Sr Data Analyst

UFG is currently seeking a Sr. Data Analyst who will facilitate the development of Analytics solutions in support of UFG’s strategic plan. This position will work closely with business units throughout the organization to develop and implement strategies that leverage data to enable enhanced decision making. The position requires strong technical and communication skills, as well as proven experience in analytics, and information management, and the insurance industry in general.

Responsibilities:

• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Prototyping the development of databases, data collection systems, data analytics, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
• Design and build comprehensive reports/dashboards and other tools to assist business managers in making business decisions
• Support the enterprise data warehouse in identifying and revising reporting requirements
• Train end users on new reports and dashboards
• Research opportunities for data acquisition and new uses for existing data
• Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality
• Collaborate with data architects, modelers, and IT team members on project goals
• Translate business questions into actionable insights by analyzing data, visualizing findings, and presenting recommendations to users
• Design, build, and implement analytics solutions for users across the organization.
• Identify complex business problems and architect potential solutions.
• Work with management to prioritize business and information needs.
• Enable team growth by mentoring peers.
• Lead complex projects involving multiple stakeholders

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Business, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics preferred
• Master’s degree preferred

Experience:

• 7+ years proven working experience as a data analyst required
• Experience with reporting packages (Tableau, etc.) and databases (SQL, etc.) required
• Experience in methodologies and processes for managing large scale databases required
• Demonstrated experience in handling large datasets, structured and semi-structured data formats required
• Experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (SAS, R, Python, etc.) preferred
• P&C Insurance and consulting experience preferred

Working Conditions:

• General office environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of statistics
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of star/snowflake schemas as general data warehousing methodologies (i.e. Kimball)
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Ability to deliver incremental value via an Agile Development Methodology
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings.
• Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical, lay terms.
• Ability to create content rich and concise data visualization outputs for easy consumption by business users.