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Blue Shield of California

Actuarial Analyst, Experienced

Blue Shield of California, Canyon, California, us, 94516


Your Role

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The Large Group Pricing team is responsible for pricing and forecasting our Large Group Health Insurance products. The Experienced Actuarial Analysts will report to the Manager. In this role you will be applying your analytical toolset to project the future costs and premiums for the Large Group customers, as well as additional analysis and reporting for emerging results.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

Understand the core principles and functionality of decision, descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic methods including forecasting, statistical and machine learning techniques

Understand the core principles and functionality of decision, descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic methods including forecasting, statistical and machine learning techniques

Conduct and develop analysis, assess risk and population risk scores and assignment, develop pricing and trends, assess changes in benefit designs, develop reserves, perform forecasting, analyze provider reimbursement terms and/or evaluates actuarial risk related analysis

Coordinate, prepare, perform and audit actuarial analyses to assist in the development of complex actuarial formulations leading to the recommendation of pricing, trending, reserving, provider reimbursement and/or risk assessment strategies

Perform data exploration using a combination of statistical programming languages (including, but not limited R, Python, SQL, SAS) and deploy predictive analytics and machine learning techniques to improve risk prediction, improve reserve, trend and financial forecasting in a manner that is actuarially sound, and enable real-time results and operational efficiencies

Direct, coordinate, and/or develop evaluation and financial reporting standards for internal and external reports

Produce timely various standard analytic reports for internal and/or external use

Study for exams towards credentials

Your Knowledge and Experience

Requires a bachelor’s degree with at least a minor in mathematics, statistics, computer science or equivalent business experience

Requires at least 2 years of professional actuarial experience

Typically, has completed 1 to 2 courses towards the eventual attainment of the Associate, Society of Actuaries (ASA) designation

Pay Range :

The pay range for this role is: $ 79750.00 to $ 111650.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.