Business Analyst

Risk Placement Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest specialty wholesale insurance brokerage firms. We work with top-rated carriers to design robust coverage for our clients. Our employees are fueled by a culture built around teamwork, creativity and responsiveness. Position Summary : RPS is looking for a teammate passionate about analyzing data and improving processes. In our Business Analyst opportunity, we are looking for you to perform complex data analysis and data visualizations in a mentoring environment learning new systems. This person will be both proactive and reactive in working with the business to solve their data and analytics needs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Drawing upon organizational subject matter expertise, use analytical tools to establish and test business rules for key business metrics
• Generate operational improvement hypotheses, create business cases, and perform data analysis. Collaborate with operational leads to validate data analysis.
• Perform data integration, scrubbing, transformation, and validation
• Communicate with operational leads and senior leadership on analysis and business case output
• Develop insurance industry expertise and understand data analysis interpretation
• Assist Catastrophe Analytics team with client-facing reporting, as needed

• Bachelor's degree
• 4 or more years related work experience

• 2 or more years of working knowledge of SQL scripting
• 1 or more year of Power BI
• Qlik, Tableau, or other Data Visualizations tools are nice to have.
• 2 or more years of experience using Microsoft Office especially Excel & working knowledge of PowerPoint

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to handle multiple assignments to meet deadlines
• Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships with others

• 18 years of age or older.
• Willing to submit to a background investigation; any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation.
• Unrestricted work authorization to work in the U.S. For U.S. employment opportunities, Risk Placement Services, Inc. hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H, or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. RPS will require proof of work authorization.
• Willing to execute RPS' Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement which requires, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disclosure.