Actuarial Analyst

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Insure**Function**:Actuarial Sciences**Date**:13-Apr-2023- Discovery - Insure- Actuarial Analyst
- Data Resource**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.**Key Purpose**
- To assist in the day-to-day management and analysis of the Discovery Business Insurance’s loss ratio and related non-pricing aspects impacting the loss ratio. To take ownership in designing and modifying business and management information statistics. Then use these statistics to interact with key stakeholders and provide analysis to propose key actions to assist in increasing the business’ profitability, and where applicable track the outcome of the proposed actions.**Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to**
- Preparing, analysing and interpreting data - translating data into insights through analytical thinking
- Building and maintaining dashboards and automated reports
- General management information reports and presentations
- Assist in pricing and pricing reviews.
- Prepare, review and presentation of monthly key figures.
- Solving ad-hoc analytical problems
- Presenting and communicating solutions
- Implement advanced strategies for gathering, reviewing, and analysing data.
- Determine how to improve existing business processes.

**Behavioural Attributes and Skills**
- Working closely with data and data source
- Deciding and initiating action
- Working with People and presenting and communicating information effectively.
- Building meaningful reports
- Writing and Reporting
- Analyzing data
- Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
- Following Instructions and Procedures
- Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking
- Problem solving
- Adhering to Principles and Values
- Deciding and initiating action
- Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word). (Advanced)

**Knowledge**
- Short-term insurance Discovery Insure product
- Discovery Insure internal systems.
- Programming (VBA, SQL, R),
- Power BI software (advantageous)

**Qualification**
- Matric (Essential)
- Honours Degree (Advantageous)

**Experience**
- 2-3 Years experience in any of the fields specified under essential qualification.
- 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.


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