What You'll Do:

Are you passionate about using data and analytics to help solve business problems? Are you an analytic problem solver who can drive solutions by thinking creatively, prioritizing, and innovating? We are looking for an Analytics consultant for our Benefits and Protection Data & Analytics team. The Analytics Consultant is responsible for finding opportunities within the Benefits and Protection space to leverage data analytic capabilities to drive business goals and shepherd analytic projects from start to finish to ensure business value delivery.

• As a strategic consultant, apply delivery expertise, and leadership to transform core data and analytics products into solutions that improve business operations and drive measurable results.
• Develop and nurture relationships of peers and business partners to foster collaboration.
• Align data, analytics, technology, and business objectives and outcomes.
• Leverage knowledge of data, analytics and business insight to align analytic efforts with stakeholder priorities and strategic goals.
• Effectively communicate work progress, interdependencies and collaborate with other functions to present a comprehensive analytics portfolio view.
• Provide technical and business mentorship to business partners, both within the business and across the enterprise.
• Manage multiple concurrent priorities given competing timelines and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Accelerate development and implementation of balanced, scalable solutions.
• Partner with analytics teams, from business intelligence to data science, to support modeling and sophisticated analytics demonstrating your business and technical expertise.
• Drive the creation of data visualization tools to actively monitor business performance and see opportunities for business growth.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years!

Who You Are:

• Bachelor Degree: Business or Technical plus 2 years of related analytics, consulting, project management, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Knowledge of business operations, values and practices that align customer needs and happiness as primary considerations in all business decisions, and ability to demonstrate that information in crafting customized customer solutions.
• Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and build alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.
• Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Knowledge of technologies, techniques and practices for the evaluation of business performance data; ability to analyze business performance using statistical methods to justify and drive future business planning decisions.
• Understanding of the issues related to the decision-making process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately, and reach productive decisions.
• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Beginner/Intermediate: SQL, R, Python, vidualization tols such as (Power BI, Tableau or others) or other analytical tools.

Salary Range Information:
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Salary Range:
$71250 - $116850 / year
Time Off Program:
Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees dont accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Pension Eligible:
Yes
Additional Information:

Work Environments:

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek).

Job level

Well consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States? This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management positions, youll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why were an exceptional place to grow your career.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window:
We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.
Date First Posted (TTF):
4/12/2024
Latest Post Date: Careers - US:
4/12/2024