Director, Actuarial FP&A

Transamerica

Actuarial professional handling regulatory capital evaluations, budgeting, and financial reporting for Transamerica. Collaborating across business units and transforming financial insights into actionable reports.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeCedar Rapids • Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $195,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Interpret, prepare, and present key actuarial and financial information to support informed leadership decision making.
Provide guidance and advice regarding technical actuarial issues such as pricing rates, modeling methodology, reserving principles and related matters.
Focus will be on forward-looking financial outcomes.
Assess complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance arrangements, and other strategic initiatives, offering guidance as needed.
Collaborate with leaders from business units and other departments to provide meaningful management reports, support capital planning, and perform performance analysis.
This involves linking product-level actuarial results to broader FP&A narratives at the enterprise level.
Act as a trusted partner to Actuarial, Risk, ALM, Investments, Tax, and Finance Transformation teams to deliver integrated financial view.
Drive key projects to completion by providing leadership and direction to individuals both inside and outside the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related field, and 10 years of related actuarial experience, or Master’s degree in a listed discipline and 8 years of experience.
FSA and American Academy of Actuaries membership.
Demonstrate high quality leadership, judgment, organization and prioritization skills.
Effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, advanced mathematical and analytical concepts to various audiences.
Solid understanding of risk/return profiles of various assets.
Extensive experience in the insurance industry, knowledge of regulatory frameworks and thorough understanding of financial markets.
Proven experience in (setting up) financial models that are used in decision making processes.
Experience in assessing and analyzing business performance, challenging business strategies, ability to present and interpret the results of the assessment, ability to conduct complex financial research autonomously.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

actuarial modelingfinancial modelingperformance analysispricing ratesreserving principlesmergers and acquisitionsreinsurance arrangementscapital planningfinancial researchdata analysis

Soft Skills

leadershipjudgmentorganizationprioritizationcommunicationcollaborationpresentation skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingtrust-building

Certifications

FSAAmerican Academy of Actuaries membership