This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Mondays & Wednesdays.
This role requires expertise in Databricks, Power BI, and requirements elicitation. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills, the ability to drive impactful change, and a proven track record of building strong relationships with customers and executive sponsors. Candidates should be able to provide examples of successful partnerships with executive stakeholders.
This person must be capable of delivering executive-level dashboards with minimal oversight and within a short timeframe. The role also includes serving as the product owner for existing data products. Experience in data storytelling and UX is preferred.
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Job Description Summary
Nationwide’s industry leading workforce is passionate about creating data solutions that are secure, reliable and efficient in support of our mission to provide extraordinary care. Nationwide embraces an agile work environment and collaborative culture through the understanding of business processes, relationship entities and requirements using data analysis, quality, visualization, governance, engineering, robotic process automation, and machine learning to produce targeted data solutions. If you have the drive and desire to be part of a future forward data enabled culture, we want to hear from you.As a Data Solution Analyst, you’ll translate functional data and analytic requirements into solutions for consumption and use by the respective business or technology request or leveraging a variety of approved technologies. The technologies include (but are not limited to) Paxata, Tableau, Micro strategy, Business Objects, R, or other reporting and visualization solutions being considered for operationalization. You’ll also have the opportunity to guide others to leverage self-service techniques for business reporting and analytics.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Elicits reporting and analytic requirements from business and technology requestors to generate visualization or analysis.
Supports implementation of data requirements and practices for an assigned area.
Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Under supervision creates and executes standard visualization techniques.
Uses visualization and analysis techniques to present findings of data exploration exercises to stakeholders based on requirements gleaned.
Maps the flow of data and the business processes and/or technical interfaces which would be created or impacted and recommends solutions/adaptations.
Collaborates with others to implement standardized data reporting, analytics, and visualization tools.
Works on profiling, mapping, and modeling tools.
With guidance may partner with others on projects requiring data visualization.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager/Director Data Leader.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, business, statistics, math, a related field or comparable experience and education strongly preferred. Graduate studies in business, statistics, math, computer science or a related field are a plus.
License/Certification/Designation: Certifications are not required but encouraged.
Experience: Two to five years of relevant experience with data management/ organization/ analytics or practices. Experience in with data visualization tools, reporting and self-service analytic techniques. Experience in application of data acquisition and data wrangling. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Data application and practices knowledge. Good oral and written communication skills.
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 HR Business Partner.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
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.
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.
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Sr Analyst, Data Solution Analyst : $76,000.00-$143,000.00The expected starting salary range for Sr Analyst, Data Solution Analyst : $76,000.00 - $115,000.00Skills Required
- Expertise in Databricks
- Expertise in Power BI
- Requirements elicitation (gathering and translating business/analytic needs)
- Ability to deliver executive-level dashboards quickly with minimal oversight
- Serve as product owner for existing data products
- Experience with data storytelling and UX
- Two to five years relevant experience in data management/analytics
- Experience with data visualization tools, reporting and self-service analytic techniques
- Experience in data acquisition, profiling, mapping, modeling and data wrangling
- Undergraduate studies in computer science, MIS, business, statistics, math or related field (or comparable experience)
- Knowledge of secure software and systems engineering practices
- Good oral and written communication skills and ability to build strong stakeholder relationships
- Experience with Paxata, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Business Objects, R (other visualization/reporting tools)
- Insurance/financial services industry knowledge
Nationwide Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nationwide and has not been reviewed or approved by Nationwide.
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Retirement Support — Retirement package includes a company‑paid pension alongside a matched 401(k) and retiree‑medical support, offering uncommon long‑term security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off spans a broad bank plus company holidays, a floating “Unity Day,” additional paid time for volunteering/blood donation, dedicated hours for unexpected events, and other leaves such as bereavement and foster‑care.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include extended paid time for birth mothers, separate paid parental or adoption leave for bonding, and employer‑provided backup care.
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