Actuary

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Central Services**Function**:Actuarial Sciences**Date**:31-May-2023- Actuary - Strategic Client Solutions Hub & Health New Markets (Group Technical Marketing, Analytics and R&D)**About Discovery**
- Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.**About the Strategic Client Solutions Hub**
- The recently formed Strategic Client Solutions Hub is a world-class strategic partner to a segment of key clients. The Hub focuses on understanding client challenges and opportunities, leverages all our innovation, products, data assets and insights across the Discovery group to provide comprehensive solutions that unlock long term, sustained value for the client. Leveraging the relationship, trust and strategic understanding of the client, the Strategic Client Solutions Hub identifies new opportunities for bespoke value propositions that are unique and valuable to the client supported by our best-in-class Distribution, Key Account Management and Servicing teams, tools, systems and processes.**Key Purpose of the Actuary**
- Creation of rich industry and corporate client insights, through research and data analysis, to inform compelling client engagement strategies & value propositions
- Ensuring provision of high-quality analytical support to the Hub, fulfilling ongoing ad-hoc requirements, as well as the development of ongoing reporting assets for the function
- Ownership of Discovery for Business Technical Marketing, supporting client executives and the wider Discovery Group, in collaboration with the Health, Employee Benefits, Bank and Insure product verticals
- Playing an active role in the R&D cycle for the Discovery for Business suite, in collaboration with R&D teams across the Discovery Group
- Providing additional support for the Health New Markets across technical marketing, market strategy, insights and reporting perspective

**Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to**:

- Support in preparing insights on key corporate clients linked to business performance, product utilisation, competitive landscape, insights derived from internal datasets (e.g. employee health trends, profitability, sentiment), insights derived from desk research
- Prepare and communicate insights with respect to key industries in South Africa to drive understanding of key client groups
- Leverage data and insights to support with the development of:

- Informed Customer Strategies
- New business opportunities
- Proposals and data models for presentation at R&D Steercom/other key forums
- Go to market toolkits & content
- Creation of indices and scorecards to measure engagement and progress with key corporate clients
- Support in creating customised proposals and value propositions for key corporate clients
- Ensure strong analytical support for the Client Solutions Hub through delivery of ad-hoc analyses, as well as the creation of ongoing reporting assets
- Develop a deep understanding of the data assets and intelligence that can be leveraged across the Discovery Group
- Develop strong relationships with relevant teams and business areas across the group to ensure alignment and support collaboration e.g. Technical Marketing, Data Science, Business Intelligence, R&D

**Personal Attributes and Skills**
- Exceptional analytical skills
- Entrepreneurial with strong problem-solving ability
- High level of attention to detail
- Resilient with a strong sense of initiative
- Ability to thrive in a start-up environment
- Able to work collaboratively and balance multiple priorities
- Comfortable with change and a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to build relationships and network internally
- Confidence around presenting and communicating with a wide range of audiences in the business and externally

**Education and Experience**
- Qualified/nearly qualified actuary
- 3 years working experience
- High level of confidence with Microsoft Excel & Microsoft PowerPoint
- SQL experience is an advantage
- Knowledge of modelling packages such as SPSS, Python or R is an advantage

**Employment Equity**

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabil

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