Senior Actuarial Associate

The Opportunity

Martello Re is a Bermuda-based reinsurer created in 2022 to support asset-intensive life and annuity liabilities, with a focus on new business reinsurance. We were built by an exceptional group of institutional investors and family offices, including MassMutual. With over $1.6bn of committed capital and $18bn in assets under management, Martello Re is on a mission to help insurers grow their businesses profitably and consistently, while ensuring they are well-positioned to deliver on all their promises to policyholders. The most important ingredient to delivering on our mission is our people.

We believe in hiring talented actuaries and giving them an opportunity to make a real impact on our business and grow their careers while doing it. At Martello Re, you’ll have the opportunity to work with smart people in a high-energy environment where no two days are the same. We value teamwork and encourage everyone to contribute and take risks, regardless of their seniority or experience level. At the same time, we have a long-term focus and take seriously our duty to maintain our exceptional financial strength for the benefit of our cedants and their policyholders.

A senior actuarial associate will support Martello Re and the actuarial team with various high profile strategic initiatives, including:

• Develop best-in-class capabilities across Modeling, Risk/ALM, Data Analytics and Reinsurance/Underwriting;
• Standardize, streamline and automate processes to minimize production work and maximize analytical work;
• Proactively manage risk and capital to optimize risk-adjusted shareholder returns;
• Develop reinsurance relationships to establish diverse sources of low-cost funds.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manage interns and entry level students.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Support build-out of in-force and pricing modeling (e.g., Prophet) with scalable cloud-based solution.
• Support producing standardized monthly projections for GAAP, EBS/BSCR, Liquidity Risk, FP&A, EV / Valuation and EC / Stress Testing.
• Support build-out of strong controls framework.
• Support proactive management of current and projected capital positions.
• Support the development of data analytics capabilities as a differentiator for underwriting, experience monitoring, and client service offering.
• Support the reinsurance pricing efforts across MYGA, FIA, FIA GLWB, PRT, RILA, Funding Agreements, UL/IUL and WL.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Experience and familiarity with actuarial modeling software (e.g., Prophet, MG-ALFA). Prophet experience preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Familiarity with R, Python, and/or comparable programming language preferred.
• Experience working on multiple projects across functional topics / areas.
• Experience and familiarity with fixed annuity products and asset / liability modeling of fixed annuity business.
• High degree of attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Sense of extreme ownership.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with others in support of key initiatives.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, business, or related field required.
• Two to four years of actuarial experience required.
• Three or more ASA-level exams are preferred.

Location and Travel

• Preferred locations: Charlotte, NC, Bermuda, or Eastern US time zone
• Remote employees are expected to travel to Charlotte approximately once per month for 2-3 business days, or more frequently as determined by business needs.

Note to Recruitment Agencies

We kindly request that you do not forward any resumes to Martello Re employees unless specifically requested for this position or other roles within our organization.

Martello Re bears no responsibility for fees related to unsolicited resumes.