The posting
What You'll Do:
- Leads expert level quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting of patterns, insights, and trends to Claims Leadership team in order to drive business decisions and address business questions.
- Access, gather, and analyze data from multiple internal and external sources and partners with Client Advocacy Reporting Solutions & DSA to create and produces forecasts, reports, dashboards, etc. to tell a story through data.
- Creates and is accountable for high quality, value driven work that drives business outcomes; places the user in the center of decision making; and collaborates with team for speed, agility and innovation in work
- Delivers results, insights and recommendations (written, verbal, presentations, etc) to Claims Leadership team and other business partners to support business decisions
- Produce actionable reports that show key performance indicators, identify areas of improvement into current operations, display root cause analysis of problems, and recommend solutions
- Seeks to understand business processes in the Claims department, user tasks, and as necessary, captures refined process documents
- Shares best practices on data analysis with peers through coaching and mentoring around core methodologies, patterns, standards and processes.
- Takes initiatives to design and develop deliverables based on interpretation of findings and business needs on a wide range of highly complex analytical topics
- Provides consultation to leaders and participates in cross-functional teams to address business issues
- Identifies & captures business requirements, and contributes to development of KPI frameworks
- Regularly applies new perspectives, creative problem solving, and inter-departmental connections to improve analytical capabilities
- Actively promote learning & curiosity.
- Contributes to forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge. Utilizes analytics and metrics to improve processes and provide data-driven forecasts that impact the business (costs, risks, etc).
- Leads value driven work that drives business outcomes; places the user in the center of decision making; and collaborates with team for speed, agility and innovation in work.
What You'll Bring to the Role:
- Bachelors degree in computer science, math, statistics, business or related field.
- At least 6 years of professional experience
- At least 5 years of experience building analytics models, visualizations and delivering insights
- Ability to provide design direction
- Ability to apply data visualization best practices to work deliverables.
- 7+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record in research and data analysis, application of statistical research techniques, report or application development that support business decisions/outcomes.
- Expertise in development and analytical tools such as SAS, SQL, MS Excel, SPSS or other tool
- Visualization tooling like PowerBI or Tableau
Skills You Have:
Analytical Thinking (NM): Organizes and compares different aspects of a situation to identify complex underlying issues through quantitative data and analysis. Uses business acumen, problem solving, and multiple perspectives to think critically and improve processes.
Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM): Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning across individuals and teams with different areas of expertise to achieve shared goals.
Data Analytics (NM): Creates business knowledge through data analysis and applies a variety of analytical techniques to support business questions, decisions, and outcomes.
SQL (NM): Uses clear, logical SQL code for small- and large-scale projects to access, organize, and manage data within a database-management system.
Data Interpretation (NM): Reviews and interprets data findings to identify patterns, develop meaningful insights, and support informed business decisions.
Data Literacy (NM): Selects and uses appropriate data for a specific purpose, thinks critically about analytical findings, applies suitable tools and methods, and recognizes when data may be misrepresented or used incorrectly.
Storytelling through Data (NM): Communicates insights and opportunities from data through clear narratives, visualizations, and analysis.
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Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$108,160.00
Pay Range - End:
$162,240.00
Geographic Specific Pay Structure:
Structure 110:
$118,960.00 USD - $178,440.00 USD
Structure 115:
$124,400.00 USD - $186,600.00 USD
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