About the Role
Join an entrepreneurial team of professionals providing critical support to the Specialty Underwriting organization, focusing on strategy, business execution, and data-driven analytics. This role supports strategic planning, develops recommendations for business priorities, and leads cross-functional initiatives to drive key objectives.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates execution of underwriting strategy and initiatives.
- Leads medium-complexity projects from planning through execution, managing timelines, priorities, stakeholders, and dependencies.
- Partners with cross-functional teams to define objectives and drive execution.
- Leverages data analysis to inform business strategies and improve efficiency.
- Establishes relationships with stakeholders to identify opportunities for data-driven strategic initiatives.
- Drives key operational insights and builds process improvements and efficiencies.
- Develops and enhances analytical tools and models, including underwriting forecasting models.
- Leverages data analysis and insights to identify trends and evaluate business performance.
- Provides actionable recommendations that drive operational and strategic outcomes.
- Collaborates with Distribution, Actuarial, Claim, Government Relations, Product Development, Risk Control, and other functional areas.
- Remains current on trends and developments within the insurance industry.
- Focuses on continually learning to deepen knowledge of industry and areas of expertise.
- Shares knowledge with others.
- Works independently, receiving minimal guidance.
- Acts as a resource and trusted advisor for colleagues with less experience.
- Responds to and fulfills ad-hoc data requests.
Requirements
- Solid knowledge of core functions of an insurance company and general insurance.
- Solid technical knowledge of financial, economical and statistical practices, procedures and principles.
- Solid interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Effectively interacts with all levels of CNA's internal and external business partners.
- Solid analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Solid project management, organization and planning skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and lead teams.
- Ability to solve issues with a sense of urgency.
- Utilizes and manages available resources to make informed decisions and achieve superior results.
- Ability to creatively and effectively manage through ambiguous and challenging problems.
- Leads through change and takes appropriate level of risk.
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Power BI and other business-related software.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is mandatory.
- Solid knowledge of applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau and other business related software.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrates attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently, as well as in a team.
- Ability to manage time and resources to accomplish multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Solid project management skills and strong organizational skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage work deliverables/projects effectively.
Skills
- Underwriting process
- Financial practices
- Economical practices
- Statistical practices
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Power BI
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Tableau
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Project management skills
- Organization skills
- Planning skills
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Typically a minimum of seven years of related work experience.
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, or related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $72,000 to $141,000 annually
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.
About the Company
- At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.
- CNA utilizes AI-enabled technology during the recruiting process.
- CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity
- CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process.
