MI Data Analyst

Job title : MI Data Analyst
Location : City of London
Job type : Permanent
Salary : £60k - 65k per year + Bonus + Benefits
Sector : Insurance
Reference : 20738OSN

** MI Data Analyst - Specialty Insurance - Perm Opportunity - Hybrid **

My client is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance business looking to hire a dedicated MI Analyst to join the Portfolio Management team. This will involve facilitating better data and data-driven decisions to benefit the business’ underwriting strategy, covering requirements gathering, liaising and communicating with Portfolio Management, Underwriters and various analysts, to create high quality analytics. The role will support the entirety of the team across both Specialty and Commercial elements, so it’s important the incumbent is confident in taking ownership with strong communication to be seen as a trusted business advisor.

What is expected by the MI Analyst:
• Support Portfolio Management and Underwriting with data analysis and reporting.
• Collect and navigate requirements for new PowerBI reporting and deliver reports to stakeholders.
• Promote the use of data and MI within the business; investigating new software/concepts that may be useful.
• Manage stakeholders across multiple global offices and ensure strong communications are maintained.
• Be the point of contact for MI and provide relevant business knowledge.

Essential skills required by the MI Analyst:
• Excellent communication skills, understanding stakeholder requirements and translating these into understandable reports/analytics.
• Strong understanding of the insurance function and data requirements therein. Preferably a background within Lloyd’s market. Relevant work experience gained in a similar role within the financial sector.
• Proven experience with PowerBI to build dashboards/reports to a high standard.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft SQL databases, with ability to write queries.
• Effectively uses and manipulates data from complex databases to produce qualitative data for the business.

Desirable skills required by the MI Analyst:
• An understanding of alternative ETL systems such as Alteryx.
• Understanding of Sharepoint functionality and PowerBI administration.
• Progression towards ACII.
• Previous experience of using Power Automate to deliver end user value.