• Job Description

  Req#: 92766
  As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

  This is a hybrid role based out of our Columbus, OH office. The team comes into the office typically 2 - 3 days week.

  This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

  Join a high-impact team at the forefront of enterprise-level capital risk management. In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to initiatives that span capital risk, investment risk, P&C product risk, and liquidity risk. You’ll collaborate across a wide range of teams, develop analytical solutions, and help safeguard the Nationwide’s capital adequacy.

  We’re looking for someone who is intellectually curious, eager to learn, and excited to work on meaningful challenges. Whether you're early in your career or bring specialized experience, we welcome diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

  What You’ll Do You’ll be trained to own and operate multiple Tier 1 quantitative risk and capital models that support our Capital, Appetite, and Limit (CAL) framework. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Lead the operation, maintenance, and continued improvement of the Tier 1 P&C Capital Liability Model. Support enterprise target capital framework and multi-year capital volatility tests.
  • Manage investment risk budget processes for both P&C and pension portfolios.
  • Conduct proprietary capital modeling (REC/RPC) for interest rate, equity/alternative asset, and credit risks.
  • Partner with Model Risk Management on model validation and governance.
  • Prepare risk reporting to executive committees, including the Board, EFRC, and ERCR.

  Why Join Us?

  • Broad Exposure: Work closely with teams across P&C actuarial, NF actuarial, investments, treasury, and strategy.
  • Career Growth: Get involved in initiatives that align with your strengths, interests, and long-term goals.
  • Learning Culture: We invest heavily in training and development. Your curiosity and drive to learn are just as important as your current skillset.

  Who You Are

  • You’re analytical, adaptable, and thrive in a collaborative environment.
  • You may have experience in capital modeling, risk management, or financial analysis—but if you don’t, that’s okay too.
  • You’re passionate about solving complex problems and eager to grow in a dynamic, enterprise-level role.

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  Job Description Summary

  Do you have the desire to play a critical role in driving data-based business outcomes? Nationwide has been using data to serve our members and drive business outcomes for almost 100 years. Our industry-leading workforce accepts an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. Our Risk Analytics professionals play a key role in transforming quantitative data analysis into meaningful insights that drive business results. Specifically, they serve as the conduit joining quantitative risk analysts to business partners.
  
  As a Consultant, you'll be responsible for the creation and management of risk analytics projects to solve business problems and achieve objectives. You’ll work consultatively with your leadership and business partners to match quantitative analysis with business needs. We’ll count on you to be the key point of contact linking business goals to technical research. It’s imperative that you have both a working knowledge of quantitative analytics and a clear understanding of business needs. You will need to confident articulating solutions to many levels of leadership.

  Job Description

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Understands and assesses key business needs and responsible for developing the appropriate quantitative modeling solutions to these needs.

  • Collaborates with departments across the organization or business functions to accomplish strategic goals, objectives, and initiatives.

  • Builds risk analytic strategies for business problems through collaborating, consulting, and driving expectations.

  • Collaborates with teams across the enterprise to ensure that consistent model assumptions, processes and outputs are well understood and that modeling standard methodologies are upheld throughout the organization.

  • Crafts clear and concise summaries of findings and recommendations. Uses impactful storylines and data visualization geared to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Develops, tests, implements and administers complex quantitative modeling processes and tools.

  • Evaluates and ranks quantitative solutions to business problems.

  • Communicates the key benefits and limitations of sophisticated modeling tools for business applications.

  • Works across teams to ensure governance of modeling tools are applied consistently.

  May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

  Reporting Relationships: Reports to Risk/Actuarial leader.

  Typical Skills and Experiences:

  Education: Undergraduate studies in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, mathematics or related subject area required. Graduate-level studies in a related field with advanced degree highly desirable.

  License/Certification/Designation: Progress toward FCAS, FSA, CQF, CFA or similar preferred.

  Experience: Typically, seven or more years of related work experience in financial risk modeling or actuarial functions.

  Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven knowledge of processes and functions spanning the insurance and risk management cycle. Understands machine learning, stochastic processes, Monte Carlo simulations, sampling methods and other statistical techniques applicable to specialized risk modeling. Confirmed mathematical knowledge of specialized risk models such as those used in hedging, economic scenario generation, catastrophe, credit risk, etc. Advanced understanding of risk management operations such as asset-liability management, portfolio risk assessment, hedging, etc. Strong communication and presentation skills. Advanced proficiency with Excel and Powerpoint.

  Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

  Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

  Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

  Job Conditions:

  Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

  Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

  ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

  Benefits

  We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

  Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

  
  

  NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

  We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

• About the company

  Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s.

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