Associate Actuary

Job Description:

Associate Actuary

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (FILI) is looking for an Associate Actuary to help drive our future state of reserve modeling and valuation for our life and annuity products. Be part of a team with wide-ranging strengths that builds, promotes, and supports Fidelity’s outstanding future state experience!

The Role

As Associate Actuary, you support reserve valuation for all products. You use FIS Prophet actuarial software to model financial projections which provide the basis for determining reserves, Risk Based Capital and assessment of reserve adequacy for this business. You also provide in-depth analysis to support annual certifications of reserves and reserve adequacy.

• Model actuarial values including principle-based reserves (PBR), and ensure compliance of reserves with applicable regulations and Actuarial Standards of Practice

• Research, understand, implement statutory and GAAP reserving requirements for newly developed products. 

• Monitor regulatory developments affecting reserves and other actuarial items.

• Develop analysis and documentation needed to complete annual regulatory filings, including Statements of Actuarial Opinion, Asset Adequacy analysis memos, PBR reports and related documents

• Perform experience analysis and annual assumption review regarding key valuation assumptions including mortality, lapse, withdrawal, expense and other assumptions

• Promote continuous improvement of the valuation environment, including valuation controls

• Respond to company auditor and state examiner questions based on periodic audits

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) or experienced Associate of the Society of Actuaries

• 10 years of actuarial experience, with demonstrated competency in the specific responsibilities for this position

• Solid knowledge of individual annuity and life insurance products

• Prior experience working in Prophet or another modeling software package such as AXIS, MG-ALFA, and/or MoSes

• Familiarity with Python, Visual Basic, SQL, or other programing languages

• Conforms to SOA Continuing Professional Development requirements – general qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to help key constituents understand valuation issues and explain sophisticated topics to non-technical people at all organizational levels

The Team

Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company provides financial products that help Fidelity’s investors achieve lifetime financial goals. Having our annuity and life insurance solutions as options is a strategic advantage for Personal Investing. Our products help ensure our clients do not outlive their assets in retirement, safeguard one’s portfolio from market volatility and protect against premature death and unforeseen long-term care costs.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.