Senior Analyst - Actuary

Department: Actuarial Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: 1668 S. Garfield Ave. 2nd Floor, Alhambra, CA 91801

Reporting To: Joshua Robey

Compensation: $100,000 - $135,000 / year

Description

• Put Patients First
• Empower Entrepreneurial Provider and Care Teams
• Operate with Integrity & Excellence
• Be Innovative
• Work As One Team

What You'll Do

• Actuarial Modeling: Build and own actuarial models for forecasting, reserving, shared savings calculations, provider performance analysis, innovative clinical solutions analysis, and ACO performance optimization.
• M&A and Business Development: Lead actuarial diligence on ACO targets, quantifying benchmark and savings impact to support corporate development strategy. Build the analytics used to target and evaluate new provider groups.
• P&L Owner: Own the financial tracking and reporting for the company's ACO programs, owning partial responsibility for a major line of business's P&L at a public company.
• Forefront of VBC: Become an ACO expert with deep working knowledge of all three major national ACO programs (ACO REACH, MSSP, LEAD) at a leading VBC company.  Analyze new and proposed CMS rules, develop our strategy around them, and help craft policy positions.
• Audit and Reporting: Maintain, develop, and create ad hoc ACO audit documentation in support of a public company, adhering to SOX compliance standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner across ACO, Analytics, Data, Finance, M&A, Contracting, Medical Economics, and Operations departments to translate actuarial mechanics into decisions the organization can act on.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Support a fast-growing company with diverse actuarial projects and requests as they arise.

Qualifications

• FSA or ASA credentials or near attainment of ASA credentials.
• 4+ years of experience in actuarial roles.
• 1+ years of experience in VBC or VBC adjacent roles.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL.
• Proficiency and desire to build actuarial models from scratch.
• Comfortable working on a small team in a fast-paced environment.
• Champion of independent critical thinking, unafraid to challenge the status quo and explore innovative solutions.

• Understanding of the actuarial continuum (both pricing/forecasting and valuation/reserving).
• Experience working with ACOs.
• Experience producing public financial reports.
• Experience working on the provider side of healthcare.
• Experience with Databricks and/or Power BI.

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions

• This position has the option to be remotely based in the U.S. Conversely, candidates can choose to work in a hybrid fashion and work through the Alhambra, CA, Las Vegas, NV, or Houston, TX Astrana Health offices. 
• The hiring manager for this role sits in the Eastern Time Zone, while many of the business partners work on Pacific Time. 
• The national target pay range for this role is $100,000 – $135,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location (current or future), experience, and other job-related factors.
• Astrana Health offers a competitive Actuarial Student Program for any candidate seeking their ASA or FSA credentials.