Job Details Description
Job description
The NY/NJ Life office of Milliman provides consulting services to a broad array of clients in the life insurance and financial services industries. We are looking for a self-motivated actuarial student to work closely with consulting actuaries on a variety of projects, such as due diligence, actuarial modeling in MG-ALFA, and analysis of life insurance blocks. This position provides excellent opportunities for professional development and on-the-job learning. Note – job location is currently remote, but expectation is that employee would be available to work in midtown NYC office or in northern NJ office.
Job responsibilities
- Develop actuarial projections for an insurance block in MG-ALFA
- Review, organize and analyze data
- Assist in developing deal models in Microsoft Excel for M&A assignments
- Perform static and dynamic model validations
- Assist in preparation of written actuarial reports and opinions
- Assist with research projects
- Work independently to complete tasks
Required
- 1 to 4 years of experience in financial services, including internships / co-ops
- Bachelor’s degree
- Demonstrated experience/interest in programming or data science, included advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and experience with Microsoft Access / AQL, VBA or other database languages such as Python, SAS or R
- At least 2 actuarial exams passed, and plans to continue on FSA path
- Desire and ability to interact and communicate effectively (written and oral) with colleagues and clients.
- Desire and ability to adapt to a variable workload, which will from time to time involve working late nights and weekends to meet client demands.
- Ability to analyze and apply creative problem solving both independently and within a team
Preferred but not required
- Familiarity with life/health/annuity products, especially variable annuities, indexed annuities, or indexed universal life.
- Experience developing or maintaining actuarial models, especially in MG-ALFA or other actuarial modeling platform
- Experience working at life/health/annuity insurer, actuarial consulting practice, or investment firm or investment bank servicing the life insurance industry
- Familiarity with fixed income assets, equity derivatives, and interest rate derivatives.
- Familiarity with statutory and US GAAP reporting
Qualifications
Education
Required
Bachelors or better. Experience
Required
1-4 years: 1 to 4 years of experience in financial services, including internships / co-ops Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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