Job description
Join us for an exciting career with the leading provider of supplemental benefits!
Our Promise
Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Avesis is searching for a Junior Actuary who would like to develop a thorough understanding of our products and learn how these responsibilities contribute towards achieving the goals of Avēsis. Our chosen candidate will assist in performing financial and non-financial analyses, pricing and reserving, and make recommendations consistent with Avēsis’s goals regarding growth and profitability. This position will be part of the Actuarial Student Program. To remain in the position, our chosen candidate must validate their SOA exam results versus the Avēsis rules. The rules are described in the Actuarial Student Program Handbook.
Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Essential Job Functions:
- Gain a thorough understanding of all assignments.
- Become an expert in the technical aspects of all assignments.
- Identify areas of improvement regarding procedural and/or technical aspects of projects, where possible.
- Address such recommendations to your supervisor.
- Complete assignments on time and according to specifications provided by your supervisor.
- Strive towards completion of such assignments as independently as possible, recognizing situations where managerial guidance is needed.
Qualifications:
- Successful completion of at least 1 Society of Actuaries examination
- Actively pursuing Associateship in the Society of Actuaries.
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Ability to manage multiple projects.
- Familiarity with Excel and some programming knowledge a plus.
- Strong analytical and communication skills required.
Competencies:
- Utilizes internal and external data sources to better understand industry trends, clients, competitors, and the regulatory environment
- Sets realistic goals, understands how progress will be measured, and follows through dependably and consistently
- Understands the priorities that drive deadlines; measures progress to deliver quality results on schedule
- Encourages creative thinking and thoughtful risk taking to challenge traditional ways of doing things; anticipates barriers and identifies ways to overcome them
- Follows through on commitments; holds self-accountable for taking the necessary initiative to deliver high-quality and timely results
- Takes full responsibility for the results of own actions and decisions; takes initiative to ensure that problems do not fall between the cracks
- Actively seeks and takes on additional challenges to grow and develop professionally
We Offer
- Meaningful and challenging work opportunities to accelerate innovation in a secure and compliant way.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Excellent medical, dental, supplemental health, life and vision coverage for you and your dependents with no wait period.
- Life and disability insurance.
- A great 401(k) with company match.
- Tuition assistance, paid parental leave and backup family care.
- Dynamic, modern work environments that promote collaboration and creativity to develop and empower talent.
- Flexible time off, dress code, and work location policies to balance your work and life in the ways that suit you best.
- Employee Resource Groups that advocate for inclusion and diversity in all that we do.
- Social responsibility in all aspects of our work. We volunteer within our local communities, create educational alliances with colleges, drive a variety of initiatives in sustainability.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Avēsis, We See You. We celebrate differences and are building a culture of inclusivity and diversity. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants and does not discriminate against any person based on ancestry, age, citizenship, color, creed, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. At Avēsis, we believe that, to operate at the peak of excellence, our workforce needs to represent a rich mixture of diverse people, all focused on providing a world-class experience for our clients. We focus on recruiting, training and retaining those individuals that share similar goals. Come Dare to be Different at Avēsis, where We See You!
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