Principal Analytics Consultant

At Allianz Life, we are guided by our mission - we secure your future - and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. And we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting societal equity.

What you do:

The Analytics Consultant Principal provides reporting and analytics support for departments and strategic partners throughout Allianz. This includes data and analysis needs for business decision making by developing solutions that use data exploration, visualization, automation, or statistical models, independently identifying trends, and developing and presenting recommendations to senior and executive leadership. You will also partner with teams to identify AI use cases, and partner with the Data Science team to deploy solutions using AI capabilities. You will exercise broad discretion and independence in recommending enhancements to business partners and using data and information in new and innovative ways. You will work with all levels of the organization and be experienced in developing stories from data. Accuracy, the ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adjusting priorities in response to business needs is critical. The individual will be proactive, curious, detail oriented, resilient, accountable, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will provide guidance, mentoring, and support technical development to more junior consultants.

This specific role will be dedicated to supporting functions within our Finance Division, including Financial Consulting, Controllers, and Corporate Risk Management. A background in one of these areas, or experience supporting these departments from a data and analytics perspective, will be valuable. This role will partner with the team's manager to build a new support structure for the Finance division. You will report to the Data & Analytics Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for data analysis supporting important corporate and business initiatives leading to data driven insights. Responsible for identifying trends, anomalies, and root causes of issues. Summarize data and provide actionable recommendations to allow and influence strategic business decision making by senior and executive leaders. Partner with business resources being a translator of department needs and identify key performance indicators.
2. Develop and implement strategic solutions including opportunities to use analytics and statistical modeling to support Allianz goals and business objectives. Implement quality assurance processes for all reporting metrics. Work in partnership with Technology to automate and improve processes that manage data for reporting and analysis.
3. Collaborate to provide data, analytics and reporting solutions. Maintain and continue to improve data and reporting infrastructure (data quality, data consolidation, report automation). Collaborate and lead the orchestration of data sources, data requirements and implementation timelines.
4. Collaborate with partners on maintaining and enhancing reporting, ad hoc analysis and development of analytics use cases. Produce scheduled metrics and reports using a variety of data sources. Refine and improve reporting processes and procedures on an ongoing basis to maximize efficiency and productivity.

What you bring:

6+ years of experience required: Includes at least 4-5 years in data analytics including analyzing qualitative/quantitative data, formulating hypotheses, interpreting/communicating insights, coding, visual modeling, and management consulting.

Four year degree required: Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Math, Statistics, Data Science or Business.

What we offer:

At Allianz Life, we're proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer: a choice of comprehensive medical, dental and vision plan options, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, student loan retirement plan, generous annual paid leave, an outstanding 401(k) company match, and life insurance. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that welcomes, includes and celebrates diversity. Our great benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we're recognized as a top workplace employer.