Director - Business Performance & Analytics - Travelers - Toronto
Job description
Position Summary:
Explore and profile data, draw business inferences, complete analysis and clearly articulate findings for a target audience.
Senior level role, requiring significant previous experience in Descriptive Analytics.
Accountable for performing and/or managing core tasks of Descriptive Analytics (the exploration and investigation of past business performance).
Limited Supervision: incumbents use own creativity to get the job done. Decision making is left up to incumbents. Incumbents receive assignments in general terms and are free to work out the details according to their own judgment.
Interprets regulations and policies independently.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Recommends the types of analysis that accommodate the business need and find commonality to standardize.
Explores opportunities for higher level analytics with research function
Ensures that required analysis is provided by team members.
Manages a portfolio of projects.
Manages the assignment and distribution of work to the team.
Designs standardized peer review best practices.
Defines and drives best practices around descriptive analytics
Presents analysis and recommendations to business partners and senior leaders.
Applies descriptive analytics to analyze data, validates assumptions, understands results and effectively communicates results to a broader audience.
Manipulates raw data and understand the ultimate design required to meet business requests
Interprets data to recognize patterns and analyze trends
Directs the development of reporting to monitor business critical results.
Completes reasonability and validation tests using thorough business knowledge
Proactively stays abreast of data sources, identify best internal and external data sources in response to business requests.
Desired Skills and Experience
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in mathematics, finance, computer science, statistics, MIS or equivalent experience required.
Typically has a minimum of 6-8 years’ experience in Descriptive Analytics or related field.
Experience in working successfully with Microsoft office products and software/programming applications specific to business supported.
Thorough knowledge of Descriptive Analytic practices and processes.
Thorough knowledge of Insurance products/concepts is required.
2-3 years of management experience
Thorough knowledge of the main features of the collection of data and the relationship of data elements to each other.
Possesses advanced knowledge of subject matter in order to solve unusual as well as common work problems.
Skills & Competencies:
Thorough understanding the business functions, processes, and overall business strategies of businesses supported. Demonstrated advanced analytic and diagnostic skills.
Demonstrated advanced interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated advanced communication and presentation skills
Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
Demonstrated ability to influence others across levels of organization and lead others.
Advanced project management skills.
Thorough understanding of the business functions, processes, and overall business strategies.
Demonstrated ability to see results to completion and to lead others to do so as well.
Advanced business acumen.
Seeks opportunities to learn and to influence others.
Advanced Computer Skills in Excel, database programming language and related applications.
Advanced problem solving and decision making skills
Ability to interact effectively with others across functions and levels within organization
Ability to think strategically
Ability to consider others' ideas seriously and accept feedback.
Builds and maintains credibility with others
Advanced leadership skills including ability to: Leverage Differences; Manage in participative manner; Develop employees
Advanced skill/competency level: demonstrates advanced knowledge and ability; can apply the competency in new or complex situations.
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