• Lead a team of modeling professionals within Model Steward team focused on governance, stewardship, automation and production model management.   

• Oversee the Model development life cycle and testing of all valuation and projectionmodel implementation and conversion projects for CMD  

• Responsible for oversight of first-line Model Governance standards. Ensures model updates are appropriately documented and validated before promotion to production.   

• Works with business stakeholders to support appropriate UAT, model validation and acceptance of code changes from development teams. 

• Manage and prioritize defect resolution and mitigation.  

• Responsible for reviewing and maintaining all model documentation and working with Model Development leads and business stakeholders to secure appropriate review/UAT documentation for all changes made to models, impacts under key reporting bases and evidence of all the required approvals 

• Oversee model staging and integration of production models across all use cases 

• Partner with IT and functional areas to develop simple, effective, and innovative solutions to simplify modeling processes, including model review and testing processes 

• Drive talent/staff development and talent strategy in terms of coaching, driving a strong culture of innovation, pride of work & execution, upskilling talent to grow skills across the modeling community 

• Lead CMD Model Merge Team to drive modeling best practices and coding standards 

• Collaborate with Actuarial IT to ensure data quality 

• Responsible for vendor relationship management, library upgrades and system upgrades 

• Recruit, train and develop talents to maintain a strong Modeling Team that can adequately support actuarial modeling needs 

The experience you will bring: 

• Demonstrated leadership, communication and interpersonal skills   

• Strong modeling / actuarial platform skills, including FIS knowledge, including: 

• Familiarity with all components within FIS Insurance Risk Suite (i.e., PRD, DCS, PE, PP, PMCS) 

  • Advanced knowledge of Prophet libraries (e.g., P360, ALS, Life and Health libraries) 
  • Ideally existing working relationships with FIS Insurance Risk teams and individuals 

• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, finance, engineering, computer science or another quantitative related field is preferred 

• 10+ years of actuarial experience, preferably with life and annuities 

• FSA preferred or more experience in the relevant field;

• Demonstrated leadership skills, proven success driving execution of complex initiatives 

• Exceptional organizational, quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

What will make you stand out:  

• CERA 

• Familiarity with SQL, Essbase, Python, R, MATLAB, Tableau, Neural Net models and cloud computing a plus