ACTUARY

Summary

This position is located in the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC), Actuarial Services & Technology Department (ASTD), Actuarial Services Present Value Future Benefits Division (ASPVFBD). More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.

Duties

The candidate selected for this position will: Review actuarial work performed by staff and contractors; oversee cash balance plan updates; review Actuarial Service Requests and Level 40/50 benefit calculations; and develop methods to resolve unique or unprecedented actuarial problems. Recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes affecting post valuation plan administration; develop operating specifications for new regulations and changes in law or policy; and implement procedures to meet new requirements. Advise PBGC staff and management on actuarial issues; support the Office of the General Counsel; answer questions from outside actuaries and plan administrators; and present technical topics at meetings, training, and large-case participant meetings. Serve as the technical authority on valuation software; coordinate with technology staff and contractors to develop efficient software procedures; and review technical specifications and tests software to improve actuarial analyses and cash balance plan update processes.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the announcement closing date. To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications and/or education for the grade at which you are requesting consideration. Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the private sector performing complex actuarial work for defined benefit pension plans, including reviewing benefit calculations or cash balance plan updates; interpreting pension law, regulations, and plan provisions; and providing technical advice on actuarial methods or benefit administration issues. Examples include: reviewing complex participant benefit calculations; resolving unusual post valuation actuarial issues; developing actuarial procedures; or evaluating actuarial software specifications and test results. Time-In-Grade Requirement: In order to be eligible for this position, all current Federal employees must provide proof of meeting the time-in-grade requirement (i.e., at least 52 weeks of experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service). This information must be in both your resume and on an SF-50. Those who do not provide proof of having met the time-in-grade requirement will be deemed ineligible for this position. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Education

In order to qualify for this position, you must possess the following education: A bachelor's degree that included courses in actuarial science, mathematics, relevant statistics, business, finance, economics, insurance, or computer science totaling at least 24 semester hours. This course work must have included a minimum of 12 semester hours of mathematics that included differential and integral calculus and one or more courses in mathematics for which these calculus courses were prerequisites. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. You must submit transcripts to verify that you meet the education requirement.