Director, Actuarial Data Analytics

League City, TX, US, 77573


 

 

 

The role will focus on building and managing a team responsible for the quality, development, management, and compliance of all data within Life and Annuity (i.e., Underwriting, Product, Actuarial, Claims). This role will work with leadership to establish the data strategy and data policies to ensure the Data Analysts within are providing accurate and high-quality data in a timely manner. The Director, Life and Annuity Data Analytics, is a positive and innovative person with the goal to encourage, empower, and develop the Data Analysts to think of the “big picture” and how to get there.

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Provides clarity of the vision, strategy, growth, and development for Data Analytics among all areas within Life and Annuity financial operations.
  • Creates the appropriate documentation that allows stakeholder (i.e., executive management) to clearly understand the strategy, vision, growth, and development for our data governance within Life and Annuity financial operations.
  • Leads team to build and implement dashboards (e.g., PowerBI), reports, and spreadsheets utilized by all areas.
  • Leads discussions with stakeholders from various business areas to translate their data needs and goals by understanding data structures, determining data definitions, gathering data requirements, analyzing business processes, and evaluating the accuracy of data elements and metrics.
  • Monitors projects that assist in translating findings into easy-to-understand visuals and written summaries for non-technical audiences to ensure requirements and deadlines are met.
  • Validates queries, reports, and dashboards developed by the Data Analytics teams for accuracy and quality.
  • Monitors the data produced to ensure it remains secure, respecting corporate privacy and security procedures.

 

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Implements and oversees trainings on skills, techniques, and data sources the less experienced data analysts to ensure we are with used within Life and Annuity financial operations.
  • Reviews policies, procedures, and process created or updated by the Data Analytics teams.
  • Performs quality assurance checks to validate for completeness and accuracy of data and/or deliverables for release.
  • Creates a culture of accountability among management team in order to ensure direct reports are meeting applicable deadlines and specifications of projects and analyzes.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 10 to 12 years of experience.
  • Two to five years of supervisory/management experience.
  • Additional Qualifications:
    • Ability to initiate, plan, implement or evaluate programs.
    • Must have strong communication and people skills.
    • Expert level skills with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Excel, Access)
    • Expert in data manipulation and visualization tools (i.e., PowerBI, Tableau) using graphs, charts, map features.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, or a related field.
  • For Actuarial and Statistical roles, intermediate level skills using Python and/or Visual Studio.net.
  • Experience creating trend analysis dashboards.

 

 

 

American National offers eligible employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees also receive annually a bank of paid time off and paid holidays.   We aspire to see people for what they bring to our corporate culture by supporting an inclusive work environment, including an emphasis on a healthy work-life balance, development opportunities, and a casual dress code.

 

American National is an established, stable, and successful multi-line insurance corporation that has provided financial strength and a sense of security to employees, customers and business partners since 1905.  With focus on our organization’s values and cultural richness: Financial Strength, Integrity, Respect, Service and Teamwork (FIRST) and Agility, Collaboration, and Engagement (ACE) we continue to pursue our vision to be a leading provider of financial products and services for current and future generations.

 

Hiring Practices

The preceding job posting was designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not intended to be interpreted as a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.  We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or other opportunities at American National.

 

American National’s recruitment policies help us place individuals in a timely and efficient manner. Only the most qualified candidates will be contacted by our recruiting team. Candidates may check the status of their application(s) by logging into our Career Portal.  Learn more about our company, by following us on social media: LinkedInFacebookInstagram

 

American National is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected categories. American National is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

 


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“If you believe you can make a difference in the lives of our clients, if you’re willing to work hard, if you want a fulfilling career, and if your values match ours, then I want you to work for American National. ” – James Pozzi, Former President and CEO.

 

 

 


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