<p><b>Mercer is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Gurgaon office:</b></p><p></p><p>Lead Specialist - Actuarial</p><p></p><p><b>What can you expect?</b></p><p>Mercer is the industry leader in helping companies create dynamic solutions that make a difference in the moments that matter. We are searching for a MercerRx Actuary – Pharmacy Practice. This is a tremendous opportunity to be a part of one of Mercer’s fastest growing specialty practices. MercerRx Actuaries are responsible for supporting various financial projects related to pharmacy benefit management (PBM) for clients. This role involves working closely with the MercerRx team, analyzing financial data, and providing recommendations to optimize client's pharmacy benefit programs.</p><p>The Mercer RX team is a part of US Actuarial & Financial group with a broad range of health actuarial & financial management services primarily for US clients. Team serves over 40 locations across United States and has a client base of 1500+ clients, producing more than 3,000 reports annually. With exciting developments happening in the US health business, there is expected to be increasing revenue growth, providing opportunities for career advancement at AFG India.</p><p>This role involves working closely with the MercerRx team, analysing financial data, conducting cost projections, and providing insights to support the development and implementation of pharmacy benefit strategies. A key part of this role is also to act as a project manager for projects as well as liaise with onshore consultants on various work aspects. The candidate will be responsible for delivering an excellent and consistent experience for all our clients by meeting defined SLAs and onshore delivery protocols. The individual will be an offshore member of the client team. They will be responsible for maintaining excellent quality in their deliverables along with meeting the timelines. The individual should communicate their findings and suggestions through effective communication via different channels</p><p></p><p><b>What is in it for you?</b></p><p>• Opportunity to be a part of world’s leading insurance broker and risk management company with client in over 130 countries with over 85,000 people</p><p>•Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability</p><p>• A competitive salary, employee friendly policies, health care and insurance for you and dependents</p><p>• A respectful work environment that values healthy work-life balance</p><p>• Future career opportunities across a global organization to perform and grow</p><p>• Chance to be a part of a dynamic work culture that rewards innovation and collaboration</p><p>• Curated training programs with enhancing skills and building knowledge opportunity</p><p>•Holidays (As Per the location)</p><p>•Shared Transport (Provided the address falls in service zone)</p><p></p><p><b>We will count on you for</b> :</p><ul><li>Contribute to client projects and deliverables focusing on US employers’ healthcare benefits experience and strategies, including underwriting and financial projections, carrier selection, plan design changes and optimization, employee contribution setting, estimating incurred but unpaid (IBNP) claims, and evaluating well-being initiatives </li><li>Opportunity to work live with US consulting teams </li><li>Support more senior colleagues as an individual contributor </li><li>Begin to build and maintain relationships with internal teams and subject matter experts</li><li>Manage deadlines and quickly evolving priorities </li></ul><p></p><p><b>What you need to have : </b></p><ul><li>Excellent communication</li><li>Knowledge of US healthcare and benefits preferred</li><li>Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpretational skills.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills, strong oral and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a demanding work environment</li><li>Good command on MS office applications (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)</li><li>Ability to multitask, self-starter</li><li>Any Graduate preferably with Mathematics / Statistics / Actuarial Science or any subject with sizeable mathematical content.</li><li>5+ Years of relevant experience preferably with 3-4 Actuarial exams cleared including Core Statistics(CS ) or Core Mathematics (CM) exams from IAI or IFOA or equivalent exams from SOA.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>What makes you stand out: </b></p><ul><li>Professional work experience demonstrating ability to independently manage multiple complex projects simultaneously </li><li>Experience presenting technical concepts to a non-technical audience </li></ul><p></p><p><b>About Mercer</b></p><p>Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and X.</p><p></p><p>Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.</p><p></p><p>Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person</p><p></p>