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# Consultant, Business Insights (Excess & Surplus/Specialty Data)

- **Company:** Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
- **Location:** Scottsdale, AZ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $108,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Information Systems, Databases, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mining, Data Visualization, Python (Programming Language), SAS (Software), SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Processing, Semi-structured Data, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nationwide.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Nationwide_Career/job/Arizona---Scottsdale/Consultant--Business-Insights--Excess---Surplus-Specialty-Data-_098591

## About the Role

We are a versatile group of individuals, working together to meet the needs of our customers. We value knowledge, analytical aptitude, and collaboration. If you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment, we want to know more about you!, Education: Undergraduate studies in data or business analytics , computer science, management information, business, mathematics or related field with post-graduate studies preferred

Experience: Typically, eight or more years of experience in data extraction, data manipulation, analysis, and data visualization. Experience with advanced statistical techniques such as business intelligence. Detailed experience with data-extraction problem solving; working with large structured and unstructured data sets and databases to build understandable and relevant analyses. Professional experience in insurance, financial services or a related industry preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:

In-depth knowledge of business policies and procedures, customer service concepts and practices. Sophisticated understanding of creating and maintaining ad hoc and standard analysis, including data visualization, predictive modeling and business intelligence tools. Working knowledge to conduct extraction of data for functional and operational analysis and modeling. Strong communication skills for interactions with others. Ability to understand business processes and the data produced by them. Ability to understand functional and operational measurement needs, analyze data requests and interpret and translate business problems into solutions. Ability to work under tight time constraints. Capable of developing distinctive and understandable data visualizations.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager's leader and HR Business Partner.

## Description

Join a highly analytical, data-driven team where your insights will directly influence business strategy and performance. We're looking for a Business Advisor who brings strong Tableau expertise and a solid data engineering foundation to turn complex data into clear, actionable insights for our Brokerage Individual Risk team.

In this role, you'll partner closely with the business to uncover trends, inform decisions, and help drive results in a fast-paced environment. Candidates with experience in commercial lines, Excess & Surplus, or specialty lines will stand out and be well positioned to make an immediate impact, As a Consultant, Business Insights, you'll extract data to obtain knowledge and insights, manipulate internal and external data through R/SAS/SQL/Python, perform diagnostic and inferential analysis, investigate complex business concerns using data and statistical techniques, apply analysis or visualization techniques, build forecasts and/or projections of possible business futures and benefits, and communicate key findings to business partners. Your focus will be to maximize insight gained from internal and external data to ensure that business partners are making decisions in an optimally informed way., * Applies substantive business expertise to render insights and forecast/project on extracted data sets to craft, package and communicate actional insights and recommendations to business partners.

 * Builds and maintains relationships and serves as a trusted business advisor to clients, internal risk partners and other stakeholders. Cultivates partnerships across the company to ensure methodologies and assumptions align with corporate practices.
 * Participates in the development of scope, risk/control matrix, project timelines and assignments. Responsible for effectively synthesizing own project work and the work of team members. Work may span more than one project or focus area.
 * Leverages statistical inferencing when conducting analysis. Communicates significance in findings when working with business partners. Utilizes appropriate visualization techniques as needed.
 * Collaborates with leaders to develop strategies for the business unit. Consults with business to understand, align, and deliver work that supports business objectives and priorities.
 * Determines appropriate information and data to be shared with customers. Shares financial and operational analyses with appropriate area of the company as assigned. Responsible for building business intelligence applications using R/Python/SQL/SAS/Tableau.
 * Manages special projects and serves as an analytic consultant and contact for team members and associates outside the department.
 * Serves as a consultant and subject matter expert for business areas during the intake and prioritization of data, reporting, analysis, and advanced analytics work
 * Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives.
 * May be responsible for preparation of reports and use of information systems, software and related sources of information. Also, may be responsible for training other users on report preparation and data base access and supporting the research, analysis and presentation of information.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Associate Vice President and does not have direct reports., For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf, We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.


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