Principal Financial Group · 12 hours ago
Data Analyst III
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$90K/yr - $134K/yr
3+ years expPrincipal Financial Group is a purpose-led firm focused on making financial security accessible to all. They are seeking a Data Analyst to join their Decision Analytics team, responsible for delivering actionable insights through data aggregation, report development, and statistical analysis to support distribution teams.
Financial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Conducting general analytics and statistical modeling on data sets across different business areas
Data Preparation: Incorporates standard processes in data preparation, UX, and data analytics to deliver highly informative and actionable insights to our business partners
Partner with data engineers to define & build data pipelines
Modeling Skills: Performs statistical modeling on existing data sets
Develop analytic models that support business initiatives
Effectively apply advanced tools/technologies to mine data sources and deliver relevant information in an easily understandable format
Familiar with common statistical methods and applications (A/B testing, probability, regression)
Examines and identifies data patterns and trends to help answer business questions, provide insights, and improve data-driven decision making
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Collaborating with our business partners to use the data available to investigate issues facing the business, without always having a well-defined hypothesis
Understanding of the issues related to the decision-making process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately and reach productive decisions
Visualization Skills: Capable of clearly communicating findings to assist collaborators in addressing key queries
Create compelling written, numerical and visual summaries
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a Business or Technical field or equivalent experience, plus 3+ years of related analytics, consulting, project management preferred
Business intelligence applications and/or cloud services (e.g., Alteryx, Domo, Looker, PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, SiSense)
No/Low code ETL and Orchestration platforms such as AWS Glue DataBrew or SAS
Data querying, transformation, and processing languages such as SQL, Python, Power BI DAX/M Query, or SAS
Operational, enterprise, and analytical relational/non-relational data stores such as PaaS cloud technologies, SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2
Knowledge of cloud platforms and surrounding ecosystems (AWS, Azure)
Preferred
Demonstrable ability to collaborate with colleagues to brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and drive projects to completion
Effectively communicate complex ideas and information to both technical and non-technical partners
Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities, business needs, and new technologies to meet evolving demands
Actively seek out and stay informed about emerging technologies and industry trends, demonstrating a strong willingness to learn and adapt
Benefits
Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Company
Principal Financial Group
Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dan Houston
President and CEO
Liliana (Lil) Waters, CPA, FLMI
CFO – US Distribution
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