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This Director Actuarial Services will be part of a team that oversees the pricing and financial monitoring for sub-capitated risk arrangements, including behavioral, dental, and vision, for our Community & State business. This role will work closely with Community & State pricing actuaries, finance leadership, business partners and health plan leadership to discuss pricing changes, provide insights on trends, and monitoring of financial results.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
Price and analyze our Community and State behavioral health experience in sub capitated arrangements
Review quarterly reserves, summarize trends, and monitor behavioral health experience in capitated arrangements relative to pricing
Work with pricing actuaries in Community and State to identify program changes where pricing arrangements need to be updated
Understand and interpret key drivers of health care trends
Review pricing and trends of dental and vision sub capitated arrangements
Mentor and develop your elite team of actuaries and help them create unique solutions to complex problems
Design and run complex data programs to perform mathematical analyses and actuarial modeling
Analyze forecasts and trends and translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences including senior leaders
Set team direction, resolve problems and provide guidance to members of own team
Influence or provide input to forecasting and planning activities
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of the end-to-end pricing assumptions for behavioral, dental, and vision
Act as liaison / subject matter expert to health plan leaders
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Financial Analytics, Actuarial or equivalent work experience
Steady progress towards ASA; or ASA or FSA credentials
5+ years of Actuarial experience
2+ years of supervisory experience
2+ years of experience leading strategic process or program development
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with Medicaid and/or Medicare programs
Experience working in consulting position or environment
Proficiency with Excel, SAS (Statistical Analysis System) and/or SQL (Structured Query Language)
Proven auditing and financial analytics skills
Proven excellent communication skills: ability to concisely summarize and communicate results of complex analytics
Proven comfortable with ambiguity
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $132,200 to $226,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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