Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Consulting

Role: Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Consulting, Specialty Insurance and London Market

The opportunity:

The EY Financial Services Data and Analytics (DnA) consulting team is continuing to grow and develop unique propositions aligned to market needs and demand. We are currently looking for an exceptional Senior Manager consultant with strong experience in Data and Analytics solutions particularly within Specialty Insurance to join our growing team.

We are looking for a Data and Analytics specialists with strong experience in Insurance sector, with understanding of Global Corporate and Specialty Insurance and London Market, and a deep knowledge of Underwriting and Claims Platforms, Cloud, Modern Data Architectures, Data Engineering and Analytics.  

Joining EY’s DnA team in this exciting period of growth will offer a huge variety of opportunity to make a tangible impact to our client’s businesses and to your career. We provide expertise and delivery in three core areas which all work closely together:

• Data Management & Strategy – Supporting our clients with Data Strategy, Data Governance Data and Analytics Target Operating Model Design and wider Data Office and CDO support functions
• Data Architecture & Engineering – Focusing on next generation data solution architecture design and implementation
• Data Science and Information Analysis - Working with our clients to design build and integrate, data visualisation, Machine Learning and AI solutions into their core business platforms and processes to drive greater insight and increased process efficiency and automation.

Your key responsibilities:

·       Lead large data programmes (Data transformation, Data Analytics, Data strategy) from strategy to execution.

·       Effectively leverage your knowledge and experience to support the delivery of key Data and Analytics solutions, nurture relationships both within EY and with clients

·       Contribute to our Data and Analytics solution design and implementation bringing expertise around cloud-based data and analytics solution design and implementation combined with a deep understanding of insurance sector technology processes, and data.  

·       Build and lead high performing teams, coaching, mentoring and serving as a role model for our people

• Business development; including the development of long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients. You will lead RFP responses as well as thought leadership that we issue to the market.

Skills & Experience required:

Essential:

·       Previous experience in working on Insurance domain preferably Global Corporate and Specialty Insurance and London Market

·       Understanding of insurance business processes (Underwriting, Claims, Actuarial, etc.) and technology platforms, with particular focus on specialty insurance

·       Good understanding of insurance industry data models

·       Advanced knowledge in at least one of our core capabilities of:

o   Data Architecture & Data Engineering

o   Data Management & Strategy

o   Data Science & Information Analysis

·       Understanding of KPIs and KRAs covering various business functions in Insurance domain

·       Knowledge on how data can be used to drive business value within insurance

·       Experience in design and delivery of complex data programmes involving data ingestion, data integration, data standardisation, visualisation, etc.

·       Expert level knowledge of the data requirements and design issues associated with the delivery of data projects.

·       Developing and contributing to business development and go to market activities in the Data and Analytics space

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with demonstrable experience of building high performing teams and nurturing talent
• Awareness of the emerging technology trends including adoption of cloud-based data platform

·       Exceptional communication, presentation, business writing and professional skills, including being able to liaise with both technical and business contacts at our clients.

·       Ability to successfully deliver multiple engagements, exceed client expectations, manage commercial aspects (e.g. contracts, billing and budgets), and manage quality and risk

·       Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and manage large cross functional projects

·       Intellectual strength / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into workable solutions which can then be delivered

Desirable:

• Experience in working within London insurance market/Lloyds of London
• Previous consulting experience
• Relevant technology and programme management qualifications for example: SCRUM, SAFe
• Understanding of cloud data platforms and technologies