Manager, Data & Analytics

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• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

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General Summary:

General Summary

This position is a leadership position overseeing a team of Business Intelligence Analysts in the building of data sources and data pipelines, in addition to applying analytics tools to develop measurement frameworks delivering data-driven insights and translating them into business value. The successful candidate will possess a strong blend of technical, analytical, data, and business expertise, with experience spanning Financial and Operational issue areas. They will be a critical bridge between data and analytics development and business partners to help optimize business performance. The ideal candidate will have both a passion for and proven track record of driving process improvement initiatives focused on leveraging technology and automation to unlock new insights for their stakeholders.

This role will lead a team of Business Intelligence Analysts and be engaged in:• Contributing to and driving implementation of a modernization strategy within the department, which will include providing tactical support and design insight to the organization in our drive toward modernizing and transforming our analytical capabilities.• Leading data source and process development & architecture, report development, and dashboard implementation.• Building a framework that ensures processes, assets, reports, and dashboards developed and maintained by the team are well documented and consistently rationalized with each other.• Development and implementation of technical standards within the department.• Developing strong partnerships with partners in Finance Enablement, IT, other teams in Finance and Operational areas to ensure up-to-date methods and technologies are employed within the organization.• Optimization and oversight of outsourced reporting functions supported by an external vendor• Coaching and mentoring junior analysts on the team to support a continuous improvement mindset within the organization

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Will oversee the execution of a team's analytics strategy. Guiding their team on the usage of tools, methodologies and ensuring their team is tracking towards goals and project deadlines.
• Oversee the implementation of best practices in support of data & analytics projects to drive consistency and standardization of data usage and analytics practices.
• Responsible for recruiting, training, performance management, coaching, development and retention of staff within their team.
• Oversees the construction of predictive models, data pipelines and analytics workflows in the support of operational and analytics objectives. Will also meaningfully contribute to the development of these assets as necessary.
• Work with partners to translate business needs into a technical plan, identify available data, communicate findings and results, and develop implementation tactics. Provides consulting support to business areas around conformance to corporate policies/procedures and controls, compliance as needed.
• Understand theory and application of current and emerging analysis methods and data tooling to drive and recommend continuous improvement opportunities.
• Identify internal and external data sources, construct analytical databases and develop data pipelines that enhance business performance.
• Discuss data transformation, integration, and reporting requirements with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Will oversee the mentoring and training of team members on the usage of statistical methods, tools and development of data assets.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Mathematics, or Statistics preferred.

• A minimum of 5+ years hands-on experience acting as a Data Engineer, BI Analyst or Data Scientist. Based on specific team composition and goals one discipline may carry more weight than the others.
• Prior leadership and/or management experience preferred.
• Experience with analytics programming languages (SQL/R/Python)
• Experience with modern BI toolsets (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, or equivalent)
• In-depth understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis and data modeling concepts
• Adept in extracting, loading and leveraging data in data warehouse, transactional databases, object stores & API based environments
• Data Architecture and Infrastructure: Good understanding of data architecture principles and related infrastructure requirements, covering on-prem and Cloud platforms.
• Strong problem solving, programming and project management skills.
• Excellent ability to interpret or correlate an extensive variety of information and decompose complex analytical and technical problems and translate them into simple business solutions to be presented to key stakeholders.
• Ability to think conceptually, handle ambiguity, solve complex problems and make thoughtful recommendations.
• Excellent communications skills and abilities working with all corporate levels and external contacts.
• Demonstrated mentoring/coaching skills developing technical implementation employees

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$86,400.00-$168,500.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

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