Actuary (Personal Lines Auto Analytics)

Job Description

Job Category: Actuarial

Typical Starting Salary: $140,000-$170,000

Minimum Salary: $117,000.00

Maximum Salary: $225,000.00

Schedule: Full-Time

Flexible Time Off Annual Accrual: 20 days

Application Deadline: 7/11/25

Description:

The Countrywide Auto Analytics team is seeking a talented individual contributor to help shape Personal Line (PL) Auto’s profitable growth strategy. This role involves leading analytical deep dives into the top opportunities and concerns within our portfolio. By developing well-reasoned strategies and recommendations, this individual will influence senior leadership decisions and drive in-market changes based on their findings.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of our Auto insurance products, exhibit strong technical and analytical skills, and the ability to convey complex insights to stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Support the establishment and communication of transparent growth and profitability targets for new and in-force business, ensuring alignment with both calendar-year and accident-year objectives.
• Lead in-depth analytical studies to compare recent performance against business objectives, offering actionable recommendations for product and process improvements.
• Leverage strong technical skills to identify data attributes needed to complete work and compile them from US Retail Market (USRM) data sources, often without relying on existing datasets. Develop and validate innovative metrics to explain results in clear and actionable ways.
• Develop techniques to identify business deterioration and/or adverse selection and provide recommendations to improve results when performance falls below expectations.
• Develop a deep and robust understanding of the Auto Product, Coverages, and Processes to provide expertise and guidance to the organization as needs arise.
• Become a subject matter expert, assisting junior analysts and peers across the organization with complex analytical tasks and fostering an environment of collaboration.

Ideal candidate will possess:

• Strong experience conducting strategic analysis utilizing multiple actuarial techniques across more than one actuarial function (pricing, reserving, indications).
• Passion for strategic problem solving and working in ambiguity on ad hoc projects and questions.
• Prior experience working in Personal Lines and/or Auto Lines.
• Deep familiarity with tools such as Excel and SQL is preferred. Experience using Snowflake, PowerBI, and Python are nice to have.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Associateship or Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS/FCAS) designation preferred or comparable education/designation with relevant experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years relevant experience required.
• Sound knowledge of actuarial techniques and standards, as well as other business operations including financial, underwriting, legal, statistics, claims, sales, etc.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships and interact effectively with others within and outside the organization.
• Ability to motivate and mentor peers and train subordinates.
• Advanced computing skills (MS Office Excel, SAS, etc.) with the ability to build complex models.

Fair Chance Notices:

• California
• Los Angeles Incorporated
• Los Angeles Unincorporated
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco