Business Performance Analyst

Westfield Insurance

Westfield Center, OH

Full Time

Mid Level

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Business Performance Analyst works under direct to intermediate supervision to understand the business unit data and analytic needs of low to moderate complexity. They gather business requirements and utilize qualitative and quantitative rigor to provide data-driven answers or solutions to business questions and needs. The role involves collaborating with peers and internal business partners to support addressing key business needs, with a foundational understanding of data, analytics, and business acumen to support business decisions. The analyst helps ensure development of work products deliver optimal business value, whether working independently or as part of a larger delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

Provides data-driven answers or solutions to business questions through assigned projects.
Utilizes basic knowledge of core insurance principles, business environment, and analytics for analysis and consumption of data.
Analyzes and derives findings, identifies impacts, and formulates ideas, options, and recommended actions.
Utilizes strong consultative and collaborative approach in working with internal business partners to anticipate and address needs; effectively translates business questions or needs into solution and associated requirements.
Extracts and transforms data from various databases (on premises, cloud and snowflake) to perform basic to moderate analyses to come up with data driven solutions.
Determines the final work product in partnership with stakeholders in the business units and other supporting units and manages the requirements of the work product to ensure optimal delivery of business value.
Ensures delivery of products across various stages while ensuring business value is delivered in a timely fashion.
Provides assistance in training less experienced analysts.
Communicates effectively (verbal, written, and presentation), including storytelling from data.
Identifies appropriate internal and external sources of data through exploration and peer collaboration, ensuring quality for purpose to answer business questions.
Identifies opportunities for process improvement and leads process improvement efforts.
Creates and maintains accurate procedure documentation and reference materials.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in analytical positions on moderately complex projects/assignments.
Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, business/data analytics, actuarial sciences or related field or commensurate data analysis or business intelligence experience.
Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Tools such as Power BI.
Knowledge of SQL and data analysis and synthesis.
Familiarity with programming languages such as Python or R.
Understanding of basic statistics and basic machine learning.
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation).