Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Onsite
Join a highly analytical, data-driven team where your insights will directly influence business strategy and performance. We’re looking for a Business Advisor who brings strong Tableau expertise and a solid data engineering foundation to turn complex data into clear, actionable insights for our Brokerage Individual Risk team.
In this role, you’ll partner closely with the business to uncover trends, inform decisions, and help drive results in a fast-paced environment. Candidates with experience in commercial lines, Excess & Surplus, or specialty lines will stand out and be well positioned to make an immediate impact
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Job Description Summary
We are a versatile group of individuals, working together to meet the needs of our customers. We value knowledge, analytical aptitude, and collaboration. If you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment, we want to know more about you!Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Applies substantive business expertise to render insights and forecast/project on extracted data sets to craft, package and communicate actional insights and recommendations to business partners.
Builds and maintains relationships and serves as a trusted business advisor to clients, internal risk partners and other stakeholders. Cultivates partnerships across the company to ensure methodologies and assumptions align with corporate practices.
Participates in the development of scope, risk/control matrix, project timelines and assignments. Responsible for effectively synthesizing own project work and the work of team members. Work may span more than one project or focus area.
Leverages statistical inferencing when conducting analysis. Communicates significance in findings when working with business partners. Utilizes appropriate visualization techniques as needed.
Collaborates with leaders to develop strategies for the business unit. Consults with business to understand, align, and deliver work that supports business objectives and priorities.
Determines appropriate information and data to be shared with customers. Shares financial and operational analyses with appropriate area of the company as assigned. Responsible for building business intelligence applications using R/Python/SQL/SAS/Tableau.
Manages special projects and serves as an analytic consultant and contact for team members and associates outside the department.
Serves as a consultant and subject matter expert for business areas during the intake and prioritization of data, reporting, analysis, and advanced analytics work
Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives.
May be responsible for preparation of reports and use of information systems, software and related sources of information. Also, may be responsible for training other users on report preparation and data base access and supporting the research, analysis and presentation of information.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Associate Vice President and does not have direct reports.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate studies in data or business analytics , computer science, management information, business, mathematics or related field with post-graduate studies preferred
Experience: Typically, eight or more years of experience in data extraction, data manipulation, analysis, and data visualization. Experience with advanced statistical techniques such as business intelligence. Detailed experience with data-extraction problem solving; working with large structured and unstructured data sets and databases to build understandable and relevant analyses. Professional experience in insurance, financial services or a related industry preferred.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:
In-depth knowledge of business policies and procedures, customer service concepts and practices. Sophisticated understanding of creating and maintaining ad hoc and standard analysis, including data visualization, predictive modeling and business intelligence tools. Working knowledge to conduct extraction of data for functional and operational analysis and modeling. Strong communication skills for interactions with others. Ability to understand business processes and the data produced by them. Ability to understand functional and operational measurement needs, analyze data requests and interpret and translate business problems into solutions. Ability to work under tight time constraints. Capable of developing distinctive and understandable data visualizations.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.
Values:
Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Occasional travel, nonstandard or extended work may be required based on project needs.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
We currently anticipate accepting applications until 06/25/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.Smoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations. For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888-944-2247.NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Consultant, Business Insights : $108,000.00-$200,000.00The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Business Insights : $108,000.00 - $162,000.00Want to know if this job is worth applying to?
