Senior Actuarial Analyst (Personal Lines & Countrywide Auto Analytics)

Job Description

Job Category: Actuarial

Typical Starting Salary: $105,000-$135,000

Minimum Salary: $92,000.00

Maximum Salary: $176,000.00

Schedule: Full-Time

Flexible Time Off Annual Accrual: 20 days

Application Deadline: 8/29/25

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 will lead analytical deep dives into the top opportunities and concerns within our portfolio. By developing well-reasoned strategies and recommendations, this individual will provide key contributions to cross-functional working groups, influence senior leadership decisions, and drive in-market changes based on their findings.

The ideal candidate will have strong business acumen, advanced technical and analytical skills, and the ability to convey complex insights to stakeholders effectively.

**This role may have in-office requirements depending on candidate location.**

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.
• Drive 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.
• Implement 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:

• Experience conducting strategic analysis utilizing multiple actuarial techniques.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Proven math and analytical skills, as normally acquired through the pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science, or related field.
• Commitment to achieving Associateship or Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society.
• Passing grades on a minimum of 5 Casualty Actuarial Exams is required.
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience required.
• Prior experience and solid knowledge of actuarial techniques and standards, as well as other business operations including financial, underwriting, legal, statistics, claims, sales, etc.
• Solid oral and written communication skills and ability to interact effectively within and outside the organization.
• Solid interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.
• Ability to motivate and mentor peers and train subordinates.
• Ability to exercise discretion, apply independent judgment, and demonstrate well-developed critical thinking skills in execution of assignments and projects.
• Ability to balance multiple projects with minimal direction.
• Advanced computing skills (MS Office Excel, SAS, etc.); Ability to build models of moderate complexity.

Fair Chance Notices:

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