Athene Annuity And Life Company

VP Model Production

West Des Moines, Iowa · Vp

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago

PythonComplianceFinancial AnalysisValuationFP&AAuditingLeadershipCommunicationGAAPFinancial ReportingInternal AuditActuarial Science

About the role

If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company.
Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Actuarial Modeling, this role is responsible for ensuring timely, controlled, and auditable model runs that feed financial reporting, risk metrics, and business planning cycles.
Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Own end-to-end model production for quarterly and monthly closes for GAAP and Statutory financial reporting.
Oversee and maintain the production schedule across all reporting workstreams, including Risk Metrics, CFT, EBS, FP&A, and financial close processes.
Drive execution discipline, ensuring model runs are completed on time, with full traceability and auditability.
Partner with Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, and External Audit to support controls documentation, testing, and sign-off processes.
Lead the design and ongoing improvement of production workflows, tooling, and scheduling infrastructure.
Partner with Actuarial IT and the broader organization to modernize production pipelines, reduce manual touchpoints, and improve run efficiency and reliability.
Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements that reduce close cycle time without compromising control quality.
Document production processes, run books, and control procedures to support scalability and knowledge transfer.
Collaborate with Financial Reporting, FP&A, Risk, and Capital teams to align production outputs with downstream reporting and analytics needs.
Partner with Actuarial IT on system upgrades, infrastructure changes, and platform enhancements that impact the production environment.

ACIA, AIA) required;
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience), with 10+ years of actuarial experience-including direct involvement in model production, financial reporting, or actuarial operations-and 5+ years of leadership experience.

Experience designing or executing SOX and/or MAR controls in an actuarial or financial reporting context.
Experience interfacing with external auditors on model-related controls, documentation, and walkthroughs.
Strong understanding of actuarial systems and production infrastructure
experience with MG-ALFA, Aon PathWise, and/or Python preferred.
Strong communication skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders across actuarial, finance, IT, and audit functions.

We are driven to do more.
More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products.
You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.

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