This role will be a key contributor on the team, responsible for driving data management initiatives and analysis of the business to support strategic objectives. The role will also support the team’s ongoing, client-based initiatives, ultimately providing solutions to a wide range of internal stakeholders across the business. Your solutions will be implemented into core, real-time decisions that drive the business (e.g., strategy, management reporting, and client prospecting).

Responsibilities
• Help in iterative development of the long-term strategy and operating plan for Business Solutions, support decision making through research, modeling, and analysis of key factors that influence and drive the business
• Interface with stakeholders to understand business strategies, requirements, and pain points that can be addressed by data/tech solutions
• Assist in creating compelling, analytics focused presentations providing actionable insights paired with recommendations for future initiatives and improvements
• Work with cutting edge data analytics tools to independently develop complex queries; Create data visualizations that synthesize trends for senior leaders
• Interact with data modelers to export, transform, and load data elements from existing data sources for use in the creation of new, user-friendly tables in the Data Hub
• Oversee data quality and ensure data is properly translated for consumption by end business users
• Collaborate daily with members of our Business Solutions Sales and Data teams to update pipeline reporting
• Partner with Employee Benefit Specialists to create excel-based sales support tools
• Work with operations to execute Employee Benefits renewal processes
• Assist with Employee Benefit plan builds on benefits administration platforms

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Actuarial, or Data Science required
• 2+ years of employee benefits industry experience preferred
• A proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills with ability to present complex concepts to non-analytical stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong SQL and Excel skills are required, while VBA, Python, PowerBI are a plus
• Possesses strong relationship management skills with ability to create and maintain effective business relationships with business partners
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and attention to detail to produce accurate results
• Possesses a strong work ethic and displays a sense of urgency for successful and timely processing of work
• Experience identifying and addressing customer needs, building relationships with customers, communicating with customers in an organized and knowledgeable manner, and delivering clear requests for information
• Able to troubleshoot problem areas and identify data gaps and issues
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment
• Ability to anticipate internal and external business challenges and make recommendations for process, product, and service improvements to enhance the agent experience



Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments.  For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $30 - $33 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.