Actuary Lead- Value Based Contracting (Remote, US)

UPMC Health Plan has an exciting opportunity for an Actuary Lead on their rockstar Value-Based Contracting Team! This position applies knowledge of mathematics, probability, and statistics in order to identify issues and gather and analyze data on a wide variety of topics affecting the financial performance of the health plan. Ensure timely and accurate services to clients. Supports strong internal and external relationships. Preferences: • Working experience in SQL and Excel • Experience following fields: value-based contracting, pricing, reserving, trend/health economics, provider network analysis, risk adjustment, etc • FSA or ASA This role can be remote anywhere within the US! Responsibilities: • Presents results of analyses and recommendations to actuarial management. • Develop junior actuarial department staff • Support the Medicare Bid process, including preparing presentations, providing all requested reports and pricing, responding to desk review queries, and working with other departments to file all bids in a timely manner • Responsible for the preparation of financial analyses in support of the following functions: Medical cost and utilization trend analysis; Forecasting; - Provide analytical support for rate development and filings; - Provide ad hoc data analysis to all departments within the company. • Documents methods, procedures and results. • Provide actuarial support and requests for the annual CMS Financial Audits; communicate with auditors when needed • Will direct junior actuarial department personnel in the performance of duties. • Price, analyze, and assign annual premium increases/decreases to Medicare Employer Groups; includes communication with product development/ sales and the ability to explain pricing decisions to senior management • Review of other's work product. • Prepares and reviews Medicare Bid Submissions. • Responsible for the development of mathematical models in connection with other departments to predict the impact of proposed changes. • Will own project management of projects, including deliverables and appropriate work. Apply Job!