Senior Data Analyst – Hybrid Insurance BI & Data Products

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Generous PTO

Medical, dental & vision starting day

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Longevity bonuses

Job summary

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies in Wilkes-Barre, PA is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to partner with stakeholders, translate business needs into data products, and own the Power BI lifecycle across domains. You will drive analytics, governance, and data quality to support underwriting, claims, and enterprise decision‑making.

The role emphasizes collaboration with data engineering, strong SQL and BI skills, and mentoring of junior analysts within a dynamic insurance environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data analytics or related field in the insurance industry.
• Knowledge of underwriting, actuarial, rate/product, portfolio, or underwriting operations processes.
• Ability to translate between business needs and data or technical concepts.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Product Managers, business leaders, and cross‑functional stakeholders to clarify complex business problems, define requirements, establish success measures, and drive alignment on data product adoption and business outcomes.
• Lead the translation of insurance business needs into implementation‑ready requirements, including business rules, data definitions, source‑to‑target mappings, metric logic, acceptance criteria, and data quality standards.
• Utilize advanced SQL techniques to profile data, validate business logic, investigate data anomalies, reconcile results, assess data quality, and provide actionable insights across complex and integrated data environments.
• Own and lead the Power BI development lifecycle for assigned domains, including requirements gathering, solution design, dashboard development, validation, deployment, user adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead descriptive and diagnostic analytics efforts to identify trends, root causes, opportunities, and risks, delivering actionable insights that support operational and strategic decision‑making.
• Collaborate closely with data engineering teams to define data models, semantic layer requirements, reusable dimensions, governed metrics, and scalable data structures that support enterprise analytics capabilities.
• Lead business validation activities and data product quality reviews with Data Product Managers, QA analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are accurate, reliable, usable, and aligned with business needs.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive documentation, including business definitions, metric definitions, data dictionaries, reporting standards, usage guidance, and key decision records to support data governance and consistency.
• Support the successful rollout and adoption of data products by communicating business value, facilitating stakeholder engagement, gathering user feedback, monitoring utilization, and identifying enhancement opportunities.
• Serve as a subject matter resource for data analysis, reporting, and business intelligence best practices, providing guidance and knowledge sharing to analysts and business partners as appropriate.
• Provide guidance, mentoring, and technical support to Data Analysts and other team members, fostering analytical capability and adherence to best practices.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data analysis

Insurance knowledge

Stakeholder management

Business analysis

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science or related field

Job description

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies in Wilkes-Barre, PA is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to partner with stakeholders, translate business needs into data products, and own the Power BI lifecycle across domains. You will drive analytics, governance, and data quality to support underwriting, claims, and enterprise decision‑making.

The role emphasizes collaboration with data engineering, strong SQL and BI skills, and mentoring of junior analysts within a dynamic insurance environment.