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Liberty Mutual Surety, a business unit member of Liberty Mutual Insurance, is the 2^nd largest Surety in the United States and one of the largest globally. We specialize in providing surety bonds for construction firms, manufacturers and suppliers, and commercial enterprises for corporations and individuals on an account and transactional basis, and conduct business worldwide through fronting relationships and Liberty owned subsidiaries, with bonds issued in over 40 countries. We pride ourselves on our outstanding service to brokers, agents, and customers throughout our field offices across the U.S., and in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Australia. We are committed to our value proposition of building mutually profitable relationships by providing smart business solutions, ease of doing business, and consistent, responsive service, and is dedicated to the communities we serve and values highly a diverse workforce.

 

Liberty Mutual Surety ™ has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst (non-IT) to join our Field Analytics group in Seattle, WA.  In this role, you will gather and analyze data, and build dashboards and visualizations to be used by our Executive and Senior Managers that assist in making business decisions.  You will use your prior experience producing dashboards using PowerPivot or Power BI, and will work independently and collaboratively with internal business partners and peers.

 Responsibilities:

• Provide Senior and Executive Surety Management with business analysis and reporting support activities.
• Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing reports and dashboards/visualizations to drive key business decisions necessary to establish and evaluate metrics Senior and Executive Surety Management.  Examples include but are not limited to:  Operational Dashboards on premium and account distribution, and account performance by region,
• Proactively identify, gather, analyze, and leverage data sources to develop dashboards and visualizations. Seek new opportunities to identify and recognize key data and insights that adds value to ad-hoc and monthly reports and dashboards.
• Create communication plans and provide guidance to assist managers with how to use dashboards to analyze performance and business results as well as build key metrics and performance indicators as well as opportunities for improvement or enhancement across the region/field.
• Work across teams within Surety to identify root causes of data quality issues and develop solutions.
• May participate in monthly operational reviews with Senior and Executive Surety Management.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of department operations, processes, procedures, and operational effectiveness, and establish a rapport with Surety personnel.
• Utilize a combination of Excel, Microsoft Power BI, and other tools as appropriate to translate raw data into detailed business analysis and dashboards/visualizations.
• Develop and provide subject matter expertise on key initiatives across Surety Field Operations.
• Recommend, implement, and enhance process improvements in support of the Surety's continuous improvement efforts.
• Other projects and ad-hoc activities as assigned.

Qualifications:   

• Bachelor's degree typically required, with a preference in Economics, Statistics, Business Management, Mathematics, or other quantitative field.
• A minimum of 2 years' relevant experience as a Business Analyst creating reports and dashboards, and working within the Business directly (non-IT).
• Proficiency with PowerPivot, Power BI, or other BI tools for reporting and dashboard creation.  Will consider other BI tools.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to identify and apply best practices for data management and data visualization.
• Familiar with statistical process control methods and their application to monitoring business metrics.
• Passion for making data driven decisions
• Proven ability to take ownership of own work and deliverables, and seek information and solutions under ambiguous circumstances.
• Works well independently and on a team.
• Proven ability to communicate complex and ambiguous topics in a structured and compelling manner (verbal and written).
• Strong analytical/problem solving and research skills
• Ability to manage tasks/projects with aggressive deadlines/time sensitivity.

  Benefits: We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to positive change. In return for your service, it's our privilege to offer you benefits and rewards that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits  Overview: At Liberty Mutual, we give motivated, accomplished professionals the opportunity to help us redefine what insurance means; to work for a global leader with a deep sense of humanity and a focus on improving and protecting everyday lives.  We create an inspired, collaborative environment, where people can take ownership of their work; push breakthrough ideas; and feel confident that their contributions will be valued and their growth championed. We're dedicated to doing the right thing for our employees, because we know that their fulfillment and success leads us to great places. Life. Happiness. Innovation. Impact. Advancement. Whatever their pursuit, talented people find their path at Liberty Mutual.