Senior Analyst, Underwriting Strategy & Pricing

CVS Health; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement savings options

Paid time off

Job summary

CVS Health seeks a Senior Analyst, Executive Underwriting Priorities to support Caremark Underwriting leadership with analyses, validation, and synthesis to drive informed decisions. You will investigate pricing drivers and coordinate across stakeholders in a fast-paced environment, with strong Excel skills and data-driven approaches.

Preferred applicants have relational database and SQL experience, a quantitative background, and the ability to document assumptions, deliver clear readouts, and

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant professional experience in analytics, finance, underwriting, actuarial, forecasting, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas and structured modeling (e.g., INDEX/MATCH or XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables, error checking, reconciliation techniques).
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL concepts for data extraction, validation, and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Respond to a broad range of ad hoc requests by gathering facts, performing targeted analyses, and producing clear, concise readouts for leadership and business partners.
• Perform diagnostic reviews to explain changes in results across pricing and forecasting tools/models, including identification of key drivers, input changes, data shifts, and methodology impacts.
• Partner with stakeholders across the underwriting ecosystem to obtain answers, trace data lineage, and confirm interpretation of results.
• Build and maintain side analyses (primarily in Excel) to validate assumptions, reconcile outputs, quantify impacts, and support leadership decisions.
• Work with structured datasets and support extraction/validation of inputs and outputs using relational data concepts and SQL.
• Maintain organized notes, assumptions, and reference materials to reduce rework and ensure questions are not re-opened without new information.
• Prepare meeting briefs and capture action items, representing leadership in lower-priority meetings when needed.
• Identify opportunities to streamline recurring requests, improve output clarity, and enhance reliability of analysis.

Skills

Analytical rigor

Excel proficiency

SQL knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, business, data analytics, or related quantitative field

Tools

Relational databases

Job description

CVS Health seeks a Senior Analyst, Executive Underwriting Priorities to support Caremark Underwriting leadership with analyses, validation, and synthesis to drive informed decisions. You will investigate pricing drivers and coordinate across stakeholders in a fast-paced environment, with strong Excel skills and data-driven approaches.

Preferred applicants have relational database and SQL experience, a quantitative background, and the ability to document assumptions, deliver clear readouts, and