Senior Actuarial Analyst — Pricing, Forecasting & Strategy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi; Flowood (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is seeking a Senior Actuarial Analyst to lead complex actuarial modeling for pricing, reserving, forecasting and predictive analytics. You will develop rating factors, analyze claims and deliver executive-level insights, while preparing financial statements and actuarial exhibits for reporting.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in actuarial science or related field and 4+ years in actuarial work, with SOA exam progress and strong Excel/SAS/SQL skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in the actuarial field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• SOA exams passed equivalency = (Years of experience in actuarial field) + (number of SOA exams passed) = ≥ 10.
• Ability to distill complex ideas when documenting actuarial assumptions, methodologies and findings as well as authoring executive summaries.
• Confident communication, clear articulation to different audiences under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Model pricing, reserving, forecasting and predictive analytics.
• Develop rating factor recommendations considering applicable laws.
• Analyze claims data and report metrics with benchmarks.
• Prepare financial statements and actuarial exhibits for reporting.
• Review and revise forecast models and assumptions.

Skills

Advanced actuarial modeling

Data analytics

Executive summaries

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related field

Tools

SAS

SQL

Databases

Job description

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is seeking a Senior Actuarial Analyst to lead complex actuarial modeling for pricing, reserving, forecasting and predictive analytics. You will develop rating factors, analyze claims and deliver executive-level insights, while preparing financial statements and actuarial exhibits for reporting.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in actuarial science or related field and 4+ years in actuarial work, with SOA exam progress and strong Excel/SAS/SQL skills.