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More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.\nPurpose:\nThe VP of Actuarial Modeling will lead the design, execution, and governance of Athene's actuarial model production processes supporting quarterly and monthly closes across GAAP and Statutory financial reporting. 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. The role requires deep operational expertise in actuarial production environments combined with the ability to partner across Actuarial IT, Financial Reporting, FP&A, External Audit, and actuarial leadership to continuously improve production infrastructure and controls.Accountabilities:\nProduction Leadership & Process Execution\nOwn end-to-end model production for quarterly and monthly closes for GAAP and Statutory financial reporting.\nOversee and maintain the production schedule across all reporting workstreams, including Risk Metrics, CFT, EBS, FP&A, and financial close processes.\nDrive execution discipline, ensuring model runs are completed on time, with full traceability and auditability.\nServe as the primary escalation point for production issues, coordinating rapid resolution across technical and business teams.\nControls & Governance\nEstablish and enforce governance standards for model inputs, run configurations, output validation, and version control.\nPartner with Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, and External Audit to support controls documentation, testing, and sign-off processes.\nServe as a key actuarial point of contact for external auditors, facilitating walkthroughs, providing documentation, and responding to audit inquiries related to model production processes and controls.\nEnsure production processes meet regulatory and internal audit standards, with clear control ownership and evidence retention.\nProcess Design & Continuous Improvement\nLead the design and ongoing improvement of production workflows, tooling, and scheduling infrastructure.\nPartner with Actuarial IT and the broader organization to modernize production pipelines, reduce manual touchpoints, and improve run efficiency and reliability.\nIdentify bottlenecks and implement process improvements that reduce close cycle time without compromising control quality.\nDocument production processes, run books, and control procedures to support scalability and knowledge transfer.\nCross-Functional Partnership\nCollaborate with Financial Reporting, FP&A, Risk, and Capital teams to align production outputs with downstream reporting and analytics needs.\nPartner with Actuarial IT on system upgrades, infrastructure changes, and platform enhancements that impact the production environment.\nEngage with actuarial leaders across the organization to anticipate model changes and incorporate them into production schedules with appropriate lead time.\nCommunicate production status, issues, and capacity constraints clearly to senior leadership.\nLeadership & Talent Development\nLead and manage a team of analysts and actuaries, building a culture of operational excellence and accountability.\nBuild cross-functional relationships that position the production team as a trusted partner across the actuarial organization.\nPromote a continuous improvement mindset and invest in team capability around automation, controls, and actuarial systems.\nQualifications and Experience:\nASA (or equivalent: ACIA, AIA) required; FSA (or equivalent: FCIA, FIA) preferred.\nDeep familiarity with GAAP and Statutory valuation processes and the model production environments that support them.\nExperience designing or executing SOX and/or MAR controls in an actuarial or financial reporting context.\nExperience interfacing with external auditors on model-related controls, documentation, and walkthroughs.\nStrong understanding of actuarial systems and production infrastructure; experience with MG-ALFA, Aon PathWise, and/or Python preferred.\nProven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream production schedules under tight close deadlines.\nProven people management experience, with the ability to develop and retain actuarial and analytical talent.\nStrong communication skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders across actuarial, finance, IT, and audit functions.\nBachelor'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 direct or indirect leadership experience.\nDrive. Discipline. Confidence. Focus. Commitment. Learn more about working at Athene.\nAthene is a Military Friendly Employer! Learn more about how we support our Veterans.\nAthene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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