Data Analyst

Job description

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 7,300 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz. Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.   

 

Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.   

 

 

Job role

 

The Pricing Data Engineering & Automation team is part of the Global Pricing department at Allianz Commercial and is responsible for driving the development of data solutions within Pricing across Allianz Commercial globally. You will join an international department located across London, Munich, Bucharest, Chicago and New York.

Our global Pricing Data Engineering & Automation team is seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst for a role within the Pricing Function. In this role, you will work closely with the Head of Pricing Data Engineering & Automation and other key stakeholders to interrogate data and implement pipelines across the various Lines of Business and regions in Allianz Commercial to support advanced pricing.

 

We are looking for someone who is willing to get hands on with the company’s data and to develop innovative and structured solutions to bring it together in a way that maximises its potential. This person will need to collaborate internationally with various stakeholders, both within the Pricing Function and across other Allianz Commercial functions.

 

What you will do

 

• Drive best practices for data quality and root cause analysis across the team, and coach and mentor junior team members

• Act as a bridge between data teams and other stakeholders, and advise leadership on data quality risks and critical improvements

• Investigate and interpret data flows from pricing tools and booking systems, identifying and explaining issues and behaviors to Data Engineers and project team

• Trace data sources, transformations and dependencies to pinpoint errors, inconsistencies and inefficiencies in pricing data assets

• Build dashboards, reports and recommend automated checks to track data integrity, flag anomalies, and provide insights on data reliability to key stakeholders

• Analyze data and work with team members in Pricing and Underwriting to configure mappings for ambiguous data attributes

• Document and present on findings, including the creation of data dictionaries and visualizations for end-users to enable them to use datasets

• Support end-users and collaborate with them to improve readiness of base datasets for modelling

• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Pricing Actuaries and Predictive Modelers to deliver innovative data solutions for data-driven pricing

• Develop knowledge of the company’s IT landscape, data and data systems

• Contribute to a culture of results-driven collaboration, support and respect

 

What you bring

 

• Minimum 8 years’ experience using SQL for data analysis, with at least 2 years experience in P&C insurance

• A degree at BSc or MSc level in a Numerical field, preferably with a strong focus on Computer Science, or qualified by experience

• Experience in gathering information from stakeholders to understand business workflows

• Experience in analyzing, debugging and solving highly complex problems

• Experience in coaching and mentoring team members of varying functions and levels in data quality and root cause analysis techniques

• Experience using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools for data visualization and anomaly detection

• Knowledge of P&C insurance, ideally with some experience of working alongside Pricing teams

• Experience taking ownership of own learning and development

 

You have

 

• Experience using PySpark (nice to have)

• Some experience using cloud-based platforms for data analysis (e.g. Azure Synapse) (nice to have)

• Some understanding of data engineering and machine learning project lifecycles (nice to have)

• Independent and self-directed individuals that thrive when faced with challenge

• Ability to communicate and work effectively with technical and non-technical team members

• Desire and ability to learn the business and become an expert in the industry

• Organised, self-motivated, results-oriented, and very resourceful

• Relishes problem solving, analysis and getting hands on digging into data issues

• Fluent English skills, any other languages advantageous

 

What we offer

 

We support your well-being 

 

We foster an inclusive and healthy workplace with a flexible hybrid working model: 

·  Experience access to counseling services, mental health resources, and well-being sessions designed to keep you feeling your best 
·  Enjoy a monthly budget via the Benefit platform, for personalized benefits packages, including comprehensive medical subscriptions, meal tickets, private pensions plans, life insurance, Allianz Tiriac insurance discounts, and many more. 
·  Prioritize what truly matters with time off for your birthday, extra days off for each year in Allianz (up to 5),  days off for legal holidays that fall on weekends, as well as 24th and 31st of December, plus special allowances to support diverse life events.  

 

We invest in your growth 

 

Benefit from an extensive learning curriculum designed to support your career advancement and meet your professional needs, with access to technical and soft-skills trainings, international certifications (Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prince, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM and more), learning resources from LinkedIn and Allianz platforms, opportunities to advance your languages skills(German, French, English) and elevate with our leadership Program.

   

We value you and your work 

 

We acknowledge and recognize your work through performance based-rewards to celebrate your achievements, team and individual recognition programs to celebrate your contributions and internal referral bonuses.  

 

Your personal information, including sensitive data, may be shared with Hiring Managers to assess your suitability as a candidate. Only suitable candidates will be contacted, and all applications are confidential. Allianz Group, a trusted global insurance and asset management company, values employee ambitions and challenges, fostering an empowering environment. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, encouraging you to bring your whole self to work. 

 

 

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