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The Muse

VP, Head of Actuarial Reserving

The Muse

. Lead the quarterly and annual reserve review process across all lines of business.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeBoston • Illinois, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $245,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the quarterly and annual reserve review process across all lines of business.
  • Develop and maintain actuarial methodologies appropriate to the company’s risk profile.
  • Quantify reserve variability and establish ranges; communicate uncertainty and key drivers to senior leadership.
  • Partner with Finance on monthly financial close.
  • Serve as the Appointed Actuary, issuing Statements of Actuarial Opinion and Actuarial Reports in accordance with NAIC requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable actuarial standards of practice and regulatory expectations.
  • Provide independent assessment of reserve adequacy and documentation supporting actuarial judgments.
  • Interface with regulators on reserving matters, including exams and inquiries.
  • Establish and maintain a robust reserving governance framework, including model validation, documentation, and internal controls.
  • Lead reserve committee; present reserve recommendations to executive leadership and the Board/Audit Committee.
  • Oversee audit support (internal/external), ensuring transparency and defensibility of methodologies and assumptions.
  • Deliver insights on loss trends, claims emergence, rate adequacy, and underwriting performance.
  • Monitor emerging risks and incorporate into reserve views.
  • Advance use of data, analytics, and automation to improve timeliness, accuracy, and explainability.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing actuarial reserving team.
  • Foster a culture of rigor, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to align actuarial perspectives with enterprise objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society who meets qualifications to provide actuarial opinions as the Appointed Actuary
  • 12+ years of progressively more responsible experience, including leadership experience
  • Experience in personal lines reserving, high net worth experience is a plus
  • IFRS 17 reporting knowledge required
  • Proven ability to manage, develop, and coach a team
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior management on matters of significant importance
  • Excellent analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Proficiency with ResQ, Python, and SQL preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Opportunities to stretch and grow: your professional and personal development matters to us.
  • Clarity and kindness: you can rely on us to be open, honest and supportive, offering clarity on what success looks like.
  • Support in good times and bad: we believe in showing up for each other consistently, not only when it’s easy.
  • A community that cares: we are committed to sustaining a community in which each person feels cared for as an individual.

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Hard Skills & Tools
actuarial methodologiesreserve variabilityfinancial closeStatements of Actuarial OpinionActuarial Reportsreserve adequacymodel validationdata analyticsautomationIFRS 17 reporting
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationanalytical skillsquantitative skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsinfluencecoachingcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society