Health Analytics Financial/Actuarial Senior Associate
San Francisco, California, United States
Health Analytics Financial/Actuarial Senior Associate
- 202507671
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Full time
Description
As a Senior Associate in Health Analytics, you will support employer clients by developing and delivering integrated analytics solutions that strengthen their health and benefits programs. You will lead and manage a wide range of analytic projects—including dashboard development, custom reporting, RFP support, vendor impact evaluations and data warehouse implementations—while translating insights into actionable opportunities for clients. As member of WTW’s analytics team, you will also contribute to the next generation of products and solutions.
You will collaborate closely with colleagues across the Financial, Actuarial, and Analytics (FAA) function to deliver high‑quality analytics, dashboards, and strategic insights. This role is ideal for individuals with strong analytical skills, deep understanding of healthcare and benefits data, and the ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision.
The Role
• Lead and contribute to analytics engagements across a diverse portfolio of clients.
• Deliver core health and benefits analytics, including group medical, pharmacy, dental, disability, HR, and business metrics.
• Conduct analyses such as point solution evaluations, cohort analyses, cost driver analyses, population health analytics, and scorecard development.
• Develop clear, client-ready data visualizations and deliverables that explain health program performance and drive informed decision-making.
• Partner with Client Service Teams to communicate complex analytics concepts and results in a way that engages and influences clients.
• Serve as a super user of leading healthcare data warehouse platforms (e.g., Cedar Gate, Merative, Artemis, Cotiviti etc.)
• Manage data warehouse implementations and ongoing vendor relationships.
• Contribute to client presentations and actively participate in client meetings.
• Provide strong project management support to Consultants on select client engagements.
• Build relationships and work effectively across cross‑functional teams.
• Review and quality-check analytical work while mentoring junior team members.
• Support development of new intellectual capital within the Health Analytics community.
• Contribute to business development, expansion opportunities, and cross‑selling initiatives.
Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience analyzing health and welfare plan data, ideally gained in a benefit consulting/brokerage firm, commercial data warehouse company or reporting function of an insurance company
• Strong analytical, creative, and integrative problem‑solving skills
• Understanding of medical, pharmacy, point solution, and other health-related data, along with ability to validate the data against the data warehouse vendor tools.
• Ability to interpret account structures and validate vendor configurations in a data warehouse
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deliver high‑quality work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client service orientation.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organizational environment
• Experience mentoring junior talent.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and Power BI. SQL proficiency preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree with quantitative coursework preferred.
• State Life and Health license required within 90 days of hire.
Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until a sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).
Compensation
The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $ 90,000.00 - $120, 000.00 USD annually.
This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.
Company Benefits
WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
- Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
- Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off (only included for Washington roles)
- Retirement Benefits: Qualified contributory pension plan (if eligible) and 401(k) plan with annual nonelective company contribution. Non-qualified retirement plans available to senior level colleagues who satisfy the plans’ eligibility requirements.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.
EOE, including disability/vets
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