Actuarial Pricing Analyst

Bupa; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Wellbeing services

Pension

Employee assistance programme

Online discounts

Job summary

Bupa is seeking an Actuarial Pricing Analyst to provide critical pricing analysis and model development to support governance decisions. You will extract and refine data, build advanced models, and deliver insights to senior stakeholders.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to shape pricing strategy and ensure customer outcomes while working in a hybrid setup across Staines, London, or Manchester.

Qualifications

• Experience in pricing in general insurance or health markets.
• Practical knowledge of GLM, ML, or econometrics such as price optimisation.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide actuarial support for pricing recommendations and governance.
• Extract, refine and enrich data; build and run models using advanced analytics.
• Interpret results and present insights to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Customer Insights and other teams on pricing initiatives.

Skills

Pricing experience

Statistical modelling

Numerical analysis

Communication skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Snowflake

PowerBI

SAS

Emblem

Radar

Python

R

Education

IFoA qualification or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

PowerBI

SAS

Emblem

Radar

Python

R

Job description

Job Description: Actuarial Pricing Analyst

Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home Staines (TW18 3DZ), London (EC2R 7HJ) or Manchester (M50 3SP) Permanent Salary £45,000 - £56,100 per annum dependent upon experience Fantastic benefits including healthcare & generous pension Full time 37.5 hours per week We make health happen

Our Actuarial teams play a key role in helping us deliver on our strategy. Whether your focus is pricing, reserving, modelling or another area we believe in allowing our colleagues to work in a way that suits them. Giving them the time and freedom to keep our customers at the heart of every decision.

As our Actuarial Pricing Analyst, you will provide critical technical actuarial support for the development of pricing recommendations to be taken to the internal pricing governance committees.

How you’ll help us make health happen

This role is in Bupa's UK Insurance business where you'll be part of the actuarial team responsible for the pricing and analytics for one or more of our insurance products. We're responsible for developing and delivering the pricing strategy in support of Bupa's strategic goals. This involves analysis of the historical performance of the existing portfolio, identifying the drivers of trends and outcomes, putting forward recommended pricing actions and modelling the likely future impact of these actions. In all this work there will be a clear focus on treating customers fairly and ensuring good outcomes for them.

You’ll support the development of new products and benefit features and support the pricing of any relevant new product or benefit changes. You’ll also be carrying out analysis and investigations of an actuarial nature, covering topics such as new business conversion rates, retention, competitor pricing, customer complaints and decision-making, expense allocation and long-term profitability by customer segment.

A typical day will involve extracting, refining and enriching data, building and running models using advanced analytical techniques, interpreting results and providing insight and recommendations. Work will be documented in line with the Technical Actuarial Standards and you'll contribute to the drafting of reports and presentations for consumption by senior stakeholders.

You will work closely with colleagues in other teams such as Sales, Finance, Customer Insights, Product & Proposition, Clinical Policy and Healthcare Analytics on a range of projects and initiatives.

You’ll also work with our colleagues in the Actuarial Technical Hub to understand claims inflation and its impact on product performance and to ensure that the impact of our pricing work is taken into account in reporting and planning.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: The role holder is expected to have the following experience and qualifications: Experience in pricing in general insurance or health markets. Practical knowledge of some of the following types of models: Generalised Linear Modelling or machine learning; econometrics such as price optimisation; lifetime value value modelling. Strong numerical and analytical skills demonstrated through previous experience. Strong communication skills, including the ability to present technical information and ensure it is understood by various stakeholders. Advanced PC skills including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Experience with Snowflake and PowerBI essential. Experience with SAS, Emblem and Radar desirable. Experience with Python and/or R would be an advantage. Good progression towards the IFoA qualification (or equivalent) would be an advantage.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Fixed term benefits allowance
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
• Workplace pension
• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa? We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Finance & Accounting

Locations: Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.