Market Analyst

Acuity is seeking a Market Analyst to support the vision, roadmap, and execution of product opportunities and market strategies. The Market Analyst will organize and analyze economic, industry, and Acuity data to identify trends, pinpoint areas of concern, and support initiatives to optimize profitable growth potential, while creating actionable insights supported by clear data visualizations. The Market Analyst will cultivate a data driven approach to identify opportunities and deliver solutions to enhance geographic / product performance and elevate customer experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Collect information and conduct analysis of the marketplace, competitive position, and business results, both insurance industry and Acuity. Leverage a data driven approach to communicate observations, conclusions, and actionable insights to business leaders to enhance growth and profitability.
• Synthesize and analyze external macroeconomic and industry segment data while drawing out trends, opportunities, or challenges.
• Partner with heads of product and regional market directors to provide support and actionable insights on geographic and line of business trends and performance.
• Assist with analysis of the drivers of growth and profitability and pursuit of business results by tracking and analyzing key business metrics.
• Collaborate in researching business ideas, market opportunities, or trends that lead to new product ideas or market opportunities.
• Analyze disparate and complex data sets in creative ways to generate new insights and support varied corporate and market strategies.
• Build effective presentation materials, with clear and easily consumable data visualizations, to guide and support conversations with stakeholders and key business leaders across the organization.
• Work with data teams to create reliable, consistent, and rich data sets for inter-company reporting.
• Build strong relationships across the organization to understand the nuances of geographic markets, product lines, and to develop creative solutions.
• Proactively follow insurance industry trends to support Acuity’s dynamic and ongoing strategies.
• Actively pursue continued professional development, deepening knowledge of analytical and statistical techniques as well as enriching industry knowledge
• Highly regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree or extensive applicable experience.

EXPERIENCE:

Advanced analytical experience, preferably in the property & casualty insurance field, with expertise leveraging analysis tools/software. Proficiency with Excel and data visualization tools such as Tableau and business intelligence platforms such as Cognos preferred.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Displays strong capabilities in data synthesis, analysis, and visualization. Solid presentation skills with capability to simplify complex information for consumption by a broad audience.
• Proficiency in MS Office with demonstrated skills in Excel and PowerPoint, including ability to create, manipulate, and formulate spreadsheets and presentation materials.
• Embraces and cultivates a data driven mindset.
• Excellent ability to develop and sustain productive relationships across the organization to support profitable growth initiatives.
• Exceptional research, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excels in verbal and written communications, effectively collaborating with a broad audience ranging from peers to senior executive leaders.
• Readily adapts to changing conditions, while remaining positive and productive.
• Effectively prioritizes, organizes, and accomplishes tasks in a self-directed environment.

This job is classified as exempt.

The salary range for this position is $65,000-$90,000 annually. This salary range is an estimate and the actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.