Oliver Wyman Actuarial – Health Senior Manager – Medicare Advantage Experience

Marsh McLennan • Chicago, IL

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting and actuarial consulting. With offices in 60 cities across 29 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC]. Oliver Wyman provides customized actuarial services and strategic insight, supporting clients as they strive to exceed their business objectives. Our exceptional client and employee retention exemplify our commitment to relationships built on trust, responsiveness and clear communication. The Actuarial Health Practice of Oliver Wyman works with health organizations to manage their financial risks and support health care delivery by using advanced actuarial and modeling techniques and has over 50 employees across 6 offices in North America. The Health Practice of Oliver Wyman strives to be the consulting firm of choice for clients and employees, and to be recognized as the premier health actuarial consultancy by fostering the power of ideas to lead our industry, consistently helping clients achieve their strategic objectives, and gaining trusted advisor status. The practice seeks to inspire a team-oriented culture which fosters free flowing ideas, values diversity, and allows for challenges to the status quo. Its colleagues are proud to perform exciting, diverse, and leading-edge work. The Health Practice of Oliver Wyman is rapidly growing and seeking individuals who are highly motivated to expand our team. The practice seeks to inspire a collaborative, team-based culture which fosters free flowing ideas, values diversity and allows for challenges to the status quo. Our colleagues are proud to perform exciting, diverse, and leading-edge work. Our vision is to discover what lies beyond the obvious, achieve breakthroughs for our clients, and persist as an industry leader. Our mission is to be the leader in the integration of actuarial science, data science, and information technology to solve our clients’ most demanding challenges. We combine traditional actuarial principles with non-traditional solutions and communicate honestly and independently. We believe that diverse perspectives and approaches are business imperatives, and these can only stem from a diverse group of people. Investing in our people and local communities while delivering unequaled value to our clients is core to our mission at Oliver Wyman. As a Senior Manager , you will work alongside and learn from Oliver Wyman’s industry leaders and other consultants while contributing to a broad range of client projects. You will have significant interaction with Oliver Wyman’s clients, which include top tier insurance companies and provider health systems. You will be responsible for overseeing the workflow of projects, managing the completion of multiple workstreams. You will actively support the development of team members, contributing to their professional growth. The Health Practice of Oliver Wyman is rapidly growing and seeking individuals who are highly motivated to expand our team. The practice seeks to inspire a collaborative, team-based culture which fosters free flowing ideas, values diversity and allows for challenges to the status quo. Its colleagues are proud to perform exciting, diverse, and leading-edge work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree required, preferably in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance or a related field
• 7+ years of actuarial experience in the Medicare Advantage industry, with a preference for actuarial consulting
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) credentials required
• Ability to demonstrate autonomy with minimal Principal involvement while managing medium-to-large scale projects/workstreams, generally with higher complexity.
• A track record of, and desire for, rapid learning, high performance, and professional growth
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Understanding of the value of collaboration and the ability to work effectively in a team setting
• Deep critical-thinking skills and problem-solving ability
• Highly motivated individual and willingness to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong skills with MS Excel, SAS, SQL, R, Python, VBA or other programming languages

Responsibilities

• Lead and certify Medicare Advantage bid development , both Part C and D
• Health insurance product development, modeling, and analysis for the Medicare Advantage markets
• Set pricing assumptions, trends, and pricing methodologies
• Medical and pharmacy claims analysis, including benchmarking to applicable industry experience
• Feasibility studies for startup operations or expansions of new products for payers, providers, or payer-provider partnerships
• Support of regulatory changes and implementation
• Evaluation of provider contracts and the impact of changes on rates
• Analysis of value-based care and other risk-taking arrangements from both the payer and provider perspectives
• Opportunity analyses for improved total-cost-of-care management and population health
• Evaluation of risk scores and assistance with improving risk score coding/capture
• Evaluation of care management programs

Benefits

• Oliver Wyman offers a performance-based pay program that rewards colleagues for the contributions they make to our business results, including year-end bonuses based on personal and corporate performance.
• We also offer an impressive array of benefits. Explore all the benefits offered at US Benefits | Marsh McLennan .
• In addition to competitive benefits, the Practice is dedicated to the success of actuarial students in their pursuit to become credentialed actuaries.
• Oliver Wyman offers a competitive study program which includes paid time off for exam study and exam day, financial support for materials, reimbursement of exam costs and salary increases subsequent to passing exams.
• Financial incentives such as first-time pass bonuses are provided in addition to the generous salary increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees