindset in less experienced analysts through project leadership and oversight related to this work Strong Actuarial pricing expertise with experience in using a variety of pricing methodologies and models

Experience translating detailed analytics into manageable visualizations and communicating/presenting the results concisely…