Sr. Data Analyst - San Antonio or Remote

Company: Argo Group
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We're an innovative organization that's small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.
Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:

• Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
• Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
• Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed. At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you're wired to raise your hand and ask, "Where can I help?", you'll thrive with us.
  At Argo Group, our team members are critical to our long-term success - so wherever in the world they work, everyone works together.
  We seek a Sr. Data Analyst to liaise between the IT Data Analyst team and the functional business units. The role will report to the VP of Group Data and will be key in understanding the business needs and aligning them with the data team's strategy and architecture. This position will be located in our San Antonio office, or a hybrid schedule in San Antonio. Possible option for remote work within a reasonable commute to our San Antonio office.
  This role will lead a team of analysts responsible for translating business needs into requirements for technical teams to execute on. It is imperative that this individual have a strong business acumen, experience interacting with leadership, and an in-depth understanding of insurance data.
  This role will lead a team whose responsibilities include; determining source to target mappings for the loading of the Enterprise Warehouse, documentation of the technical requirements necessary to enrich data at the source to conform to Argo standards, and ensuring that the data reconciles to current financials. The Sr. Data Analyst will also ensure that analysts are meeting objectives and completing assigned tasks in a timely manner, and will maintain a backlog inventory of pending items for the team to focus on. This individual must have excellent communication skills.
  What does the Sr. Data Analyst's workday look like?
  • Identify, create and facilitate process design by conducting business and systems process analysis; focusing on quality improvement and data management ensuring reliability and validity of data.
  • Facilitating business requirement walkthrough meetings and partnering with the business on functional specification reviews
  • Process flow diagrams and other diagrams
  • Lead facilitation of requirements and design discussions
  • Collaborate closely with technical teams to implement the requirements
  • Write SQL Queries that will make our data evaluation process more flexible or scalable across data sets.
  • Diving into large data sets, uncovering insights, and providing impactful recommendations.
  • Perform analysis for documenting detailed data lineage (source to target mappings).
  • Identify data control requirements, i.e. Reconciliations and validations.
  • Reviews, documents, and categorizes current or as-is state of the business process or function including creating flow charts and process models, and develop portions of the desired future or to-be state of those processes.
  • Organize complex problems into simple solutions and precise business and technical requirements What is required for the position?
    Required Skills
    • Structured data analysis and data requirements development experience is required.
    • Core responsibility will be to truly understand data and create data lineage necessary for data strategy.
    • 5+ years of experience in data mapping techniques
    • Strong SQL and Excel skills with the ability to learn other analytics tools.
    • Document data and business process flows.
    • P&C Insurance experience is required.
    • Prior experience with database and model design is preferred.
    • Ability to communicate complex information to others in a way they can understand. Experience
      • Data analysis: 5+ years (required)
      • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics, or equivalent work experience.
      • 5+ years' experience with Postgres/SQL/Oracle/Snowflake databases.
      • 8+ years of work experience in P&C Insurance as a business/data analyst.
      • Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies. PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.
        If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department.
        To all recruitment agencies : Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
        The base salary range provided below is for hires in those geographic areas only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
        Colorado outside of Denver metro, Maryland, Nevada, and Rhode Island Pay Ranges:
        $107,500 - $127,900 USD
        California outside of San Francisco metro area, Connecticut, Denver metro area, Washington State, and New York State (including Westchester County) Pay Ranges:
        $118,300 - $140,700 USD
        New York City and San Francisco metro areas Pay Ranges:
        $129,100 - $153,600 USD
        PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.
        If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at 210-321-8400.
        To all recruitment agencies : Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
        Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ARGO ) is a global multiline underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market. We help power the businesses that drive the world economy, offering a comprehensive line of high-quality products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims-handling needs of our clients.We foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity and design thinking, relies on innovation and agility, promotes collaborative service delivery, offers frequent, integrated communication and values authentic recognition of excellence. View our 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance Report to learn more about Argo.
        We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin or citizenship (including language use restrictions), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical) , including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, child birth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
        The collection of your personal information is subject to our HR Privacy Notice
        Our Benefits
        Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
        Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:
        • A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.
        • Flexible workplace policies that support employee well-being include compressed hours, flex-time, job-sharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, holiday and summer hours.
        • Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.
        • Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development - Training magazine lists Argo among the Training "Top 125" Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.
        • An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.
        • Active community outreach and volunteer programs in addition to matching charitable gifts by 100%.
        • A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.

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