Sr Business Data Analyst

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About the role

The Enterprise Data Services department’s IT team supporting Global specialty is looking for a skilled Sr. Business Data Analyst to join us. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional communication skills, experience in data analysis, and strong SQL abilities to gather required data from various data sources. You will engage with a diverse array of business customers, including IT, Product, and Reporting partners across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Applies strong functional knowledge and elicitation techniques necessary to draw out data and analytics business requirements completely and accurately from stakeholders.
• Works together with internal partners to determine needs, gather requirements, and develop solutions for data assets and reporting.
• Performs requirements planning, monitoring, and requirements management.
• Independently performs rigorous data analysis, data discovery, and data profiling using industry standard querying tools (SQL) to support business requirements development that are complete, clear, unambiguous, well written, and appropriate to audience.
• Maintains data mapping documents, bus matrix, and/or other data design artifacts that define business data requirements and transformation rules.
• Acts as liaison and advisor/consultant between the business and IT stakeholders, providing thought leadership.
• Leads responsibility in mentoring, instructing, assigning, directing, and checking the work of Business Data Analysts within their group.
• Acts as a change leader to help and drive implementation of industry best practices.
• Provides support and consulting by answering questions, researching possible solutions to complex problems, and fostering open communication between the customer and development team.
• Identifies logical, relevant business, data relationships between complex topics in the broader context of own project or functional area.
• Identifies choices and improvement opportunities to better align own work with the direction and strategic priorities of the broader organization.
• Conducts root cause analysis on identified issues, providing assistance to resolve data quality problems.
• Supports the upkeep of data mapping documents and other design artifacts that outline business requirements and transformation rules.
• Fosters a positive work environment by exemplifying cultural values and encouraging others to promote collaboration, accountability, diversity, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in business requirements or data analysis preferably supporting the Insurance industry and data warehouse or reporting/analytic projects.
• Proficient in industry standard querying tools (SQL).
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake is desired.
• Strong Insurance Product Knowledge.
• Strong critical thinking skills and analytical ability.
• Proven ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a timeline-driven environment.
• Advanced business acumen with technical aptitude.
• Experience working in an Agile team environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal).
• Forward-looking and focused on continuous improvement.
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Pay

The annualized base pay range for this role is: $100,000 - $150,000. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.

Schedule

This role has a Hybrid work arrangement. Candidates must live near one of our locations (Hartford, CT, Columbus, OH, Charlotte, NC, or Chicago, IL) and will have the expectation of working in office 3 days a week—Tuesday through Thursday.