Lead Data Analyst (F2F interview in NJ)

Lead Data Analyst 15+

Woodbridge, NJ

4 days/week onsite

F2F Interview required

Must have Property and Casualty (P&C) experience

Knowledge, Skills and Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience), with 15 years of software development experience

• Experience in querying relational databases

• Experience in data mapping and transformation

• Knowledge of structured analysis  

• Experience using a software development life cycle (SDLC) methodology, including project planning and estimating

• Experience with SQL with ability to create SQL queries for analysis and testing as well as assist developers in creating queries

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Strong organizational skills

• Strong analytical skills and technical skills

• Ability to work with minimal direction

• Ability to lead, direct, and drive efforts of other team members 

• Ability to work on multiple, concurrent projects

• Ability to effectively collaborate and build strong relationships with internal and external partners

• Attention to detail and quality

• Team player

• Strong motivational skills 

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include:

• Analysis and clarification of business requirements both internal and external

• Provision of work effort estimates to Project Managers

• Development of detailed functional and system specifications using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and software tools.  

• Collaboration with the Development team in all phases of the SDLC

• Development of use cases 

• Design support, testing and monitoring of all required changes needed to maintain all compliance-related reporting and discretionary projects

• Creation of data and transformation mapping specifications

• Development of test plans and test cases, and execution of accurate and thorough testing

• Involvement in unit, integration, user and performance testing.

• Management of requirement and testing accountabilities through working closely with business and IT partners

• Support of audits and market conduct exams as needed

Other highly valued skills include:

• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty Insurance industry desired

• Prior experience with statutory and compliance-related reporting a plus

• Proficiency with MS Office suite

• Prior Supervisory experience

• Exposure to DB2 and SQL Server databases

• Exposure to Cloud technologies