Lead Actuary

The Lead Actuary is a senior technical and professional leadership role within the Strategic Value Unit, working across the integrated Strategic Value Unit and Population Health Unit. The postholder will lead the actuarial discipline and ensure actuarial methods inform strategic commissioning, population health management, evaluation, financial planning and stewardship of ICB resources. The role will use actuarial analysis to understand future population need, demand, utilisation, outcomes, expenditure and financial risk. Working within a multidisciplinary decision intelligence function, the postholder will translate this evidence into practical recommendations for strategic planning, commissioning, payment and risk arrangements., The postholder will lead actuarial work from problem definition and data specification through modelling, assurance, interpretation and implementation. They will select proportionate methods and provide technical assurance for high-impact forecasts, risk analyses and financial models. The role will:

• provide professional leadership and lead actuarial programmes supporting ICB priorities;
• apply actuarial forecasting, risk, scenario and financial modelling to population need, demand, utilisation, expenditure and sustainability;
• advise on population-based budgets, payment and risk-sharing arrangements;
• set standards for modelling, assumptions, documentation, validation and technical assurance;
• integrate actuarial evidence with wider evidence to inform recommendations, implementation and monitoring;
• build organisational capability through line management, coaching and shared methods and resources.
  
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