Head of Actuarial Expense Strategy (Fintech)

TL;DR

Head of Actuarial Expense Strategy (Fintech): Leading the Actuarial Expense Strategy team, driving understanding of expense impacts across the business with an accent on actuarial expertise, advanced analytics, and strategic insight. Focus on solving complex, cross-functional challenges and evolving current tools, data pipelines, reporting and processes to modern approaches.

Location: Springfield, MA or Boston, MA

Salary: $185,300-$243,100

Company

hirify.global's Corporate Actuarial team is seeking a dynamic and well-rounded actuary to lead the Actuarial Expense Strategy team.

What you will do

• Deliver Unit Expense Factor studies and assumptions for business and regulatory deliverables.
• Provide subject matter expertise on expense allocations and implications across products and distribution channels.
• Review and propose distribution management allowances for product pricing and distribution-based P&Ls.
• Develop vision for and execute efforts to evolve current tools, data pipelines, reporting and processes to modern approaches.
• Provide ad hoc strategic support (e.g. M&A, reinsurance).
• Collaborate across teams to solve complex problems and drive strategic outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Finance, Computer/Data Science, or related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of experience as an actuary or senior quantitative professional in insurance, risk, or financial services.
• Strong actuarial foundation demonstrated through professional credentialing or sustained application of actuarial methodologies in complex business environments.

Nice to have

• Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (ASA or FSA) strongly preferred.
• Member of the Academy of Actuaries a plus.
• Deep understanding of insurance products, accounting, and profitability across multiple lines of business and distribution channels.
• Highly effective communicator, both written and verbal, comfortable presenting to all levels of the organization as well as technical and non-technical audiences, and skilled in creating simple, powerful, and data-driven communications.
• Demonstrated ability to harness and deploy modern technologies (i.e. Excel, SQL, Alteryx, Python, etc.), including generative AI, to enhance processing, manipulation, validation, and analysis of large amounts of data and drive modernization of tools, data pipelines, and reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to apply analytical and leadership skills to drive understanding of expense impacts across the business.
• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing actionable expense-related analysis and recommendations.
• Work spans all lines of business and supports key functions.
• Team thrives in a fast-paced environment where bespoke analysis and ad hoc requests are common.
• Committed to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and building organizational capacity for the future.