Actuarial Analyst VI

Job Summary

• This position is remote; however candidates must reside within the States that we operate in, which include California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Washington and Virginia.
  
  

This individual contributor is part of the Analytics Insights Team, sitting within KP’s Markets Outside California Health Plan Analytics Team (an 80-strong group covering a broad array of analytics from care continuum performance to network optimization). The Analytic Insights team is a small group of senior consultants tasked with connecting each market’s financial performance with its strategies (spanning care delivery operations, network management, product strategy. As a member of this team, this person will work closely with senior consultants to facilitate analyses, provide technical support, and assisting in communicating insights, apply their understanding of healthcare economics and health plan functions, technical analytical skills, comfort pulling and analyzing large datasets, collaborative mindset with the desire to develop analytic and consultative skills.

We are a growing team delivering new analytical capabilities and engaging with senior leaders who are excited by the work. The Analytics Insights team is a diverse and high-performing group with experience from different parts of KP, and from non-KP health plans and delivery systems. This role provides an excellent opportunity for individuals who are passionate about analytics and seeking to develop their skills in a supportive and dynamic team environment. We welcome candidates who are eager to contribute to our mission of driving strategic insights to improve healthcare strategy.

Essential Responsibilities

• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Leads actuarial documentation and reporting by coordinating the completion of the actuarial portion of financial reports and tax returns, and responses to insurance regulations; and presenting results internally and externally to senior leadership.
• Leads product line evaluations by coordinating analysis of product line financials, pricing, reserve, valuation , cash flow analysis, and product investment strategy; and making recommendations based on product line performance, risk, and assumptions used in product development.
• Furthers actuarial research by identifying the needs and implementing complex methods to advance the actuarial techniques, standards, assumptions, and the legal and regulatory environment.
• Monitors financial risks and opportunities by developing advanced and non-traditional actuarial methods; and leveraging industry knowledge to conduct and determine actuarial analyses.
• Influences senior business partners by translating complex actuarial constructs into actionable recommendations; and initiating actuarial and financial advice in compliance with the Actuarial Standards of Practice.
• Identifies needs and provides guidance on how to build framework and assumptions for new, existing, and non-traditional actuarial models to meet business needs.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in mathematics or related field AND Minimum ten (10) years actuarial experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries Certificate OR Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society Certificate