Actuarial Manager / Senior Manager - Domain Specialist (P&C)

About the role

Oliver Wyman's US Property and Casualty Actuarial Consulting Practice is hiring an Actuarial Manager / Senior Manager who is a domain specialist with deep expertise in pricing, reserving or capital modeling. The role centers on technical judgment: validating models and assumptions, challenging outputs and giving clear actuarial recommendations to senior stakeholders. It is a hybrid/remote position, flexible but preferably based in the US or Canada (New York, Chicago, Montreal).

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in your area of expertise while supporting business development, sales and client engagements.
• Validate, challenge and sign off deterministic and stochastic model outputs and assumptions, with proper documentation and audit trails for committee and regulatory review.
• Perform and oversee complex actuarial analyses meeting actuarial standards of practice, and prepare thorough documentation.
• Lead internal client projects and review changes made by project teams so deliverables meet business objectives.
• Communicate actuarial findings and recommendations to finance, risk and senior management.
• Work with actuarial developers: translate judgment into model requirements, review changes and verify implementations through independent testing and reconciliation.
• Prepare executive-level reports and present to Reserve Committees and CFO/Chief Actuary level stakeholders, and mentor junior actuaries.

Required profile

• Fellowship in a recognized actuarial body (e.g. FCAS/FIA) or equivalent senior actuarial qualification.
• Substantial hands-on experience in reserving, pricing and/or capital and regulatory modeling within P&C insurance or reinsurance, working independently for multiple years.
• Experience preparing actuarial reports or papers and engaging with senior stakeholders and auditors.
• Proven ability to challenge model development teams constructively and turn judgment into testable, auditable requirements.

Required skills

• Strong technical skills with actuarial tools and languages; Python, VBA, SQL or R is advantageous.
• Preferred: track record of innovation or efficiency projects, mentoring experience and cross-departmental collaboration.

What we offer

• Base salary range of $125k-$200k, with possible performance-based incentives.
• Health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K and other retirement programs, and employee assistance programs.