Next Insurance is a fast-growing tech company based in Silicon Valley that is led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with a history of successful outcomes. Our mission is to transform insurance for small businesses by combining world-class technology and phenomenal customer service to offer better insurance at a lower price. As the leading digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, we are proud to have achieved a company valuation of $4 billion and total funding raised to more than $880 million! 

Next Insurance is looking for explorers who are filled with curiosity, have the desire to travel the unbeaten path, and realize new heights in providing small business owners with the peace of mind to run their businesses. If you move fast, and are customer-focused and willing to challenge the status quo, Next Insurance might just be your next journey.

We are looking for a visionary and entrepreneurial actuary to drive management strategy for our worker's compensation line of business.  You will be empowered to act autonomously and leverage your expertise to provide impactful analyses to our insurance product, finance, and operations teams.  You will take an active role in the decision making process at Next.  Your role will be critical in ensuring our growing worker's compensation line of business scales while maintaining profitability.

What You’ll Do:

• Be the #1 subject matter expert at Next relating to the pricing of its worker's compensation products.  
• Build actuarial pricing methodologies to be used for projecting prospective loss ratios, rating factor relativities, impact analyses, predictive model calibration, rate filing support, and other actuarial analyses.
• Build actuarial methodologies to measure and manage natural catastrophe accumulation risk
• Translate results into recommendations and strongly communicate them to senior management
• Partner with data science and data engineering in order to expand our pricing, business intelligence and reporting capabilities relating to our worker's compensation products
• Manage and mentor actuarial analysts on projects, enabling their career growth, and serve as a role model for the broader actuarial team as we build scalable solutions that produce high quality results

What We Need: 

• 8+ years of experience in an actuarial role with a bonus being any experience with worker's compensation
• Experience managing projects and junior members of teams
• Expertise with some or all of the following software: Tableau, SQL, Python, MS Office, Google Suite
• ACAS or FCAS preferred

Unstoppable Qualities:

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to cross functional partners of varying technical knowledge
• Ability to define relevant metrics that can guide and influence stakeholders to the appropriate and accurate insights
• Curiosity - Desire to dig deeper and solve complex business problems
• Pride in the quality of their output and sharp eye for detail
• Entrepreneurial spirit - Willingness to work in a fast paced environment with a self driving and innovative mindset
• Leadership - ability to identify needs at Next and drive development of solutions to meet them

One of our core values is 'Play as a Team'; this means making sure everyone has an equal chance to participate and make a difference. We win by playing together. Next Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants of any type and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws. Next's policy is to comply with all applicable laws related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.