Activities include, but are not limited to, data analysis, process automation, development of data tools and analytical solutions, and the creation of dashboards, reports and visualisations.
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Who we are:
Business Unit overview:
The International Portfolio Analytics (IPA) team is a dynamic, multi-functional group that operates with creativity, autonomy, and empowerment. Embedded within the underwriting business and represented in senior leadership forums, the team supports the London Market & Asia Pacific divisions within Markel International. Our core focus spans four critical areas:
- Portfolio Management
- Pricing Transformation
- Advanced Analytics
- Catastrophe & Exposure Management
This role sits within the Data Analytics & Insights team, part of Portfolio Management, which is responsible for delivering valuable insights, solutions, services, and operational improvements across the divisions through the effective use of data and analytics.
The team is supported by a dedicated Data Platforming function that provides its technical engineering expertise and, under an established operating model agreed with IT, is accountable for provisioning and running the cloud services the analytics work depends on. This gives IPA the ability to build and deploy solutions at the pace the underwriting business needs, while remaining within Markel's architecture, security and governance standards.
Part of Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design, develop and deliver of business analytics solutions, acting as a senior member of the Data, Analytics and Insights (DAI) capability within IPA.
- Design and the implementation of automated reporting and analytics solutions, promoting good practice and driving the adoption of data-led decision making across the business.
- Handle the evaluation, testing and adoption of Genie AI / AI-BI capabilities, working with collaborators to validate outputs, establish governance standards and identify high-value business use cases.
- Help identify Genie AI use cases that could improve self-service insight, reduce manual reporting effort or make complex data easier for business users to explore.
- Partner with business colleagues to find opportunities for enhanced insight, supporting underwriting, claims and operational decision making through sophisticated analytics and reporting solutions.
- Lead the development, enhancement and governance of Power BI dashboards and reporting assets, ensuring alignment with team standards, scalability requirements and guidelines.
- Design, develop and optimise data models, SQL views, semantic layers and conformed datasets that underpin reporting, analytics and self-service data capabilities.
- Contribute to the migration of existing data processes to the new Data Analytics Cloud Platform, building knowledge of Data Lake, Databricks, Unity Catalog and related cloud services.
- Develop, maintain and optimise Databricks notebooks, SQL processes, data pipelines and transformation logic, ensuring solutions are scalable, performant and well documented.
- Work with the Data Platforming team to shape the data platform roadmap and ensure the tooling, pipelines and cloud services required by the analytics and pricing agenda are delivered.
Key Skills:
- Significant experience delivering business intelligence, analytics and reporting solutions that drive business decision-making.
- Strong Power BI development skills, including DAX, Power Query (M Language), semantic modelling, dashboard design and performance optimisation. Experience with Kimball methodology and data warehousing principles is advantageous.
- Strong SQL and database development skills, with experience transforming, modelling and optimising large and sophisticated datasets.
- Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Data Lake, and related Azure services. Python experience is beneficial.
- Experience of automating processes, improving efficiency and implementing scalable analytics solutions.
- Experience owning and supporting enterprise reporting environments, ensuring reporting remains accurate, performant and aligned to business needs.
- Ability to engage, influence and challenge stakeholders, translating business requirements into practical data and analytics solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
What’s in it for you?
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
- Up to 16% company pension scheme,
- Private medical and dental cover, Menopause plan, emergency care benefit (children/Pets/dependants)
- Income protection, Life assurance, electric car scheme, travel insurance
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
- As well as other great benefits on offer there are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career!
If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward, reach their full potential and seize opportunities. You’ll find your fit amongst our diverse global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to think further because we believe that when we strive for better and realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
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At Markel we are all about the people, celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.
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Skills Required
- Significant experience delivering business intelligence, analytics, and reporting solutions that support business decision-making
- Strong Power BI development skills, including DAX, Power Query M Language, semantic modeling, dashboard design, and performance optimization
- Strong SQL and database development skills, including data transformation, modeling, and optimization of large datasets
- Experience with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Data Lake, and related Azure services
- Experience automating processes and implementing scalable analytics solutions
- Experience owning and supporting enterprise reporting environments
- Ability to engage, influence, and challenge stakeholders while translating business requirements into data and analytics solutions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Experience with Kimball methodology and data warehousing principles
- Python experience
Markel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Markel and has not been reviewed or approved by Markel.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive coverage includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, and telehealth, complemented by company-sponsored wellness programs and free fitness/mindfulness apps. Feedback suggests expanded mental-health resources and wellness incentives further enhance support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include 401(k) and other financial protections that can add meaningful long-term value. Feedback suggests strong company matching and retirement contributions are a notable part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A broad suite includes paid time off, corporate holidays, parental leave, hybrid work, volunteer time, and education support. Feedback suggests PTO accrual grows with tenure and can include an option to buy extra days.
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What We Do
At Markel, we believe in hard work, a zealous pursuit of excellence, and fairness in all our dealings. Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) is a global Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. We seek to be a leader in each of our pursuits, with insurance being our primary business. As a market leader for specialty insurance, reinsurance, and investment operations around the world, Markel embodies integrity, commitment, teamwork, and innovation in every day operations. We are encouraged to look for a better way to do things. Since our founding in 1930, we have sought to know our customers’ needs and to provide quality products and service. Markel specializes in providing coverage for hard-to-place risks for a variety of niche markets including: • Agricultural and equine risks • Reinsurance for large risk enterprises such as oil rigs • Event cancellation insurance for weddings, concerts, and sporting events • Inland marine coverage for fine art collections • Environmental pollution • Yachts, ATVs, and motorcycles At Markel we provide an atmosphere in which people can reach their personal potential. We are results-oriented, and we continually strive for a better way to do things. The Markel approach is one of spontaneity and flexibility. Markel helps employees balance work and social activities. Markel gives you the keys to success! Keeping an open mind and learning new skills allows our associates to stay ahead of the marketplace. Above all, we enjoy what we are doing. There is excitement here that comes from innovating, creating, striving for a better way, sharing success with others…winning. That is the Markel Style.
