Senior Technical Analyst, Actuarial Data Operations - Markel Corporation

Job Description Summary
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you’re wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

This role is responsible for bringing technical expertise to Actuarial in order to drive automation of workflows, processes and data analysis efforts. It is expected that the individual is aware of and possesses the technical aptitude to learn technical solution development best practices, and stay current on new technology trends and developments which can benefit Actuarial.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for building, implementing, and maintaining technical solutions with a core focus on SQL, Azure Databricks, PowerBI, and the Microsoft Power Suite of automation products.
• Collaborate with team members to clarify and validate data requirements and business objectives
• Deliver various documentation and knowledge transfer plans to hand off implemented software solution to end user community to enable change management
• Participate with cross functional project teams in line with agile principles, potentially outside Actuarial
• Develop solutions utilizing document and approved change control procedures
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge in area of expertise through proactive research and continuing education so as to achieve functional objectives
• Provide technical expertise, knowledge, and insight to help Actuarial improve performance, grow by solving problems and finding new and better ways of doing things

Education

• Undergraduate degree or higher required

Work Experience/Skill Set

• Experience with highly transactional financial and/or insurance datasets with a core focus on reporting and trend analysis within PowerBI
• Experience with producing both dashboards creating measure with complex DAX as well as paginated, structured reporting
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel for complex operations

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The salary for the Sr. Technical Analyst, Actuarial Data Operations position is $70,000 - $90,000 with a 25% bonus potential.

Who we are:

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.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work. 

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life. 
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance. 
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.  
• Markel offers hybrid working schedules of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. 

Caution: Employment scams

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• All legitimate job postings with Markel will be posted on No other URL should be trusted for job Markel Group Careers.
• All legitimate communications with Markel recruiters will come from Markel.com email addresses.

We would also ask that you please report any job employment scams related to Markel to rarecruiting@markel.com.

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law. 

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