Vice President & Actuary

A top insurance company is looking to hire a VP & Actuary to lead a high-performing actuarial team. This is a hybrid position based in the NJ area.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to expand their strategic thinking, business acumen, and leadership capabilities through meaningful, data-driven work. While the primary focus is on North America, there are also opportunities to support international projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Oversee a team of 10+ professionals across onshore and offshore locations. Collaborate with managers to establish priorities, delegate tasks, streamline workflows, and ensure high-quality deliverables are completed on time.
• Catastrophe Analytics: Lead actuarial efforts to produce catastrophe loss projections, reporting, and analysis. Drive the ongoing transformation of catastrophe processes and communicate changes in loss estimates to senior management. Serve as a subject matter expert on catastrophe-related data.
• Performance Monitoring & Trend Analysis: Support performance monitoring and emerging trend identification. Lead initiatives focused on productivity, large loss handling, and loss development. Present findings to senior leadership across Actuarial, Claims, Finance, and Underwriting.
• Data Strategy & Quality: Champion a data-driven culture by advocating for improved data quality and accessibility. Partner with Business Intelligence and Data teams to ensure alignment between data strategy and broader organizational goals.
• Strategic Contributions: Contribute to strategic initiatives and lead departmental transformation efforts using strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; ACAS or FCAS designation with at least 10 years of P&C actuarial experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with a proven ability to manage teams and deliver complex projects.
• Strong strategic and financial judgement.
• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with VBA is a plus.
• Experience with SQL Server; knowledge of R or Python preferred.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools like QlikSense, Power BI, or Cognos is a plus.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Organized, adaptable, and effective in a fast-paced environment.

Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.