Actuarial Analyst

3 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Central Services

**Function**:Actuarial Sciences

**Date**:6 Mar 2025
- Actuarial Analyst - Technical Marketing

**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 Discovery Green**
- Launched in September 2023, Discovery Green is the newest businesses within the Discovery Group. Discovery Green makes it simple and affordable for businesses to run on renewable energy. Powered by some of the largest wind and solar plants in South Africa, the Discovery Green platform makes use of actuarial modelling to help businesses meet decarbonisation goals with savings and certainty to the cost of electricity. Our mission is to establish South Africa as the global leader in renewable energy, creating employment and investment and helping power the economy.

**Key Purpose**:
**Key Outputs**:

- The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following functions:

- **Data Analysis and Reporting**: Conduct thorough analysis of consumption data to uncover trends, patterns, and actionable insights. Create compelling analytical content and product toolkits that clearly illustrate how Discovery Green's value propositions provide exceptional benefits to clients, advisors, and other stakeholders. Utilize statistical models to forecast customer behavior and enhance the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
- **Market Research**: Conduct market research to identify emerging trends and opportunities. Analyze competitor strategies and market conditions to inform marketing decisions. Analyze new market regulations and wheeling frameworks to enhance the development of product-related content.
- **Content Development**: Create technical content, including white papers, case studies, and product documentation. Support the development of marketing materials with data-driven insights. Use technical product knowledge, including understanding of competitors, to identify business opportunities.
- **Business Case Formulation**: Skillfully prepare and present robust cases for review in Mancos and Exco meetings.
- **Technical Integration**: Collaborate with IT and marketing teams to ensure seamless integration of marketing technologies. Evaluate and implement new marketing tools and platforms to enhance campaign effectiveness.

**Competencies**:
**Role Specific Behaviours**
- Ensures accountability.
- Action oriented
- Manages ambiguity.
- Attracts top talent.
- Business insight
- Collaborates
- Communicates effectively.
- Manages complexity.
- Manages conflict.
- Courage
- Customer focus
- Decision quality
- Develops talent
- Values differences
- Directs work.
- Drives engagement
- Financial acumen
- Global perspective
- Cultivates innovation.
- Interpersonal savvy
- Builds networks.
- Nimble learning
- Organizational savvy
- Persuades
- Plans and aligns.
- Being resilient
- Resourcefulness
- Drives results
- Demonstrates self-awareness.
- Self-development
- Situational adaptability
- Balances stakeholders
- Strategic mindset
- Builds effective teams.
- Tech savvy
- Instils trust.
- Drives vision and purpose
- Optimizes work processes

**Education and Experience**:

- The following requirements are essential:

- Matric
- Actuarial Science Degree
- 1 - 3 years’ experience with a proven record of innovation, delivery, and performance.
- Proven experience in data analysis and reporting, preferably within a business context.
- Exceptional slide building skills and creation of product-related materials on Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Experience in conducting Market research and analysis of competitor strategies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Modelling Skills
- Programming Skills: Python
- Microsoft Office
- The following requirements will be advantageous:

- Good progress with ASSA examinations
- Experience within other Discovery Technical Marketing teams
- Experience in Discovery product launches
- Database management
- CRM and marketing automation platforms

**Personal Attributes or Competency Profile**
- The Discovery Person- Values Driven
- Optimistic
- Learns on the Fly
- Resilient
- Instils Trust
- People Savvy
- Drives Results
- Problem Solver
- 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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