P&C Practice - Actuarial Manager/Senior Manager

Location(s): Ideal: NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles; but open to other locations

Company Overview

The Property and Casualty Consulting Practice assists (re)insurance companies, self-insured corporations, government entities, and other organizations with all aspects of managing property and casualty insurance exposures. We guide P&C clients on their qualitative assessment and quantification of risk and loss exposures, and offer advice on a range of issues, from external business strategy and internal risk management to economic capital modeling and new product development.

Position Summary

As a Manager/Senior Manager in our P&C Actuarial Practice, you will work closely with our consultants and analysts to independently analyze complex problems and develop workable solutions for our clients, including (re)insurance companies, large corporations, captive insurance companies, and state regulators. The candidate will have significant interaction and visibility with Oliver Wyman’s exciting and diverse client portfolios. This role offers a chance to work collaboratively with cutting-edge technologies, including AI, to deliver impactful solutions around more traditional actuarial projects involving pricing, reserving, and capital modeling.

Responsibilities

• Project Work: A variety of projects could include reserving, pricing/ratemaking, predictive modeling, economic capital modeling, and warranty and loyalty rewards programs.

• Project Management: Oversee new and existing projects with minimal principal involvement, serving as the main project contact and effectively managing client communications.

• Analytical Review: Review analysts' work to ensure technical accuracy and integrity across various analyses, templates, and exhibits.

• Exhibits and Reporting: Prepare exhibits and written reports to effectively present findings to clients.

• Client Engagement: Actively attend and participate in client meetings as required.

• Business Development: Helping to build and maintain strong relationships for business development activities, assisting in proposals and presentations for prospective clients.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage effectively with clients and senior stakeholders, translating complex findings into actionable recommendations.

• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Opportunities to work with engineering teams to translate actuarial specifications into technical requirements and validate outcomes.

• Quality Management: Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal best practices, rigorously validating data, model outputs and assumptions.

• Innovation Contribution: Enhance tools, processes, and methodologies to drive operational excellence within the practice.

• People Management: Support the training, development, and mentoring of analysts within project teams to aid their career growth.

Qualifications

Required

• Education: BA/BS degree

• Experience: 5+ years of actuarial experience; ACAS or FCAS credentials.

• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written skills to convey complex information effectively to diverse audiences.

• Analytical Mindset: Strong problem-solving capabilities to develop client-oriented solutions; intellectual curiosity to meet tight deadlines.

• Strong Organizational Skills: Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks and meet project objectives and deadlines.

• Microsoft Suite: Advanced Excel / PowerPoint for data analysis and reporting.

Preferred

• AI Proficiency: Experience utilizing AI technologies for modeling and analytics.

• Programming: Knowledge of programming languages (Python, R, or SQL is a plus).

Why Work for Us

The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman seeks to invest in its people by fostering a safe and inclusive environment, respecting and welcoming different perspectives, promoting an ownership culture, providing opportunities for individuals to develop their personal brand, and celebrating successes and rewarding performance. There are employee groups for: the LGBT+ community, racially and ethnically diverse employees, women, family life, introverts and veterans of military service at Oliver Wyman.

Oliver Wyman offers a performance-based pay program that rewards colleagues for the contributions they make to our business results, including year-end bonuses based on personal and corporate performance. We also offer an impressive array of benefits. Explore all the benefits offered at US Benefits | Marsh McLennan.

For more information, please visit our website at www.oliverwyman.com/actuaries.

Marsh McLennan and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $85,000 – $230,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, and education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman, a Marsh business, advises clients across a broad spectrum of risk management issues. We are a rapidly growing group with offices expanding across the globe. Our actuaries hold the highest professional qualifications and are nationally recognized as experts in their field(s). We use mathematical and statistical modeling skills and our qualitative assessment methodologies to assist clients in evaluating and addressing risk. Our solutions help clients manage and prepare for the potential financial consequences of uncertain future events. We bring a combination of broad-based expertise with specialized knowledge of specific risks, allowing us to provide independent, objective advice in the three primary areas of risk: healthcare, life and annuity, and property and casualty.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.