Actuarial Analyst - Sandton, South Africa - Discovery Ltd.

Discovery Ltd.

Verified Company

Sandton, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

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 fastpaced and dynamic environment enables smart, selfdriven 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 daytoday management and analysis of the Discovery Business Insurance's loss ratio and related nonpricing 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 adhoc 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

Shortterm insurance Discovery Insure product
Discovery Insure internal systems.
Programming (VBA, SQL, R),
Power BI software (advantageous)

Qualification

Matric (Essential)
Honours Degree (Advantageous)

Experience

23 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.