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Actuary - Data Analytics Specialist I/II

Employer
Merchants Insurance Group
Location
Buffalo, New York
Salary
Merchants offers a competitive salary, outstanding bonus potential and attractive benefits package i
Closing date
Nov 25, 2020

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Category
Actuary
Job Type
Full Time
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Details

DATA ANALYTICS SPECIALISTS I/II

Buffalo, New York

Merchants Insurance Group, a Northeast leader in Property and Casualty Insurance, has two exciting and rewarding career opportunities for talented Data Analytics Specialists for our Buffalo, NY location.  Merchants Insurance Group is proud to be named a “Fast Track” company for the 2nd year in a row by Buffalo’s Business First. 

The safety of our colleagues, both current and future, is Merchants Insurance Group’s highest priority. At this time, most of our colleagues are working remotely due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The candidate selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home in a designated work area until such time as it is determined to be safe for colleagues to return to the office.

The Data Analytics Specialists will become part of a dedicated Data Analytics team focused on driving our organization toward a consistent set of key business reports and an ecosystem for analytics and data-driven decision-making.  The ideal candidates are problem-solvers who are comfortable with ambiguity and able to flex between structured, detail-oriented, routine and creative work.  

Essential Level I-II Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Develops business analytics and data management solutions using business intelligence, report-writing, database, spreadsheet, query, or programming tools.
  • Performs validation, acceptance, and regression testing.
  • Writes user documentation, delivers one-to-one and group user training, and provides user support for business users and analyst users.

Additional Essential Level II Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Writes specifications for development by others. Answers questions, researches and iterates specification revisions with developers. 

Level I Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

  • BA/BS degree, quantitative sciences or information sciences major or minor.
  • Internship experience, transferable experience, and/or volunteer experience preferred.
  • Communication, customer focus, design, quantitative, problem-solving, time management, quality management skills.
  • Software/programming – spreadsheet, SQL, business intelligence applications (e.g. Power BI, Tableau), report-writing applications (e.g. SSRS) – basic proficiency or demonstrated aptitude.
  • Business/management and data/systems management knowledge preferred.

Additional Level II Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Two years Data Analytics Specialist experience, with demonstrated solution design and specification-writing abilities is required.
  • Insurance industry experience preferred; additional transferable experience preferred.
  • Software/programming – spreadsheet, SQL, business intelligence applications (e.g. Power BI, Tableau), report-writing applications (e.g. SSRS) – intermediate/advanced proficiency.
  • Business systems analysis and peer/cross-function leadership skills.

Merchants Insurance Group Benefits:

  • Welcoming and positive work environment
  • Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours
  • Competitive pay scale
  • Generous paid time off package
  • Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.
  • Two Outstanding company bonus program
  • Tuition Reimbursement

And many more exciting company benefits!! 

Please visit our company website at:  www.merchantsgroup.com to apply online.  EOE

Company

Since 1918, Merchants Insurance Group has been providing high-quality property and casualty insurance for businesses and individuals throughout the Northeast and North Central United States.

Rated “A-” by the A.M. Best company, Merchants Insurance Group is headquartered in Buffalo, New York and operates regional offices in Buffalo and Hauppauge, New York; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Mount Laurel, New Jersey.  Merchants Insurance Group is proud to be named a “Fast Track” company and Top Private Company for the 3rd year in a row by Buffalo’s Business First, a Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurer by the Insurance Journal and has recently been named as one of Ward's top 50 performing insurance companies in the United States for the second year in a row.  Ward's is the provider of benchmarking and best practices for the insurance industry.  They analyze staff levels, compensation, business practices and expenses for all areas of company operations.

Merchants writes predominantly commercial insurance in market segments with identifiable risk characteristics, concentrating on artisan contractors, business owners and commercial automobile.

Our products are sold through a network of more than 1,000 independent insurance agents. We sell our products through independent agents because we believe they provide value to policyholders through their broad range of products and their insurance expertise.

Outstanding service, competitive rates, personalized attention and a large offering of products make Merchants Insurance Group unique.  Our focused, low-risk approach to property and casualty insurance has proven successful for almost 100 years.  All of our colleagues work to help our agents and protect our customers, gain their trust and earn their business…every day.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
7168493161
Location
250 Main Street
Bufffalo
NY
14203
US

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