Sr Consultant, Business Insights (Property & Casualty Insurance - Commercial, Excess & Surplus and Specialty Property)

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them at a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers and partners are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

The Senior Consultant, Business Insights – CLESS Property plays a critical role in enabling profitable growth and portfolio optimization across the Commercial, E&S and Specialty Lines (CLESS) Property business at Nationwide Insurance. This role partners closely with Nationwide's Property team including the Center of Excellence (COE), Underwriting leadership, and Claims leadership to deliver actionable insights that shape strategy, underwriting execution, and risk selection.

Location: This opening can be filled in a remote/work-from-home (WFH) capacity or in one of our offices. Should the selected candidate be located near NYC, a hybrid opportunity in our Battery Park office is available for close connectivity with business partners.

This role requires the ability to translate complex data into clear business insights and influence decision-making across technical and non-technical stakeholders. Qualified candidates should have proficiency with Power BI and/or Tableau, as well as Databricks and/or Snowflake.

The most ideal candidate brings experience and business acumen from working directly in or with Property & Casualty Insurance Underwriting, specifically Commercial, Specialty and/or Excess & Surplus Lines Property, and is equally comfortable performing hands-on analysis as they are serving as a trusted strategic advisor. Higher education with an emphasis in Business Analytics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or Computer Science is especially helpful.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

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Job Description Summary

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!

As a Senior Consultant, you'll structure and lead large financial and operational measurement projects across one or more business units and effectively synthesize measurement results to improve business outcomes. You'll be responsible for growing and evolving the business partner relationship and service management profession to maximize effectiveness and may be responsible for the business unit financial and operational measurement strategy or project portfolio.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains relationships and serves as trusted business advisor to leaders, clients, internal risk partners and other stakeholders. Creates partnerships across the company to ensure methodologies and assumptions used are aligned with corporate practices.

• Crafts, packages and communicates financial and operational measurement work by developing new statistical and visual solutions.

• Participates in the development of scope, risk/control matrix, project timelines and assignments. Work may span more than one project or focus area. 

• Owns the development of financial and operational measurement strategies for the business unit. Consults with business leaders to understand, align and deliver measurement work that supports business objectives and priorities. 

• Builds business intelligence applications using statistical, database and/or general programming languages and tools. Uses technology for data management, report automation and/or ad hoc reporting for end users.

• Prepares reports and uses information systems, software and related sources of information. Trains other users on report preparation and database access. Consults on monitoring external sources, crafting custom reports, compiling and summarizing information, producing supporting documentation and exhibits and verification of information received from external sources.

• Manages special projects and serves as data/technical lead and contact for team members and associates from other areas of the company.

• Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives. 

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Associate Vice President and may have the opportunity to lead a small team of Business Insight professionals. 

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information, business, mathematics or related field with post-graduate studies preferred.

Experience: Typically, 10 or more years of experience in data visualization, financial and operational measurement and data extraction queries. Detailed experience with data extraction problem solving; working with large structured and unstructured data sets and databases to create understandable and relevant measures. 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 and working knowledge to build and maintain ad hoc and standard reports, including data visualization and business intelligence tools. Advanced knowledge on conducting data management and extraction of data for functional and operational measurement. Strong communication skills for interactions with others. Ability to understand functional and operational measurement needs, analyze data requests and interpret 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 Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Occasional travel, non-standard or extended work may be required based on project needs.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 05/03/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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