Pricing Actuary/Actuarial Specialist

NACBA; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 830,000 - 1,380,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss Re in Cape Town invites an actuary to join the Middle East and Africa Pricing team, focusing on health reinsurance solutions. You will provide high‑quality actuarial support to grow Medical Insurance business in the region, collaborating with clients and internal teams.

The ideal candidate is a qualified (or nearly qualified) actuary with at least 3 years in healthcare pricing, proficient in Excel, SQL, and analytics, and capable of navigating complex market dynamics in South Africa and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a healthcare actuarial role.
• Experience in medical insurance with pricing, monitoring and benefit design.
• Strong understanding of SA healthcare market and broader African markets.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint; SQL-based tools.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Pricing and steering of existing and new healthcare business.
• Perform day-to-day pricing, monitoring and benefit design for target markets.
• Support clients with pricing and benefit design of their products.
• Participate in client meetings and steer business with client partners.
• Identify risk management interventions to limit healthcare cost increases.
• Review and approve group quotes within authority.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Customer focus

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Presentations

Education

Actuary (nearly qualified)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

SQL

SAS

R

Job description

Location:

Cape Town, WC, ZA

About the Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an intellectually curious, highly motivated and passionate actuary in our Swiss Re Middle East and Africa Pricing team in Cape Town. You will play an important role in providing high quality actuarial support to help grow the Medical Insurance business in the region. As a member of the Middle East and Africa Pricing team, you will contribute to the development of innovative, market leading health reinsurance solutions and positively impact critical business and societal challenges.

Specific responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:

Pricing and steering of existing and new business

• Perform day-to-day pricing, monitoring and benefit design for the relevant target markets.
• Support clients with the benefit design and pricing of their products.
• Assume a proactive approach and critical reviews of pricing, benefit design and in steering of existing and new business.
• Participate in client meetings, to understand client's needs, share our view of results and jointly steer the business together with our client partners.
• Assist in identifying and driving risk management interventions that will help our clients to limit the increase in cost of healthcare expenditure.
• Reviewing and approving, within given authority, group quotes our clients refer to us.

Control and Monitoring process

• Assist with the production of monitoring reports for both internal and external use, to ensure that the performance of our different clients is tracked regularly.
• Analysing reports and noting emerging trends and problems, as well as giving inputs on their successful resolution.

About You

An ideal candidate would be a qualified (or nearly qualified) actuary that has excellent analytical, problem solving and independent decision-making abilities with strong customer focus and negotiation skills. You possess excellent inter-personal, communication and presentations skills and are able to work well within technical and non-technical teams.

We would like you to have:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in a healthcare actuarial role
• Experience in medical insurance, with a strong understanding of pricing, monitoring and benefit design features
• Excellent understanding of the South African healthcare and/or the broader African medical insurance markets, competitors, market trends and dynamics
• Good working experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Good working experience with SQL-based programs

It would be nice for you to have:

• Experience in developing, emerging medical insurance markets in Africa
• Skills in experience studies and costing bases across Africa
• Previous exposure to working in a complex environment
• Experience with SAS and R

If you are a committed, collaborative, enthusiastic colleague with a sensitivity to cultural differences able to work under pressure, we will be happy to get to know you!

Compensation & Work Model

For South Africa, the base salary range for this position is between R830,000 and R1,380,000 for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

Please note, that preference will be given to designated applicants as per the employment equity act.

We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

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About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

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