Lead System Programmer

We are Athene. At Athene, we are driven to do more. We are a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. We see every day as a new opportunity to measure ourselves against the best - and then we don't stop until we've set the bar even higher. We're ready to help you achieve more.

Purpose:

Athene is seeking an Actuarial System Programmer Analyst Lead, Valuation Modernization to help develop and transition to a unified cloud-based valuation process. This role involves ensuring accurate actuarial results, supporting quality assurance, and collaborating with IT and Finance to create an integrated end-to-end process. Additionally, the candidate will educate and support valuation teams during the implementation of the new process. The role also requires coding expertise and the ability to work closely with business stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and functionality.

Accountabilities:

Ensures the delivery of timely and accurate actuarial production results across the organization by:

• Contributing to the development of the new Valuation Process

• Supporting QA/UAT of the new Valuation Process

• Adhering to change management processes and follow established design patterns and coding standards

• Partnering with IT and Finance to design a more integrated process end to end.

Understand existing valuation processes to ensure that new development fully supports the needs of the valuation teams

Educate and support valuation teams as they request and/or implement changes to the new Valuation Process

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and four plus (4+) years of programming/system development experience required; four plus (4+) years of life/annuity industry experience is a plus.

• Experience in Python or another programming language is required.

• Experience with AWS ecosystem is preferred.

• Strong organizational and communication skills and the ability to develop working relationships are required.

• ASA or FSA optional.

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