AVP Actuary - Reserving

Company: Selby Jennings
Location: New York City
Posted on: January 28, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description A specialty?focused organization in the P&C sector is seeking an experienced actuarial leader to join its Corporate Actuarial group. This role sits within a Reserving & Loss Analytics team that provides independent reserve assessments, supports financial reporting, and delivers analytical insights that influence business decisions across the enterprise. You'll lead reserving analyses, oversee loss analytics initiatives, and contribute to integration activities related to organizational changes or acquisitions. The position is hands?on and highly visible, requiring someone who can balance technical execution with strategic thinking, cross?functional collaboration, and team development. Key Responsibilities Lead reserving and loss analytics projects; deliver clear, proactive insights to senior stakeholders. Enhance models, methodologies, and reserving frameworks; ensure data quality and consistency. Partner closely with underwriting, pricing, claims, and finance to align on business performance trends. Support quarterly financial reporting and provide input into forecasting and planning. Mentor team members and contribute to an evolving, high?performance actuarial function. Required Experience Expert Excel and SQL; familiarity with modern analytics tools (Power BI, Snowflake, Python) preferred. Strong background across commercial/specialty P&C lines. Proven ability to lead teams, manage complex workloads, and communicate with executives. Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society preferred (ACAS considered). 10 years in P&C actuarial roles, including 5 years in reserving or loss analytics. Company Description Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry. By breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals. We work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places. From our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility. Company Description Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.\r\n\r\nBy breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.\r\n\r\nWe work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.\r\n\r\nFrom our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.

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