Principal Business Analyst II

GRS North America Claims is seeking a highly motivated senior individual contributor to join our Claims Enablement team.  In this newly created role, this individual will be responsible for translating Claims data & insights into actionable analysis for our underwriting segments.  The role will be focused on our Casualty lines of business and will work with partners with Claims and outside of Claims to build a backlog of business questions that Claims analytics can inform through special project analysis.  The work that this person does will ideally have immediate and lasting impact on Underwriting strategy and actions to drive improvement to profitability.

Responsibilities

• Working with Claims Enablement strategy directors, Claims field leaders, and UW partners identify critical business questions that would value from deep Claims analysis and prioritize work based on expected impact of analysis
• Set standards of what “great” Claims/UW analytical work looks like to ensure maximum impact of insights delivered
• Develop deep expertise of Claims data gained through understanding of the history of our business mix, operational and organizational strategy, and environmental factors impacting the Casualty lines
• Communicate with senior leadership and audiences of varying size, level, and exposure to topic to drive collective and organizationally aligned action
• Effectively build content that translates analysis into insights for audiences with varying levels of technical experience. Craft presentations that clearly articulate findings, insights, and recommendations
• Mentor more junior analysts across the team

• Competencies typically acquired through a Bachelor`s degree or equivalent experience in addition to 8+ years of relevant experience to include business analysis work.
• Minimum of 7 years' of experience in Analytical or Finance roles, with strong financial and analytic acumen preferred.
• Solid knowledge of business intelligence tools desired.
• Understanding of Claims processes and operations preferred, but not required.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem solving skills required.
• Advanced presentation, communication, organization, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Creative thinker, intellectually curious, comfortable with data, willingness to operate in a dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Highly skilled at supporting change and imparting value within an organization.