Senior Actuarial Analyst (Vitality Programme)

About The Role

Team - Vitality Programme

Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality London or Bournemouth Office. Full time hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role

• Advanced actuarial modelling
• Behavioural data analytics insight
• Commercial pricing strategy development

What this role is all about

The Senior Actuarial Analyst within the Vitality Programme team plays a key role in the development and performance of a market‑leading proposition, applying advanced analytics, modelling and pricing expertise to influence product design, customer engagement and long‑term financial outcomes. Working within a highly collaborative, cross‑functional environment, the role contributes strategic insight, informs key business decisions, and supports sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Key Actions

• Maintain and develop statistical models to forecast future engagement patterns and their impact on other key business drivers such as sales, retention, premium growth and claims and ultimately profitability / embedded value metrics. This may include elements of actuarial assumption setting.
• Produce actuarial pricing for new benefits and possible changes to existing benefits, in conjunction with the Research and Development team
• Help develop business plans for future financial years, and monitor experience vs assumptions
• Collaborate with other business teams, including actuarial, R&D, big data, marketing, pricing and finance, to grow understanding of the interaction between engagement and other key business drivers
• Collaborate with other analysts and reporting specialists (including across Vitality's international markets) to drive adoption of standard engagement performance measures
• Help produce key performance metrics, forecasts & monthly reports for senior management and wider business use, including marketing, technical marketing, sales, and finance.
• Present key outputs and recommendations to senior stakeholders

What do you need to thrive?

• Student or associate member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent, working towards the completion of their actuarial qualification. Or: Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent.
• Knowledge of SQL, writing and editing complex queries to extract and process data, e.g., using SQL Server Management Studio
• MS Office:
• Excel 365 to an intermediate level. Should be able and confident in manipulating large data sets, and familiar with the capabilities of the latest version of Excel.
• Powerpoint and Word 365 (both to a basic level)

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w e will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We're incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created - recently being named one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026 , and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives - they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people - and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality's approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.