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Director, Actuarial Services

Leads actuarial modeling, forecasting, reserving, and contract reconciliations for value-based healthcare partnerships. The role requires 8+ years of healthcare actuarial experience, ASA or FSA credentials, Medicare Advantage data expertise, and strong SQL and financial modeling capabilities.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and reporting for partner total cost of care savings performance estimates, ensuring data accuracy and methodological consistency with risk-based contracts and actuarial standards.
  • Lead annual financial reconciliations for value-based contracts and coordinate internal data resources to execute them.
  • Interface with actuarial counterparts at partner organizations to validate reconciliation results.
  • Evaluate performance estimates, identify and quantify financial risks and opportunities, and advise Finance on revenue recognition decisions tied to projected shared savings.
  • Identify and evaluate potential underperformance, interpret results, and partner with health economics and clinical teams to determine root causes.
  • Execute actuarial analyses and develop models to quantify financial and risk trade-offs among value-based contract features.
  • Develop and maintain financial models linking clinical and operational activities to outcomes that drive financial performance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Actuarial Sciences, Economics, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline.
  • Associate or Fellow designation from the Society of Actuaries (ASA or FSA).
  • 8+ years of actuarial experience in healthcare and/or medical economics.
  • 2+ years mentoring junior staff members.
  • Understanding of Medicare Advantage health plan data, including Claims, MMR, and MAO-04.
  • Experience using SQL or another coding language to pull and transform data from large healthcare claims databases.
  • Proficiency writing clean, efficient code and maintaining strong data management practices.
  • Experience working across organizations and building rapport with data teams and downstream consumers.

Nice-to-haves

  • 3+ years of experience with value-based care arrangements and contracting, including reserving and forecasting for shared savings, shared risk, and/or global capitation programs.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to articulate the “Here’s What,” “So What,” and “Now What” to executive audiences or external parties.
  • Strong understanding of healthcare financial and clinical metrics and industry standards for presenting data.
  • Experience developing Excel financial models and forecasts to evaluate the cost-of-care impact of clinical interventions.
  • Familiarity with Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
  • Understanding of pharmacy benefits and/or Medicare Part D.

Compensation

  • Base salary: $190,000–$210,000.
  • Total compensation also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities.

Skills

Actuarial Analysis, Healthcare Economics, Medicare Advantage, SQL, Data Management, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Reserving, Value-Based Care, Excel, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Pharmacy Benefits, Medicare Part D

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