Analytics Role - Insurance

Insurance; Analytics

Role Overview:

- Emphasis is on providing business insights and managing end to end project delivery

- Structure analytical solution to address business objectives and problem solving

- Translate stated or implied client needs into researchable hypotheses.

- Develop sophisticated analysis plans to test those hypotheses given data and resource availability, time, etc.

- Effectively guide the team around problem structuring and use of analytics (tools and techniques) to carry out analysis

- Facilitate client working sessions and lead recurring project status meetings

- Develop long-lasting, trusted advisor relationships with clients

- Able to work in dual shore engagement across multiple time zones

- Manage business uncertainty

- Secure new opportunities within existing account relationship

- Assess customer needs, pain points, behaviors, activation levers, headroom for growth, value propositions, etc.

- Manage day-to-day project operations, serve as the functional and domain expert on the project team to ensure that they meet client expectations

- Provide quality oversight on deliverables prepared by the project team before submitting to client

Responsibilities:

- Project task management

- Define project deliverables, controls and ensure adherence to these

- Supervise and assist the team on project execution and delivery

- Monitor project progress and ensure adherence to client expectation

- Communications, including deck writing

- Coordination of all sub-team efforts; Creation of project plan, define milestones, timelines, review plan with the team

- Delivery of output

- Facilitation and gathering of client feedback on problem structuring

- Understand and define business problems, get all background information and collect relevant data points

Candidate Profile:

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in economics, mathematics, computer science/engineering, operations research or related analytics areas; candidates with BA/BS degrees in the same fields from the top tier academic institutions are also welcome to apply

- 3-6 years' experience, preferably in insurance analytics

- Experience in working in dual shore engagement is preferred

- Must have experience in managing clients directly

- Proficiency in using data visualization tools like Power BI (preferred Proficiency in M language, DAX SQL)/ Tableau.

- Experience in data extraction and data manipulation in SAS/SQL. Importing, merging and appending different datasets joins in SAS. SAS programming macros and other SAS functions like - proc import, proc sort, proc sql, data merge, proc transpose, proc export

- Superior analytical and problem solving skills

- Demonstrated leadership ability and willingness to take initiative

- Strong record of achievement, solid analytical ability, and an entrepreneurial hands-on approach to work

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

- Able to work in fast pace continuously evolving environment and ready to take up uphill challenges

- Is able to understand cross cultural differences and can work with clients across the globe

What we offer:

- EXL Analytics offers an exciting, fast paced and innovative environment, which brings together a group of sharp and entrepreneurial professionals who are eager to influence business decisions. From your very first day, you get an opportunity to work closely with highly experienced, world class analytics consultants.

- You can expect to learn many aspects of businesses that our clients engage in. You will also learn effective teamwork and time-management skills - key aspects for personal and professional growth