Opportunity to join a growing team as we expand our services and reach across a broad organization. The successful candidate will be acting as the primary contact for data visualization needs serving our largest internal customer. Our team of data analysts and engineers provides visualization services across a myriad of business lines and products in support of the H.W. Kaufman group of companies. As a centralized IT function, we are uniquely positioned to engage with stakeholders, vendors, and executive leaders from enterprise portfolio lens.
Our team supports reporting and analytics, financials, creating and improving dashboards, and external data augmentation and enrichment for our advanced analytics partners. Our engineers and analysts write SQL queries to extract data from the data warehouse and translate data concepts and standards into visualizations, metrics, and goals. We creatine high quality technical and end-user documentation by collaborating with internal team members and business partners.
This role is an integral member of the Data Management team responsible for empowering business decisions. We implement technology solutions in a cost-effective manner by determining the requirements of a project or program, leading or participating in the requirements gathering and solution design, and implementation. Through ongoing growth, H.W. Kaufman senior leaders and business units continue to expand their needs for accessible insights, division-level KPIs and metrics, and cross-platform aggregated analytics.
Responsibilities
Responsible for front-line communication with our largest internal client, responsible for over 70% of data generation for Kaufman. This represents a large segment of our existing and planned growth of business intelligence service offerings.Participate in every stage of the software development and/or implementation lifecycle, from analysis and design through testing, release, and maintenanceCoordinate aggregate analytics and reporting requirements and communications with business partners, vendors and third partiesParticipates in logical and/or physical design of data sets, cache, and performance tuned analytics Gather, translate, and document business requirements Debug and triage data visualizations using technical skillsQualifications Bachelor/Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent work experience7+ years in Information Technology and business/industry7+ years working on moderate-to-complex analytics platformsDemonstrated skill in data visualizations, including SAP Business ObjectsDemonstrated skill in data research and analysisUnderstanding of performance tuning of large data sets in support of a business function’s suite of analytics Strong T-SQL experience requiredConversion of business and functional requirements to use cases, epics, and stories with acceptance criteriaProvide systems and data integration designs based on requirementsComfortable with relational and Data Warehouse designs, operability, and analysisTesting stages through the SDLC and capability to write and execute test plans and cases and publish expected output criteriaTableau experience is a plusAbility to deliver on multiple tasks within a sprintAgile/Lean methodologies experience preferredProficiency in combination of the following skills:Creation of dimensional and drill-through analyticsAuthoring and interpreting of structured query language (SQL)Understanding of KPI metrics-driven analytics and presentation of sameSourcing and landing data in a manner congruent with developing performant downstream analytics for broad user base.Communication with stakeholders on status throughout the SDLCExcellent oral and written communication skills with ability to explain data aggregation, slices, pivots, and role-based security in business terms About Our Company
Burns & Wilcox, the flagship organization of H.W. Kaufman Group, is North America’s leading wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide. Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.
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The H.W. Kaufman Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.