Selective Insurance · 1 day ago
Sr Operational Insights Analyst (Hybrid)
Short Hills, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$92K/yr - $127K/yr
4+ years expSelective Insurance is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company recognized for its strong financial performance and commitment to employee uniqueness. The Sr Operational Insights Analyst will transform and analyze data from various sources to provide actionable insights for decision-making and support operational monitoring.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Perform a variety of ad-hoc analyses for functional areas to better understand business problems by leveraging knowledge of current state, current processes, future needs, and industry trends to aid the creation of best practices and decision making
Prepare, cleanse, and manipulate high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources in order to highlight patterns, anomalies, relationships, and trends
Perform descriptive and diagnostics analysis to understand relationships related to highly complex data business problems via effective data visualizations and other presentation techniques for potential new operational monitors and metrics
Conduct complex and comprehensive data analysis spanning internal and external data sources such as financial, competitor, marketplace, and third-party data
Provide strategy support through decision analytics and research including executive summaries, hypothesis testing, data exploration, and experimental design, operations research, and third-party insights
Leverage data visualization and dash boarding to support operational monitoring, track operational activities and identify outcome variances and anomalies
Research and recommend new data and tools to enrich analytical solutions across functional areas
Effectively communicate the insights to senior business leaders generated from analyses through presentations, data visualizations, reports, and executive summaries
Lead the design of best-in-class insights discovery solutions utilizing data leveraging technologies such as text mining and image recognition
Provide training and mentorship to associates and analysts. Structure sessions for the broader community to stay current with industry trends including cutting edge methodology, software, and platforms while driving the culture of innovation and analytics
Qualification
Required
Demonstrate broad understanding of statistical and data visualization methodologies and their business applications
Exceptional organizational, time management, and project prioritization skills
Experience with Agile methodology
Effective communication skills and presenting in front of Senior Management
Ability to build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with business
Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as: Tableau, Qlikview, Spotfire, or Microsoft Business Intelligence, etc
Capability to manipulate data with enterprise-scale database systems (SQL, SAS, etc.)
Experience with scripting language such as: R, Python, or Java
Big Data/Hadoop/Spark experience
Master's degree with 4 years of analytics experience or Bachelor's with 5-7 years of analytics experience and education in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
Preferred
Insurance industry experience preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive health care plans
Retirement savings plan with company match
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program
Tuition assistance and reimbursement programs
20 days of paid time off
Company
Selective Insurance
At Selective, we maintain a commitment to provide unique insurance solutions that help keep the families and businesses of our communities protected.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (45)
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2022 (30)
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2020 (25)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400M2025-02-25Post Ipo Debt· $400M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
John Marchioni
President and CEO
Patrick S. Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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