Agency Financial Services, Department of

　　Title Chief Actuary Market Actuarial, NS

　　Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

　　Salary Grade NS

　　Bargaining Unit M/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

　　Salary Range From $162868 to $201711 Annually

　　Employment Type Full-Time

　　Appointment Type Permanent

　　Jurisdictional Class Exempt Class

　　Travel Percentage 0%

　　Workweek Mon-Fri

　　Hours Per Week 37.5

　　Workday

　　From 9 AM

　　To 5 PM

　　Flextime allowed? No

　　Mandatory overtime? No

　　Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

　　Telecommuting allowed? Yes

　　County New York

　　Street Address One State Street

　　City New York

　　State NY

　　Zip Code 10004

　　Minimum Qualifications Preferred Qualifications:• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mathematics, actuarial sciences, or statistics.• At least 10 years of relevant actuarial experience in the field of Property/Casualty insurance.• At least 5 years of managerial supervision.Appointment method:This is an appointment to a position in the exempt jurisdictional class. As such, the incumbent of this position would serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

　　Duties Description The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation; and preserving the stability of the global financial system.DFS is seeking candidates for the position of Chief Actuary Market Actuarial in the Market Actuarial Section of the Property Bureau. The Property Bureau is the largest business unit in the Insurance Division and oversees over 1000 regulated entities with more than $1.5 trillion of assets. Under the general direction of the Deputy Superintendent for Property, the Chief Actuary Market Actuarial will be responsible for overseeing the Market Actuarial Section, which regulates and monitors the property/casualty insurance market to ensure the protection and fair and equitable treatment of all policyholders.Duties include but are not limited to:• Supervises the review and analysis of all types of property and casualty rate filings including, but not limited to: automobile, medical malpractice, Workers Compensation, homeowners, title, mortgage guaranty and commercial liability and property; reviews and analyzes innovative and complex filings;• Prepares recommendations regarding policy forms and rate filings;• In accordance with the needs of the Business Unit, reviews various ratemaking related documents including, but not limited to: rate adjustment requests; policy forms; asset adequacy analyses; minimum loss ratio requirement calculations, actuarial projections related to company transactions; and dividend formulae;• Designs and maintains rate adjustment application templates and related applicant instructions;• Assigns projects to staff and monitors their progress;• Monitors outsourcing of actuarial projects and supervises consultants from initial contract development to completion of the project;• Supervises subordinate actuarial staff; establishes goals and priorities; monitors performance; completes performance evaluations; and ensures that assigned staff meet their objectives;• Performs special studies, prepares management reports, and provides technical assistance to Department staff as needed;• Participates on various task forces of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC);• Provides input in developing new regulations/legislation requiring actuarial expertise;• Drafts memoranda or reports, for internal and/or public purposes, ensuring proper support and documentation for any findings and recommendations;• Maintains ongoing communication with other Department staff regarding significant issues and findings in the course of reserve/rate analyses;• Recommends, reviews and monitors implementation of new actuarial techniques/methods, new computer templates and databases and new workflow procedures and guidelines to conduct risk focused actuarial analyses in compliance with the current NAIC standards and practices; • Performs/supervises research on reserving and ratemaking topics and analyzes insurance data; • Advocates for actuarial resources needed to perform required functions; and• Represents DFS at hearings and court proceedings, as well as at meetings with internal personnel, insurance companies, sister state agencies, NAIC committees and the public.

　　Additional Comments Positions located within the New York City metropolitan area, as well as Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, are also eligible to receive an additional $3,087 annual downstate adjustment.Appointment Status: This is an appointment to a position in the exempt jurisdictional class.Appointment to this position is pending Governor Appointment’s Office and Division of Budget approval.

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　　Name Kara Waters

　　Telephone

　　Fax 518-402-5071

　　Email Address [email protected]

　　Address

　　Street One Commerce Plaza

　　City Albany

　　State NY

　　Zip Code 12257

　　Notes on Applying To Apply: Interested qualified candidates must submit a resume and letter of interest no later than February 15, 2024, to the email address listed below. Please include the Vacancy ID # in the subject line of your email to ensure receipt of your application. Email submissions are preferred.Kara WatersNew York State Department of Financial Services Office of Human Resources ManagementOne Commerce Plaza, Suite 301 Albany, NY 12257Email: [email protected] Fax: (518) 402-5071All candidates that apply may not be scheduled for an interviewPublic Service Loan ForgivenessEmployment with New York State qualifies an individual for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). This program forgives the remaining balance on any Direct Student Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments while working full- time for a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization. To learn more about the program and whether you would qualify, please visit: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-serviceAMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONSUnder the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Department of Financial Services is required to provide reasonable accommodation for known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability if an accommodation would enable the applicant to perform the essential functions of the job. If the accommodation would constitute an undue hardship on the operations of the agency, the agency is not required to provide it.Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If suchinformation has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 473-3130 or via email at [email protected].