Sr. Director & Actuary - ALM & Capital Analytics

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams across the nation, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary

In this highly visible role in the Asset Liability Management (ALM) and Capital Analytics team in Corporate Actuarial and Risk Management (CARM), you’ll have direct responsibility for optimizing ALM, capital efficiency, liquidity risk, and cash flow management, as well as providing investment advice and hedging recommendations.  This role will lead a team of senior professionals and play a key leadership role in shaping enterprise investment and capital strategy.

This role contributes to group-level strategy development, provides thought leadership on enterprise initiatives, and influences executive stakeholders to support strategic direction. You’ll bring a corporate lens to business challenges, foster innovation, mentor future leaders, and continuously improve risk and capital management practices.

Occasional travel only (such as for planning purposes, team building, or conferences) may be required.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• You will collaborate across Investment Management, Actuarial Modeling, Business Units, Corporate Finance, and Accounting to ensure integrated, forward-looking decision frameworks are developed and maintained which will align investment strategy with insurance risk, capital, and product dynamics to enhance financial stability and optimize risk-adjusted returns.
• Influencing enterprise risk and financial outcomes by aligning ALM and investment strategy with corporate objectives, evaluating complex enterprise financial risks and creating innovative investment and capital management solutions.
• Cultivate professionalism by encouraging collaboration with colleagues, ownership of results, and implementation of creative technical solutions.
• Shape the strategic direction for ALM, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, capital optimization, and hedging strategy in alignment with enterprise financial goals.
• Partner with Investment teams to develop and maintain strategic asset allocation frameworks that support capital needs and enterprise risk tolerance.
• Collaborate with Business Units to support product design, pricing strategies, risk evaluation, and long-term financial performance.
• Lead the development and integration of frameworks to optimize risk-adjusted return through asset allocation, ALM, and capital efficiency.
• Provide capital forecasting insights for the corporate financial plan and lead strategic analysis related to investment income and capital outcomes.
• Champion strategic initiatives that improve ALM and capital-related analytics, tools, and governance.
• Guide cross-functional collaboration to integrate economic capital concepts (e.g., JFSA Economic Solvency Regime) into enterprise capital and risk practices.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in ALM, capital strategy, finance, or investments.
• Required education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field required. FSA or equivalent international actuarial designation required.
• Preferred additional designations such as CFA, PRM, or CERA.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Strategic Visioning: Uses market data and knowledge of business model to develop new strategies, connect goals to enterprise vision, and identify criteria to measure success.
• Engaging Hearts & Minds: Empowers teams to form partnerships and motivates them to succeed through collaboration and cohesion. 
• Driving Success: Champions a result-oriented culture that views challenges as an opportunity to achieve greater growth by creating a compelling vision, implementing strategy-aligned goals, and executing with a sense of urgency.

Why join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation, and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative, and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard, you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions.
• An annual incentive bonus plan.
• Generous paid time off.
• A supportive and responsive management approach.
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement.
• Paid time off to volunteer.
• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools.
• Much more!

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Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement 

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.