Senior Actuary – Enterprise Finance, Actuarial Projects

Pacific Life

Senior Actuary leading complex actuarial projects for Pacific Life. Collaborating across teams to execute enterprise-wide transformational efforts and regulatory changes.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeNewport Beach • California, New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $167,670 - $204,930 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Tableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading and managing complex actuarial projects, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
Providing support across enterprise actuarial transformation efforts leading to efficiencies.
Driving consistent enterprise-level implementation of new actuarial reporting requirements and methodologies under external or internal reporting bases.
Support implementing model development projects, conversions and large-scale changes.
Ensuring appropriate stakeholder management through presentations to senior management, summarizing findings and providing actionable recommendations.
Communicating complex actuarial concepts and results to non-actuarial stakeholders in an understandable manner.
Implementing required new regulatory changes involving actuarial responsibilities.
Supporting the execution of large reinsurance transactions.
Providing resource backfill support across Enterprise Actuarial.
Training and mentoring junior actuarial staff, fostering their professional development and ensuring high-quality work.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years actuarial experience, 4-year degree or equivalent experience, FSA designation
Working knowledge of various reporting frameworks including regulatory and management reporting; economic value / economic capital, risk-neutral and real-world liabilities, best estimate, and padded assumption setting, etc.
Experience in understanding and optimizing various work processes.
Demonstrable ability to plan and prioritize time and deliver to deadlines.
Knowledge of model development platforms and data processes
Familiarity with synthesizing messaging via visual software including PowerPoint, Tableau/PowerBI, etc.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Your Benefits Start Day 1
Your wellbeing is important to Pacific Life, and we’re committed to providing you with flexible benefits that you can tailor to meet your needs.
Whether you are focusing on your physical, financial, emotional, or social wellbeing, we’ve got you covered.
Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

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Hard Skills & Tools

actuarial experiencemodel developmentreporting frameworkseconomic valuerisk-neutral liabilitiesreal-world liabilitiesbest estimateassumption setting

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationplanningprioritizationtime managementmentoringtraining

Certifications

FSA designation