Director Of Actuarial Model Validation

Ameriprise Financial has an exciting opportunity for Director of Actuarial Model Validation to join the team! This position will be responsible for leading and implementing model validation activities, including validation, annual review, ongoing monitoring, findings management, and model use approvals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of quantitative model validators to test and evaluate the conceptual soundness of actuarial models and assess limitations and suitability for use.

• Lead and implement model validation activities, including validation, annual review, ongoing monitoring, findings management, and model use approvals.

• Act as a subject matter expert in the key model risk area and other related modeling areas.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Economics, or another analytical field of study is required.

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), or Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) with a minimum of 6 years of experience post-ASA, is required.

• Significant recent experience in actuarial model design, product development, implementation, testing and/or validation is required.

• Deep understanding of the models, products, assumptions, and processes across different areas (Life Insurance / Annuity / Health, Inforce / New Business, ALM, Hedging)

• Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint),

• Actuarial modeling software (e.g. Prophet, AXIS, or ALFA, etc.)

• Previous people leadership experience and proven ability to mentor and develop people.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FSA Designation

• Experience with Variable Annuities with enhanced Guarantees (GMxB's), Structured Annuities / RILA and/or Universal/Variable/Indexed Life Insurance

• Programming / database languages (e.g. Python, C++, VBA, SQL, R, or SAS)

About Our Company

We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries advise, manage and protect the assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial Services, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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