Senior Health Actuary Leader: Client Strategy & Analytics

NACBA; Raleigh, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career growth opportunities

Networking with senior actuaries

Job summary

Mercer is seeking an experienced Sr. Principal Lead Health Actuary Consultant to join our Actuarial and Financial Consulting teams in a hybrid role across the United States.

You will lead health benefits projects, perform financial projections, and guide analysts while serving as a primary client contact. You bring ASA/FSA credentials, 15+ years of actuarial experience, and strong analytical and project-management skills to design plan designs, optimize renewals, benchmark costs, and deliver

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in actuarial science, math, statistics, finance, economics or related field required.
• 15+ years' experience working in an actuarial field, consulting experience preferred.
• ASA/FSA credential
• Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, and working knowledge of Microsoft Office-Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proven project management skills and creative problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work in teams and be flexible to work under tight deadlines and changing client needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead routine client engagements, including managing overall service delivery, strategy, financial evaluations, plan design, renewal, business placement, benchmarking and other projects associated with underwriting health and welfare insurance, brokering contracts or projecting health care related costs.
• Review the data analyses that are conducted by junior staff members to ensure actuarial soundness, correct use of models or products, and to assist in the development of junior staff members.
• Thrive and be motivated by an environment that embraces AI and technology-enabled tools.
• Perform and review complex analyses and cost projections by using or modifying existing products, tools, and pricing models in Excel, SAS, and other software with potential specialization in certain areas of health care related insurance.
• Draft and review client reports or presentations to summarize findings and implications, and to recommend a strategy, solution, or plan design to the client

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Team collaboration

Excel

SAS

PowerPoint

Education

BA/BS in actuarial science, math, statistics, finance or related field

ASA/FSA credential

Tools

Excel

SAS

PowerPoint

Job description

Mercer is seeking an experienced Sr. Principal Lead Health Actuary Consultant to join our Actuarial and Financial Consulting teams in a hybrid role across the United States.

You will lead health benefits projects, perform financial projections, and guide analysts while serving as a primary client contact. You bring ASA/FSA credentials, 15+ years of actuarial experience, and strong analytical and project-management skills to design plan designs, optimize renewals, benchmark costs, and deliver