Lead Specialist - Actuarial

Posted:
1/22/2026, 7:53:47 AM

Location(s):
Gurgaon, Haryana, India ⋅ Haryana, India

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Global Service Delivery (GSD) Health Actuarial and Financial Group (AFG) is seeking candidates for the following position                                                   

                                                         Lead Specialist -Health Actuarial

What can you expect?

We are looking to hire a Manager in the Global Service Delivery (GSD) Health Actuarial and Financial Group (AFG)

  • 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 

  • Opportunity to work live with US consulting teams 

  • Support more senior colleagues as an individual contributor 

  • Begin to build and maintain relationships with internal teams and subject matter experts

  • Manage deadlines and quickly evolving priorities 

  • Train your replacement 

Experience:

  • Min 7 yrs experience

Skills:

  • Fluent in English

  • Knowledge of US healthcare and benefits preferred

  • Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpretational skills.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, strong oral and written communication skills

  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a demanding work environment

  • Good command on MS office applications (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

  • Ability to multitask, self-starter

What makes you stand out: 

  • Professional work experience demonstrating ability to independently manage multiple complex projects simultaneously 

  • Experience presenting technical concepts to a non-technical audience 

Education:

  • Any Graduate preferably with Mathematics / Statistics / Actuarial Science or any subject with sizeable mathematical content.

  • 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.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh 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.

Marsh 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 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.