Sr. Analyst, Actuarial
Strive Health
$85,500 - $104,000 / year
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Description
How You’ll Make An Impact
At Strive Health, patients come first. We’re on a mission to transform chronic conditions by identifying risk earlier, coordinating thoughtful care, and supporting people through every stage of their health journey.
Our work reduces emergency visits, improves outcomes, and helps patients live fuller lives. You’ll work alongside passionate Strivers who care deeply about making an impact, show up for one another as One Team, and find ways to elevate the everyday.
If you’re looking for meaningful work where your contributions truly matter, you’ll feel right at home at Strive!
Benefits & Perks
- Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
- Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
- Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
- Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.
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What You’ll Do
The main function of this role will be to support actuarial functions and collaborate with internal/external stakeholders, with particular focus on evaluating new business opportunities. The Senior Analyst, Actuarial Underwriting will execute work assignments using actuarial and statistical methods. The role will include the benefit of an actuarial study program designed to motivate and support you through your exams. This role will report to the Senior Director, Actuarial.
The Day to Day
- Work closely with our business development team in developing opportunity assessments for new clients or expansions with existing clients.
- Refine the opportunity assessment model to leverage more & better industry data as well as more specific operating assumptions.
- Support the contracting team by evaluating the financial impact of key contractual terms.
- Develop client-specific assumptions for new business as a part of the broader Finance budgeting process.
- Partner with FP&A to refine operating model assumptions supporting new business evaluation.
- Represent Finance on the Strategic Pricing committee.
- Create and present materials for client presentations, clearly communicating Strive’s impact.
- Partner with key stakeholders across Strive’s Finance, Partner Success, and Growth functions to identify data-driven opportunities to add value to existing and potential partners.
- Present models and delivers insights/expertise to a diverse audience and communicates analyses and results to internal and external partners.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
- 2+ years experience in Actuarial services, Healthcare Economics, or related field.
- Minimum three completed actuarial exams.
- Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
- Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying or reviewing medical claim grouper logic
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in value-based care preferred.
- Experience with CMS shared savings programs strongly preferred.
- Experience in Commercial, Medicaid or Medicare analysis.
- Experience using advanced Microsoft Excel functions and SQL.
Annual Base Salary Range: $85,500 - $104,000. This position is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 10%
Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and qualifications.
Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to talentacquisition@strivehealth.com.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.
Benefits
- Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
- Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
- Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
- Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.
- Work closely with our business development team in developing opportunity assessment s for new clients or expansions with existing clients.
- Refine the opportunity assessment model to leverage more & better industry data as well as more specific operating assumptions.
- Support the contracting team by evaluating the financial impact of key contract ual terms.
- Develop client-specific assumptions for new business as a part of the broader Finance budgeting process.
- Partner with FP&A to refine operating model assumptions supporting new business evaluation.
- Represent Finance on the Strategic Pricing committee.
- Create and present materials for client presentations, clearly communicating Strive’s impact.
- Partner with key stakeholders across Strive’s Finance, Partner Success, and Growth functions to identify data-driven opportunities to add value to existing and potential partners.
- Present models and delivers insights/expertise to a diverse audience and communicates analyses and results to internal and external partners.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
- 2+ years experience in Actuarial services, Healthcare Economics, or related field.
- Minimum three completed actuarial exams.
- Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
- Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.
- Experience applying or reviewing medical claim grouper logic
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in value-based care preferred.
- Experience with CMS shared savings programs strongly preferred.
- Experience in Commercial, Medicaid or Medicare analysis.
- Experience using advanced Microsoft Excel functions and SQL.
About this role
Strive Health is seeking a Senior Analyst in Actuarial Underwriting to evaluate new business opportunities and support actuarial functions across the organization. Working hybrid from Chicago, you'll partner closely with business development, finance, and partner success teams to assess financial viability of new clients and contract expansions. Your day-to-day work involves building and refining opportunity assessment models, developing client-specific assumptions, evaluating contractual terms, and presenting data-driven insights to internal and external stakeholders. You'll also represent Finance on the Strategic Pricing committee and collaborate with FP&A to strengthen operating model assumptions.
This contract role requires at least two years in actuarial services, healthcare economics, or a related field, plus a bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, or similar discipline and a minimum of three completed actuarial exams. The position offers structured support for continuing your actuarial study program. Preferred experience includes familiarity with medical claim grouper logic, value-based care models, CMS shared savings programs, and commercial or government healthcare analysis. Strong Excel and SQL skills are valued.
The salary range is $85,500 to $104,000 annually with a target 10% performance bonus. Strive offers comprehensive benefits including hybrid flexibility, medical/dental/vision coverage, 401k matching, paid time off including parental and sabbatical leave, and an annual professional development stipend. This role suits someone with actuarial credentials seeking meaningful work in healthcare transformation and willing to travel as needed.
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