Senior Actuary – EB

The Standard

Actuary supporting Employee Benefits within The Standard. Involves strategic product influence, financial analysis, and collaboration with leadership across teams.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $200,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonVBA

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Standard is seeking a talented Actuary to join our Employee Benefits (EB) division, supporting products such as disability, group life and AD&D, dental, and vision.
In this role, you’ll influence product strategy and results, working closely with senior leadership across actuarial and multidisciplinary business teams.
Responsibilities include preparing financial statements, analyzing business results, and presenting insights to business units and executive leadership.
In this role, you will represent the actuarial perspective, identify key drivers and trends, and help improve processes and tools through a continuous improvement mindset.
A strong attention to detail and ability to review and challenge work are critical to ensuring accurate, insightful analysis and clear executive communication.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree
Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) required; Fellowship progress or FSA strongly preferred.
5–7 years of progressively responsible actuarial experience within insurance, demonstrating strong actuarial and business judgment; employee benefits experience preferred.
Prior hands-on experience sufficient to have gained a seasoned actuarial business perspective.
Experience preparing, analyzing, and interpreting financial statements under GAAP, statutory, and/or tax reporting frameworks.
Proven ability to partner with actuarial and business leaders to assess profitability, trends, and risk drivers across complex products.
Demonstrated experience reviewing, challenging, and validating actuarial analyses to ensure quality and sound conclusions.
Hands-on experience developing analytical tools and models using programming languages (SAS preferred, or similar experience with Python, C++, Power BI.
Strong financial, analytical, and conceptual skills, including evaluation of economic, market, and competitor data.
Advanced Excel skills, including VBA and macro development.
Working knowledge of regulatory considerations impacting actuarial and financial reporting.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
An annual incentive bonus plan
Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure
A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement
Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

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Hard Skills & Tools

actuarial experiencefinancial statement preparationfinancial analysisGAAPstatutory reportingtax reportinganalytical tools developmentSASPythonC++

Soft Skills

attention to detailcommunicationbusiness judgmentcollaborationcontinuous improvement mindsetanalytical skillsconceptual skillsproblem-solvingreviewing and challenging workinsight presentation

Certifications

Bachelors degreeAssociate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA)Fellowship progress (FSA)