Associate Actuary

DELTA DENTAL OF VIRGINIA

About The Position

The Actuary will be a key individual contributor within the Actuarial Services department, responsible for analytical leadership across pricing, reserving, forecasting, reporting, and provider network evaluation. This role is designed for an experienced actuarial professional (ideally ASA or near‑ASA) with strong technical skills, creativity, and the potential to assume future leadership responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.
4-7 years actuarial or analytical experience.
ASA or near‑ASA.
Strong skills in Excel and SQL.
Intellectual curiosity and appetite for learning.
Strong communication and project management.
Creativity and collaborative mindset.

Nice To Haves

Dental/vision experience.
Experience with Python/R, Power BI/Tableau/Qlik.
Familiarity with rate filings and ACA requirements.
Prior experience mentoring, onboarding, or leading staff is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and refine pricing models for dental and vision products.
Support experience analyses, trend studies, rating structures, and profitability assessments.
Support rate filings and coordinate with compliance.
Contribute to monthly IBNR estimation and reserve validation.
Support development of financial forecasts and long‑range projections.
Evaluate provider network performance, fee schedules, discounts, and competitiveness.
Query multiple database environments using SQL.
Support design/testing of DDVA’s actuarial data warehouse.
Build dashboards and automated reports using Power BI.
Use Python/R for modeling and automation.
Use LLMs to enhance productivity and innovation.
Partner with Underwriting, IT, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Network teams.
Communicate complex findings clearly for technical and nontechnical audiences.
Mentor early‑career staff and support skill development across the team.
Provide cross‑training and knowledge transfer to ensure workflow continuity.