Associate Data Analyst

Job Classification:

Data Science & Analytics - Data Science & Analytics

Description:

We are looking for a Data Analytics professional to help the Chief Data Office Business Intelligence team support our business partners in the development and expansion of our insights and data analytics activities. The role requires a rare combination of sophisticated analytical expertise, business acumen, strategic mindset, client, relationship, and project management, and a passion for building new capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of an insights and analytics capability within the Chief Data Office that will continue to evolve over time. 

In this role, you will extract and analyze data to to provide business intelligence and analytical insights to our business partners. You will be using a variety of data sources (internal/external) and analytical techniques (descriptive, diagnostic, prescriptive) to drive business outcomes. The desired candidate has:

• A passion for synthesizing and analyzing data to provide key insights and solve business challenges
• A passion to make data analytics and insights actionable throughout the organization
• A passion and innovative mind for identifying new opportunities for insights and analytics
• A passion for working in a collaborative environment, within the team and with business partners

Responsibilities

• Extract, integrate and analyze multiple disparate data sources from a variety of systems, such as structured and unstructured data, speech analytics, social media, digital footprints, customer behavior, financial information, secondary sources, as appropriate, with a goal to discover meaningful implications for businesses to make concrete business decisions
• Mine data to uncover patterns and to identify business trends and new opportunities for using analytics
• Apply a variety of analytical techniques, from descriptive to prescriptive, to solve complex business challenges
• Develop self-service data visualization tools that give our business partners the ability to have data insights at their fingertips
• Present analysis results in a non-technical manner with appropriate conclusions and actionable insights

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science or other technical discipline. Master’s degree preferred.

• A minimum of 1 year of prior work experience extracting data, applying a variety of business analytics and statistical analytics techniques, and synthesizing information into business intelligence reports/dashboards

• Programming proficiency in SAS, SQL, R, Python, or AWS tools. Experience with Hadoop and AWS data technology is desired

• Data visualization experience with Tableau or PowerBI  

• PowerPoint and Excel experience

• Superior problem-solving mindset and skills

• Strong project management skills. Familiarity with an agile working environment

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present results and identify key insights from the data

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

• Financial services industry experience is a plus

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

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