How does this role benefit the work of the organization and the profession?
This role supports the education and credential activities of the SOA, in particular the question writing and grading for the Predictive Analytics exams.
Responsibilities and duties:
The SOA is looking for actuaries with experience in Predictive Analytics (PA) or related areas to write tasks for the PA exam. The PA exam is a five-hour exam where the candidates are given a dataset and a series of tasks (data, modelling, communicating). Each exam is developed by a team of actuaries, and benefits from additional expert review.
- Explore dataset and share interesting aspects with teammates
- Participate in drafting tasks for examinations
- Participate in reviewing tasks for examinations (2 half day meetings)
- Maintain confidentiality in accordance with the SOA Education Confidentiality Agreement
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong work ethic and reliability
* Volunteer candidates must not have family members / significant others currently taking the PA exam
Time Commitment
- Approximately 20-40 hours per year plus additional travel time to meetings
- Ideally volunteers will serve for a minimum of two years
Experience Required
- Must be FSA, or an ASA with no plans to take additional exams
- Experience with at least one of the following: R programming, GLM, tree models, PCA, Clustering models. For those without experience in any area, this is a great opportunity to expand your skillset by interacting with experts.
Opportunity Location
U.S. and Canada
Travel Required
Attend two to four on-site meetings per year in North America, when travel is feasible.
Meetings will be virtual for next exam
SOA Training Required
None
PAOP
None
Additional Specializations
None