At Legal & General America, we aim to make a positive difference in the lives of our customers, partners, colleagues, and the communities in which they live.  As a recognized market leader of term life insurance, we’re working to transform our business through innovation and technology to provide products and solutions that help American families secure their financial futures.

We are a future-focused company, passionate about what we do and how we do it. This means working with pace and energy to reach our goals, and challenging ourselves to achieve more.  We strive to create a unique environment where balance between work and life is possible. Our employees' passion, dedication and hard work, as well as our career development opportunities, benefits, and employee activities contribute to our positive workplace culture.

The Data Specialist will primarily serve as the data and data management expert for the Corporate Actuarial team. Take over and consolidate all data related responsibilities. Administer the Moody’s AXIS cloud environment.  Support the development of all actuarial models by ensuring the integrity and robustness of the data used and all related processes, with a focus on improving existing procedures and workflows for better efficiency, stability and controls. Become a subject matter expert and strategic contributor to the team’s innovation and key project deliverables.

1. Run monthly Model Point File (MPF) creation processes in SQL Server for actuarial models.
2. Act as a liaison across the organization representing Corporate Actuarial to facilitate communication, collaboration, and partnership with other departments as appropriate.
3. Migrate ETL processes off Excel.
4. Maintain and enhance databases, ensuring efficient storage, retrieval, and management of large and complex datasets.
5. Manage storage and computing resources on Moody’s cloud and Microsoft Azure.
6. Update SQL Server stored procedures and scripts.
7. Partner with all actuarial model developers to adopt and promote best practices and new technology, including AI, for actuarial modeling.
8. Optimize existing code and data flows in and around Moody’s AXIS actuarial models.
9. Identify and Implement process and infrastructure changes to automate tasks and optimize storage usage.
10. Support modeling and other business projects as needed.
11. Other duties as required.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree: Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, or a related field.
• Advanced degrees or relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Data Management Professional) are a plus.

Experience/Knowledge

• 5+ years of experience in a data-centric role.
• Proficiency in data manipulation tools and languages such as SQL, Python, R, or SAS.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, ETL pipelines, and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience supporting actuarial modeling teams or working on actuarial projects preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams supporting stakeholders across business functions.

Skills

• Proficiency in data manipulation tools and languages such as SQL, Python, R, or SAS.
• Familiarity with Git version control repositories such as GitHub and Bitbucket.
• Proficiency in Excel and VBA.
• Familiarity with actuarial modeling software (AXIS, Prophet, MG-ALFA) is a plus.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new systems, data sources, and business environments.
• Ability to multi-task in a deadline-oriented environment.

What’s in it for you?

The expected hiring compensation range for this position is $107,800 - $148,200 annually. This is a remote opportunity operating on EST.

The total compensation package for this position may include other elements, such as a sign-on bonus, long term incentives, and annual bonuses.  This role is eligible to participate in the Legal & General America Annual Incentive Plan. The current target payment for the position is 20% of base salary, modified for corporate and individual performance. Bonuses are pro-rated based on start date.  This role has 20 vacation days and 10 sick days that are accrued on a bi-weekly basis. Employees also have 9 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

We have a competitive compensation and benefits package focused on your overall wellbeing.  Employee benefits include health, life, and dental insurance; 401K with company match up to 6% as well as a pension package; generous time off; and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year (we like doing fun stuff).  We’re big on professional development and we’ll support and mentor you in your career progression and expect you to help us pay it forward by helping us develop tomorrow's leaders and growth-focused professionals. We value our teams and our communities and believe in giving back. Enjoy time off to volunteer for those causes that matter most to you!

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. The Company reserves the right to change benefits plans at any time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.