Market Analyst

About the role

The Market Analyst will drive Acuity’s market strategy and profitable growth by synthesizing internal, competitive, and industry data into a cohesive market narrative.

Responsibilities

• Collect information and analyze the marketplace, competitive position, and business results across both the insurance industry and Acuity.
• Leverage a data-driven approach to communicate observations, conclusions, and actionable insights to business leaders to enhance growth and profitability.
• Synthesize and analyze external macroeconomic and industry segment data while drawing out trends, opportunities, or challenges.
• Act as a proactive thought partner with Regional Market Directors and other stakeholders to support geographic strategy by identifying issues, sizing opportunities, informing priorities, and tracking progress against strategic and performance goals.
• Analyze and clearly articulate the underlying drivers of growth, retention, mix, and profitability, and summarize implications and recommended actions to business leaders.
• Identify and evaluate business ideas, market opportunities, and emerging trends that can inform geographic, pricing, underwriting, distribution, or product strategy.
• Analyze disparate and complex data sets in creative ways to generate new insights and support varied corporate and market strategies.
• Translate insights into decision-ready materials, action plans, and progress tracking that support state strategy, drive results, and inform leadership discussions.
• Ensure materials are concise, visually clear, and structured around key takeaways and business implications.
• Build and enhance scalable tools, models, and frameworks that improve planning, targeting, benchmarking, recapture efforts, and performance management across the organization.
• Foster trust-based partnerships and strong relationships across the organization to understand the nuances of geographic markets, product lines, and to develop creative solutions; tailoring insights to stakeholder needs.
• Proactively follow insurance industry trends to support Acuity’s dynamic and ongoing strategies, integrating both internal and external data to provide a holistic, forward-looking view of the business.
• Continuously pursue professional development, deepening knowledge of analytical and statistical techniques while enriching industry knowledge.

Qualifications

• Advanced analytical experience, preferably in the property & casualty insurance field, with expertise leveraging analysis tools/software.
• Proficiency with Excel and data visualization tools such as Tableau and business intelligence platforms such as Cognos preferred.
• Displays strong capabilities in data synthesis, analysis, and visualization.
• Demonstrates solid presentation skills and the ability to simplify complex information for a broad audience.
• Proficiency in MS Office with demonstrated skills in Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability to create, manipulate, and analyze spreadsheets and develop presentation materials.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen and sound judgment, translating complex data into a clear market narrative that connects trends to business outcomes such as growth, profitability, and mix, and informs actionable recommendations, prioritization, and decision-making.
• Builds credibility with partners across all departments and influences decisions through clear thinking, strong communication, and high-quality analysis.
• Exceptional research, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excels in verbal and written communications, effectively collaborating with a broad audience ranging from peers to senior executive leaders.
• Readily adapts to changing conditions, while remaining positive and productive.
• Effectively prioritizes, organizes, and accomplishes tasks in a self-directed environment.

Benefits

This job is classified as exempt. The salary range for this position is $71,000- $107,000 annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. For this role, Acuity offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous 401(k) contribution, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, and more.