What are the responsibilities and job description for the Actuary position at Delta Dental of California?
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Actuary is responsible for independently performing critical, high-level actuarial analysis including but not limited to forecasting, reserving, fee development, regulatory requirements, and financial reporting. This role actively supports all internal and external customers to explain and support analyses and methodologies. Additionally, an Actuary identifies opportunities to improve tools, systems, or processes and makes recommendations to Actuarial leadership. This position may involve specialization in one or more key areas of the actuarial practice. Other responsibilities are to help staff training in one on one or small group format and/or through process documentation improvements, performing the largest, most complex analyses, and work independently with minimal oversight.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Performs comprehensive analysis ranging from client-specific to global (book of business) using experience from the largest, most complex datasets.
- Provides review of analyses developed by Actuarial Analysts and Senior Actuarial Analysts.
- Provides support to fellow actuarial team members through peer review process.
- Resolves escalated or complex issues or problems.
- Prepares and presents documents to support analysis to internal and external customers.
- Continuously improves tools, systems, or processes within actuarial domain.
- Educates team on changes to internal guidelines, regulatory, and legal landscape.
- Contributes to staff training through process documentation improvements and/or in one on one or small group format.
- Advises and provides guidance on actuarial reporting to internal and external customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 7 years actuary experience with a bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) or Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) preferred.
- Dental and/or health actuarial experience.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of actuarial concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Advanced knowledge of statistics and statistical applications.
- Knowledge of database design, structure, and tools.
- Strong organization, time and project management skills and multi-tasking capabilities.
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently with little or no oversight.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications, and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity. $92,000 - $196,500
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Rewards to make you smile! We don't just want to make our customers happy - we want to give our employees a reason to smile, too. Delta Dental's comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Generous paid time off plus 12 holidays and your birthday off!
- Low-cost premium medical insurance options
- 100% paid dental and vision insurance
- Generous 401(k) matching and flat contribution
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities, including 16 paid volunteer hours annually
- Employee LiveWell program, focusing on overall employee well-being
- Fertility and diabetes benefits
- Employee discount program: AT&T/Verizon, entertainment, travel, and more!
- Culture of learning: career development and tuition reimbursement
- Career growth: we love promoting from within
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Please note, Delta Dental will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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ABOUT THE TEAM
At Delta Dental, our success is only as strong as the people who execute it! We take enormous pride in being the nation's most recognized and widely-used provider of dental insurance - and we've come this far by living our core values of innovation, excellence, service and trust. Our vision is to motivate and empower every employee so that we're all inspired to take exceptional care of our customers, providers and ourselves. We believe in integrity, accountability, collaboration, and giving every employee equitable opportunity for their voice to be heard and development to be fostered.
If you're excited about the prospect of transforming the future of health care and growing in your career, join our smile revolution!
To see some of the smiling faces behind Delta Dental and to learn more about what our values and culture look like in action, connect with us on social media: Delta Dental Ins. on and #LifeatDDins on and , Delta Dental Ins. on and Delta Dental Ins. on .
We are part of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 74 million people in the U.S. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania and Delta Dental Insurance Company, together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation's largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering 33 million enrollees. All of our companies are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country.
Delta Dental is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender or identity expression, age, disability, marital status, medical status, veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Unfortunately, our Delta Dental Enterprise is unable to hire individuals residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico or other US Territories at this time.
Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.
*Delta Dental includes: Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental of New York
If You Are A Current Employee To Apply
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity in employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, citizenship, national origin, age (over 40 years), sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability or medical condition or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. This policy also applies to the qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.
Salary : $92,000 - $196,500
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