Business Analyst

Overview

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Risk Placement Services, Inc. provides pay range based on your skills and experience. Base pay range: $61,500.00/yr - $/yr.

At RPS, we don’t just embrace bold ideas, we make them happen. We’re a team of entrepreneurs, big-picture thinkers, and passionate experts who thrive on possibility. Every day, we collaborate across teams, challenge convention, and push boundaries to design innovative solutions for our clients. Here, every voice counts, every perspective matters, and every challenge is an opportunity to grow.

As an Analyst for Program Strategy, you will execute quantitative analysis to drive actionable insights. Your insights should identify performance gaps and hypotheses for root cause, leading to specific action plans to capitalize on opportunities. You’ll work closely with executive leaders and internal stakeholders across the organization to complete complex ad‑hoc analyses under tight deadlines.

• Communicate with stakeholders to determine analytical needs
• Identify, manipulate, and extract data for analysis using SQL
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify key drivers and actionable insights
• Embed quality checks to ensure numerical accuracy and logical consistency
• Consult with subject matter experts to deepen understanding of findings
• Develop executive‑ready presentations to communicate insights
• Recommend program improvements based on analytical findings
• Automate repetitive tasks to improve team efficiency
• Mentor and coach junior team members, providing real‑time feedback

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, finance, data science, chemistry, engineering, or economics
• Expert in Microsoft products - Excel, Power Pivot, Power BI
• Intermediate to expert level in SQL for reading and manipulating data
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance as needed
• Clear, concise, and effective communicator
• Excellent problem‑solving skills as well as critical thinking and conceptual thinking abilities
• 4+ years of relevant professional experience in business intelligence, analytics, statistics, data science, or related field
• Communication and stakeholder management skills
• Data analysis, problem solving, statistical analysis, basic programming knowledge, data preparation/cleaning, data visualization and presentation

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 3 years’ professional experience with quantitative analysis
• 2 years of experience in financial services industry (insurance preferred)
• Less than 20% travel
• Communication and stakeholder management skills
• Data analysis, problem solving, statistical analysis, basic programming knowledge, data preparation/cleaning, data visualization and presentation
• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 3 years of prior relevant experience, or equivalent experience.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package, with the base salary range representing the anticipated low and high ends of the range for this position. Actual compensation will be influenced by factors including previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...
• The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

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