Business Intelligence Analyst Consultant (Remote)

We exist to help people achieve financial clarity. At Thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. Driven by a higher purpose at our core, we are committed to providing financial advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs to help people make the most of all they’ve been given.
At our heart, we are a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, dedicated to serving the unique needs of our clients. We focus on their goals and priorities, guiding them toward financial choices that will help them live the life they want today—and tomorrow.
Job Summary
Business Intelligence Analytics Consultant is a strategic thought-leader who is responsible for identifying strategic or tactical insights that directly influence organizational goals, strategies, plans and results. A key component of the role is to proactively work with senior business leaders to suggest or determine topical areas and hypothesis that need to be evaluated. This role is instrumental in providing insights to corporate leaders to make fact-based decisions. The role must partner, train, mentor, and provide work direction to other BI Analysts across the organization as necessary.
This role will be a part of Finance & Actuarial Division’s local Data Enablement Product Team - F&A Portfolio.
Do you like to collaborate with various business departments to understand their data needs and provide tailored solutions? Do you have strong SQL skills and experience with database management? Do you enjoy deepening your business acumen so that you can provide tailored solutions that influence business outcomes? Do you have the ability to communicate complex data concepts to stakeholders?
This BI Analyst Consultant role will be part of a local data enablement team (comprised of business intelligence analysts and data engineers) that will partner directly with our Finance & Actuarial Division analysts and leaders to assist the data engineers in providing tailored solutions that positively impact business outcomes.
**We are open to candidates working remotely anywhere across the United States.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Proactively defines specific hypothesis/questions to evaluate and analyze based on Thrivent's strategies and goals.
• Lead large / highly complex projects and train, mentor, and provide work direction to other BI Analysts.
• Collaborates with senior leaders and business process owners to define specific hypothesis/questions and develops plans to deliver actionable insight.
• Conducts highly complex SQL queries and works with other data extraction, reporting and analytic tools to validate and/or develop analysis and reporting to provide actionable insight.
• Performs investigations to identify, acquire, enhance, and/or develop new data sources, both internal and external, which will enhance the enterprise BI environment.
• Identify new ongoing data needs and requirements and champion the establishment of new systems and data in partnership with IT and appropriate business areas.
• Performs highly complex modeling, data mining and analysis projects that inform and support corporate stakeholders. Evaluate/model data utilizing accepted advanced statistical methods.
• Provides clear, concise, and proactive communication supported by actionable insights with senior leadership.
• Work with a diverse business community to document as-is and to-be business processes.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in economics, quantitative business analysis, applied mathematics, statistics, management information systems, or equivalent experience required. Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in financial services and/or research and analytics.
• Expert skill in using analytics tools (such as SAS, SPSS, Minitab, R, etc.) in a corporate environment.
• Expert skill in design and execution of complex statistical modeling and testing involving linear and non-linear regression techniques (e.g. CHAID, CART, ANOVA, MANOVA, LOGISTIC, TTEST etc.).
• Expert skill with relational databases, data warehousing, data mining and OLAP.
• Expert skill in experimental design and impact assessment.
• Significant business acumen working with insurance or investment environments.
• Advanced ability to tailor key insights and messages appropriately for audience (senior leader, line manager, etc.).
• Ability to work at both a conceptual and detail level with strong statistical data analysis skills, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Expert ability to translate strategic business logic into technical report requirements and schema design.
• Efficient and effective communications skills with key business partners, tailored to client needs and expectations.
• Effective in leading less experienced resources in large project work, providing assistance in consulting, design, implementation, and/or communication.

Other Critical Factors

• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational, planning and problem solving skills.
• Able to work with a sense of urgency on multiple projects at the same time.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, within a stated objective.
• Ability to utilize technology to create reports and/or secure information necessary for decision making in a manner that is readily consumable by leadership.

Additional Information

• This position is a full-time remote opportunity.
• If you are in the Minneapolis, MN or Appleton, WI area, this position allows a flexible work arrangement meaning you may work on-site and/or remotely.

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Pay Transparency

Thrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $118,105.00 - $159,788.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.

Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.

The following benefits may be offered: various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits, and other employee benefits. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. Thrivent’s plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivent’s discretion.

Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.

Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.