Vice President & Actuary at Prudential Ins Co of America in Newark, New Jersey

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At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

This role will be a critical business partner across the Retirement Strategies Actuarial and technical teams. They will be responsible for leading the transformation of the Individual & Institutional Retirement Strategy Pricing Models. To do this will require partnering with Pricing team to understand their needs and pricing processes in addition to driving alignment where appropriate with Valuation modeling- all while leaning into the Financial Management Transformation happening across Actuarial.

This position will report to the Retirement Strategies Modeling, Methodology & Assumption lead, and will serve as the key point of contact for all the retirement strategies pricing teams. They will own of all the tools and models used by the Retirement Strategies Pricing teams and execute on streamlining across the wide range of modeling platforms currently in use (MatLab, Python, C#, VBA, etc) with the objective to reduce the ongoing effort needed to build and maintain the pricing models while simplifying the pricing process.

The current EWA for this position is Hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a reoccurring basis as determined by your business. Your manager will provide additional details relative to the specific number of days you are expected to be on-site.

What you can expect:

• Coordination and collaboration across a range of business partners with exposure to all annuities, stable value, structured settlement, pension risk transfer and longevity risk transfer products


• Lead, to maintain and enhance the retirement strategies end to end pricing processes.


• Sharing of best practices of modeling architecture and grid/cloud computing capabilities


• Partner across Prudential to understand and drive modeling infrastructure, including


• Partnering with CIO to utilize the ALM Engine and TARDIS,


• Partnering with Global Capabilities team to build tools that can be utilized across actuarial functions and products, and


• Partnering with Assumptions & Methodology teams to implement and deploy new assumptions


• Lead a team of actuaries and coding experts spanning all Retirement Strategies products


• Drive the transformation of end-to-end pricing processes by understanding current pain points to creatively build towards more streamlined models and tools

What you’ll need:

• Professional actuarial designation FSA, FIA or equivalent strongly preferred, career ASA may be considered


• 10 or more years of primarily U.S. individual and Institutional product experience with product development, pricing, reinsurance, actuarial and financial projections


• Technical expertise specifically building and/or maintaining actuarial modeling platforms, Python and/or Grid Computing


• Strong leadership skills to guide a team of 10+ associates to execute on tight timelines and balance multiple priorities from a range of stakeholder


• A transformational leader willing to push the status quo to drive meaningful change

It’d be a plus if you had:

• Experience with Pension, Annuity, Stable Value and/or Structured Settlement products


• Hands on experience with MATLAB, Python/PyVal, TARDIS, C# and/or other modeling platforms


• Investment /ALM experience including developing models to perform ALM projections


• Front end web development experience such as with flask or DASH is desirable


• Knowledge of agile methodologies


• Strong project management skills including the ability to balance multiple urgent priorities


• Quantitative and analytics skills, including the ability to assimilate concepts and assess situation


• Prudential welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

At Prudential, you can:

Take charge of your career. We equip and empower our employees to expand their skills and experience by using powerful learning, gigs, and job opportunities. We offer a suite of services including 1:1 Career advice, on demand resources and networking to propel your career forward.

We’re a global organization, full of outstandingly dedicated people who aren’t afraid to think differently, challenge the status quo and take sensible risks along the way. You will enjoy pushing boundaries as we build innovative technology that helps clients, customers and employees live their best lives. You will have access to leadership and learning opportunities and the resources needed to take your career in any direction. We will help you do your best work, offering flexibility, while delivering on our Purpose.

What we offer you:

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level


• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave


• Retirement plans:


• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)


• Company-funded pension plan


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  Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs


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  Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.


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  Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.


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  Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

To find out more about our Total Reward package, see our Total Rewards Brochure. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $195,100.00 to $263,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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