Senior Manager: Actuarial Services – SA1462

Our client is a comprehensive healthcare provider in South Africa. They are looking for a Qualified Actuary to manage their Actuarial Services team.  

Candidates who are interested must have at least 8 years’ experience, of which at least 3 years are in Healthcare. You should have experience in Advanced Analytical Modelling tools such as SAS, R. You should have strong risk management and stakeholder experience. You should have statistical analysis as well as report writing and presentation skills.  

Responsibilities will include: 

• Establishing and overseeing the Actuarial capabilities in the organisation. 
• Providing accurate monthly and annual forecasts with appropriate well-considered analysis and risk adjustments. 
• Identifying and communicating cost efficiency opportunities. 
• Providing industry benchmarks and recommendations. 
• Identifying claim trends and providing solutions. 
• Analysing provider profile benchmarks and identifying opportunities to improve benefit offerings. 
• Analysing various information sources to determine trends that emanate from fraud, waste and abuse. 
• Analysing the company’s processes and information, identifying key areas of efficiency, effectively communicating intervention recommendations. 
• Conducting logical analysis of management problems, especially in terms of input-output effectiveness, and formulating mathematical models to problems. 
• Designing and putting into operation systems to enable actuarial analysis. 
• Advising on and applying various data collection methods and statistical methods and techniques, and determining reliability of findings. 
• Planning and organising surveys and other statistical data collection, and designing questionnaires. 
• Studying, improving and developing actuarial and statistical theories and techniques for application in the organisation.