Senior Actuary, Analytics & Distribution Insights

Discovery Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited, within Discovery Invest, seeks an actuary to optimise distribution remuneration, analyse churn, and support product strategy. The role combines actuarial rigor with analytics to guide retention, pricing, and strategic decisions.

The successful candidate will build MI dashboards, work on BI projects, and provide expert insights to senior management. Strong SQL and Tableau skills, plus Python/R, are advantageous for predictive analytics and data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Recently qualified Fellow actuary or nearly qualified.
• 5–10 years’ Invest, Life insurance or other relevant financial industry experience
• Database experience (SQL)
• Data visualization software (e.g. Tableau)

Responsibilities

• Analyse adviser and franchise net business flows to optimize distribution recognition and remuneration structures.
• Monitor and analyse adviser replacement and churning behaviour across products.
• Contribute to product innovation and development using data analysis and investigations.
• Provide ongoing actuarial and analytical support for production-related queries and challenges.
• Apply actuarial expertise to complex and non-standard business problems.
• Develop and maintain MI dashboards and data visualization solutions for senior management.
• Support strategic data analytics initiatives including BI and predictive analytics.
• Translate deep mathematical concepts into clear, actionable advice for executives.

Skills

SQL

Tableau

Data Visualization

Actuarial

Education

Actuary Fellowship (Fellow or near-qualified)

Tools

R

Python

VBA

Job description

Discovery Limited, within Discovery Invest, seeks an actuary to optimise distribution remuneration, analyse churn, and support product strategy. The role combines actuarial rigor with analytics to guide retention, pricing, and strategic decisions.

The successful candidate will build MI dashboards, work on BI projects, and provide expert insights to senior management. Strong SQL and Tableau skills, plus Python/R, are advantageous for predictive analytics and data-driven decisions.