Head of Long Term Care Valuation

Company: MassMutual
Location: Springfield, MA

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We are looking for a Head of Long Term Care Valuation in the Corporate Finance-Valuation & Modeling (V&M) department.
Corporate Finance’s vision – “as a trusted partner, we maximize our potential to deliver policyowner value through financially-based solutions and guidance”.
The Long Term Care Team performs V&M functions for long term care products. This team is responsible for approximately $1 billion of reserves.

What great looks like in this role
The selected incumbent for this role is a detail-oriented person who values collaboration and holds themselves and their team accountable for a quality work product.
In this role, you will help shape the vision, planning, execution, and culture of CFO’s Valuation & Modeling area. Your work will directly influence MassMutual’s financial position and more specifically, give business leaders insights into our solvency and capital requirements backing policyholder liabilities.
Objectives of this role:

Culture and Engagement: Contribute to continuous improvement and innovative culture

  • Exhibit curiosity and pursue learning opportunities. Take ownership of professional development (Development)
  • Drive collaborative solutions and results by seeking and valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives (Inclusion)
  • Manage priorities effectively and adapt quickly to achieve goals. (Agility)
  • Earn confidence and trust by demonstrating ownership, commitment, and follow-through in achieving results. (Accountability)
  • Collaborate with to other team as needed to help with load-balancing of work priorities
  • Give employees opportunities to learn and grow; and help them identify the right developmental actions to help them improve. Grant others the authority to make decisions and take independent action (Leading Others)
  • Create an environment where the team is inspired, engaged and motivated. (Leading Others)
  • Cross boundaries to build partnerships and share resources. Work with team to establish a clear mission and goals (Leading Others)


Reporting and Analysis: Analyze results/provide insights

  • Oversee monthly preparation, analysis and reporting of direct and ceded reserves and DAC
  • Oversee preparation of the annual reserve adequacy testing including analysis and communication of results
  • Ensure use of the valuation governance framework for monthly responsibilities, model development, testing and management
  • Work to continually improve model processes and streamline work processes


Trusted Business Partner: Collaborate effectively and provide solutions for business partners

  • Provide forecasting advice
  • Prepare and communicate financial information for various customers (e.g. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Investment Management, Tax) and understand the ways assumption / data changes affect results
  • Oversee report and information distribution, and understand the ways assumption / data changes affect results
  • Provide valuation advice to product pricing / repricing and reinsurance / capital transactions
  • Actively participate in experience studies/assumption governance framework


Valuation Methodology: Interpret, develop and implement valuation methodology

  • Perform or lead others through analysis and implementation of valuation issues, providing recommendations for action, financial impact
  • Perform or lead others to monitor/influence/implement relevant emerging valuation regulation, determine an appropriate action and inform and influence others, participating on industry committees as relevant


Actuarial Systems Management:
Analyze current data and processes to explore new innovative approaches to optimize them and allow our staff more time to analyze results and provide insights to business leaders

  • Oversee a project to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of V&M’s reporting and visualization
  • Serve as V&M representative in various working groups across the organization involved with development, analysis and enhancement of any data and modeling related projects
  • Steward the evaluation and communication of the systems/data/modeling impacts stemming from key strategic projects and management actions
  • Manage/lead/coach the team through various data and modeling initiatives by providing strategic direction and resource, project management


SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher
  • Fellow or Associate of the Society of Actuaries and Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and “Compliant” with regards to SOA CPD Attestation Status
  • Minimum of 10 years’ actuarial experience with long term care product underwriting, pricing and valuation in an insurance setting.
  • Demonstrated financial statement knowledge
  • Proven leadership and talent development experience
  • Adept at engaging and inspiring others
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Strong working knowledge of valuation techniques
  • Strong working knowledge of US insurance products and pricing
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong project management skills
  • Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships across cross-functional groups


Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher with a background in one or more of the following: mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science
  • Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA)
  • Advanced knowledge of long term care valuation techniques, ASOPS, and regulations Demonstrated knowledge of valuation regulation and methodology
  • Demonstrated modeling capabilities, preferably in Axis software