Sr Consultant, Business Consulting (Personal Lines Business Insights Operations)

Nationwide Insurance; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider is seeking a Senior Consultant to enhance operational excellence in their Personal Lines Business Insights team. This role involves leading business transformation initiatives, providing analysis and design capabilities, and mentoring less experienced staff. Candidates should have over 10 years of relevant experience and strong analytical and communication skills. The position offers competitive benefits and is available across the lower 48 U.S. states.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Company-paid pension plan

Qualifications

• 10+ years of dynamic experience in business transformation initiatives.
• In-depth experience with process redesign methods and tools.
• 5 years of preferred project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead major process modeling and analysis efforts.
• Identify complexities and dependencies in business models.
• Provide direction, training, and mentorship for team members.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Business process management

Ability to influence senior management

Education

Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information, business, mathematics

Graduate studies

Job description

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role focuses on elevating the operational excellence of the Personal Lines Business Insights team. It centers around developing formalized processes in taking in new analyses needs, tracking in-flight items, and helping communicate large scale project outputs to the Personal Lines Senior Leadership Team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to partner directly with Personal Lines leadership across the value chain, ranging from Pricing, Finance, Product, Underwriting, Sales, Claims, Servicing, Marketing, Strategy and more.

The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and highly analytical, with the ability to understand the Personal Lines value chain, identify opportunities for continued improvement in operational functions, and lead through influence.

Job Description Summary

We are a versatile group of individuals, working together to meet the needs of our customers. We value knowledge, strong business savvy and contributing to a stellar team environment. If you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Consultant, you'll contribute to the strategic vision and serve as a top-level contributor for the most sophisticated business transformation initiatives. You will be responsible for leading major process modeling, analysis and design efforts. You'll provide business performance management, organizational design and business risk management capabilities to drive business results.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Serves as a top consultant on all activities relating to business transformation through the strategic application of people, processes and technology. Participates in complex planning processes across multiple departments or business units. Identifies complexities, dependencies and duplications in the business model.
• Acts as top consultant on activities and functions relating to business process analysis, organizational analysis, needs assessments and cost/benefit analysis to align information technology solutions with business strategies and directions. Consults with functional groups within Nationwide Technology and internal business clients to develop long-term systems plans.
• Leads organizational process management and consultation between business customers and systems area for development and implementation of business processes and procedures. Responsible for communicating to customers, management and external sources.
• Identifies the critical elements of a business process that needs to be managed and defines criteria of performance success. Selects and applies appropriate performance measurement tools and reports performance in a cohesive manner.
• Contributes, as a subject matter authority, to the analysis and design of organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, governance, staffing and sourcing to support business goals, strategies and process architecture. Leads organization-wide change.
• Leads all aspects of training for customers on business, technological, societal and environmental trends to support strategies for improving business performance.
• Drives strategic projects involved in evaluating and researching new and existing products, procedures and/or workflow needs associated with business systems. Evaluates new and sophisticated technological developments and evolving business requirements, and recommends appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements.
• Provides top-level expertise on the development of compelling business cases, including gaining senior management consensus, to accomplish business objectives.
• Provides direction, training and mentorship for less experienced staff. Assigns responsibility for tasks, sets clear objectives and monitors progress and results. Monitors project schedules and costs. Develops project plans, work breakdown structures and desired outcomes for overall solution delivery.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Associate Vice President/Vice President; typically, no direct reports; may have opportunity to lead projects and teams.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information, business, mathematics or related field preferred. Graduate studies are preferred.

Experience: Ten plus years of dynamic experience in planning, designing and implementing company-wide business transformation initiatives. Extensive experience in functional, process, information and data modeling, data management and warehousing, and applications integration. In-depth experience with process redesign methods and tools. Five years of experience in project management is preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven knowledge of standards, methodologies and frameworks, business process management and information technology. Deep knowledge of emerging industries and market trends. Understanding of new technologies and developments in the technology industry. Extensive knowledge of project management concepts and techniques are required. Comprehensive knowledge of facilitation, performance management, organizational design and managing organization change. Ability to manage large sophisticated projects that involve high risk and great impact for the company. Proven ability to influence senior management. Strong communication skills and ability to deal with ambiguity.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment.

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.