Statistical / Actuarial Analyst – Analysing healthcare data!

The successful candidate will be required to assist senior staff with the analysis of healthcare data, interpretation of results and building analytical and statistical models in the Analytics team…

Requirements:
• Completed Matric - essential
• Completed Degree with majors in Actuarial Science, Operational Research or Mathematical Statistics – essential
• Must be a team player
• Must be dedicated and hard working
• Own reliable transport a must have
• Fully bilingual in English and Afrikaans

Responsibilities:
• Assisting senior staff with the analysis of healthcare data, data mining, visualization and interpreting results
• Assisting with the development of methodologies and data products for implementation by the business
• Investigating different scenarios to understand trends in data
• Interpretation of results and findings
• Developing and maintaining statistical or artificial intelligence models
• Implementing flexible data handling and reporting solutions using a variety of software platforms

Technical Skills:
• SAS and/or SQL experience
• Advanced spreadsheets skills (Excel / Macros)
• Practical knowledge of data manipulation / predictive analytics / operations research / optimization
• Experience or demonstratable knowledge of at least one statistical language (R, Python)
• Experience in the healthcare industry
• A practical understanding of clinical groupers and risk adjustment techniques

We will reply on applications that get shortlisted only. Therefore, please deem your application as unsuccessful if you have not received feedback after 7 days.

Why Should You Apply?
• Work in an established environment where you will develop under the mentorship of a strong and experienced actuarial team and benefit from the advantages of working on a variety of initiatives in a multi-disciplinary environment

Work references, criminal checks and qualification checks will be done on the successful candidate.