Senior/Lead Data Analyst

****Must have Property & Casualty insurance experience

****Strong understanding for Policy Admin, Policy/Claims/Billing

Knowledge, Skills and Education Required
•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience), 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
•    Ability to think outside of the box and a strong desire to improve the status quo