Consultant, Business Insights

To be successful in this role the applicant will need to have a high degree of intellectual curiosity and the desire to translate information into actionable insights. The customers for this role are the Nationwide Financial Annuity leadership team so successful candidates need to be able to influence others without authority over them. Strong written and oral communication skills are vital.

This position will be hired on a SuccessFlex basis.

This is a hybrid position located in Columbus Ohio and you will be required to come into the office three days per week.

It is our intention to fill this role in Columbus Ohio. However on occasion applications from internal candidates working remotely or external candidates who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience may be considered.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

Internal Compensation Grade: G4

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Applies substantive business expertise to render insights and forecast/project on extracted data sets to craft package and communicate actional insights and recommendations to business partners.

• Builds and maintains relationships and serves as a trusted business advisor to clients internal risk partners and other stakeholders. Cultivates partnerships across the company to ensure methodologies and assumptions align with corporate practices.

• Participates in the development of scope risk/control matrix project timelines and assignments. Responsible for effectively synthesizing own project work and the work of team members. Work may span more than one project or focus area.

• Leverages statistical inferencing when conducting analysis. Communicates significance in findings when working with business partners. Utilizes appropriate visualization techniques as needed.

• Collaborates with leaders to develop strategies for the business unit. Consults with business to understand align and deliver work that supports business objectives and priorities.

• Determines appropriate information and data to be shared with customers. Shares financial and operational analyses with appropriate area of the company as assigned. Responsible for building business intelligence applications using R/Python/SQL/SAS/Tableau.

• Manages special projects and serves as an analytic consultant and contact for team members and associates outside the department.

• Serves as a consultant and subject matter expert for business areas during the intake and prioritization of data reporting analysis and advanced analytics work

• Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives.

• May be responsible for preparation of reports and use of information systems software and related sources of information. Also may be responsible for training other users on report preparation and data base access and supporting the research analysis and presentation of information.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships:Reports to Director/Associate Vice President and does not have direct reports.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education:Undergraduate studies in data or business analytics computer science management information business mathematics or related field with post-graduate studies preferred

Experience:Typically eight or more years of experience in data extraction data manipulation analysis and data visualization. Experience with advanced statistical techniques such as business intelligence. Detailed experience with data-extraction problem solving; working with large structured and unstructured data sets and databases to build understandable and relevant analyses. Professional experience in insurance financial services or a related industry preferred.

Knowledge Abilities and Skills:

In-depth knowledge of business policies and procedures customer service concepts and practices. Sophisticated understanding of creating and maintaining ad hoc and standard analysis including data visualization predictive modeling and business intelligence tools. Working knowledge to conduct extraction of data for functional and operational analysis and modeling. Strong communication skills for interactions with others. Ability to understand business processes and the data produced by them. Ability to understand functional and operational measurement needs analyze data requests and interpret and translate business problems into solutions. Ability to work under tight time constraints. Capable of developing distinctive and understandable data visualizations.

Other criteria including leadership skills competencies and experiences may take precedence. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring managers leader and HR Business Partner.

Values:

Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions:Normal office environment. Occasional travel nonstandard or extended work may be required based on project needs.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs including: medical/dental/vision life insurance short and long term disability coveragepaid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date nine paid holidays 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off 401(k) with company match company-paid pension plan business casual attire and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged appreciated respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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