CNA Financial Corporation

Senior Data Analytics Consultant - Underwriting Portfolio Management

CNA Financial Corporation$72K — $141K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, or related field.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, preferably in property and casualty insurance.
  • Expertise with SQL and AI-enabled analytics tools including prompt engineering techniques.
  • Strong understanding of insurance company functions and related statistical practices.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead smaller scale projects to analyze business performance and operational changes.
  • Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on technical analysis and data interpretation.
  • Build complex dashboards and prepare reports for senior management.
  • Identify opportunities to utilize new IT solutions to enhance analytics reporting.
  • Act independently and mentor less experienced colleagues.
  • Collaborate with other analytical teams and engage in special projects.
  • Respond to and fulfill ad-hoc data requests.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule allowing flexibility in work environment.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Engagement in innovative projects involving AI and analytics.
  • Professional development through mentorship and diverse project involvement.
  • Work within a supportive and data-driven culture.
Full Job Description
Consider joining CNA Insurance’s Portfolio Management Data Analytics team, which partners closely with Underwriting and business leadership to drive strategy execution, accountability, and profitable growth through analytics and insight. This team leverages data and analytics synthesized from across the organization to ensure underwriting strategies are effectively translated into measurable actions and outcomes.

In this Senior Consultant role, you will leverage advanced analytical expertise, technical skills, and strong business partnership to drive significant impact across a variety of commercial insurance products. You will lead smaller scale initiatives to implement automated scorecards, AI enabled insights, and individual account scenario analysis tools that support underwriters in planning and executing CNA’s global underwriting strategies as part of a cohesive execution platform.

You will translate underwriting strategy into leading indicators and operational key results, and design analytics and BI solutions that support ongoing performance management and accountability. The role also applies emerging AI capabilities—such as prompt driven analysis, text summarization, and decision support—to accelerate insight generation and enhance analytical workflows. The team leverages CNA’s enterprise data across exposure, policy attributes, distribution, risk control, operations, and claims to inform decision making across the underwriting value chain.

This position provides the opportunity to work directly with senior leadership and to collaborate cross functionally with underwriting, analytics, and operational partners to embed analytics and AI enabled insights into core business processes.

Ideal candidates have a property and casualty insurance background and are skilled with SQL and applying AI enabled analytics tools and prompt engineering techniques.

This position works a hybrid work schedule at one of our CNA office locations including Chicago, IL; Radnor, PA, Charlotte, NC or New York City, NY.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

  • Leads smaller scale projects that involve the analysis of moderately complex to complex modeling for the purpose of quantifying the performance of the business area and evaluating operational changes. Uses technical expertise to provide business insights and recommendations to support business improvements. Reports findings to Senior Management.
  • Interprets data and identifies relevant analyses; Monitors trends over time and provides actionable insights to determine actionable outcomes on a business area. Makes recommendations using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.
  • Builds complex dashboards (using excel and/or Proprietary Software) and prepares reports for Senior Management.
  • Acts as a technical resource and regularly identifies opportunities to leverage new IT solutions in support of analytics and reporting objectives.
  • Works independently, receiving minimal guidance; acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience by providing instruction, guidance, and advice.
  • May actively partner with other analytical teams across the organization and/or participate in special projects.
  • May actively partner with other analytical teams across the organization and/or participate in special projects.
  • Responds to and fulfills adhoc data requests.

Reporting Relationship
Typically Director or above.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

  • Solid knowledge of core functions of an insurance company and general insurance.
  • Solid technical knowledge of financial, economical and statistical practices, procedures and principles, which may include a specialty area of the business.
  • 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 to effectively resolve complex situations and issues.
  • Solid project management, organization and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple projects effectively and lead teams.
  • Ability to solve issues with a sense of urgency; utilizes and manages the 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 and other business-related software.

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, or related field.
  • Typically a minimum of seven years of related work experience.

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About CNA Financial Corporation

CNA Financial Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance products primarily in the United States. It offers professional liability coverages and risk management services to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, and accounting and law firms; directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary, and fidelity coverages to small and mid-size firms, public and privately held firms, and not-for-profit organizations; and commercial property, general liability, cyber liability, umbrella, and excess liability, as well as various other property and casualty coverages for healthcare institutions, professional services firms, and other specialized industries. The company also provides warranty and service contracts for consumer goods, and extended service contracts for consumer automobiles and recreational vehicles; and accident and health, and group life insurance products. In addition, it offers management and professional liability insurance and risk management services, as well as other specialized property and casualty coverages to various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, physician groups, and nursing homes. The company markets its products through independent agents, brokers, and general underwriters to various customers, including small, medium, and large businesses; insurance companies; associations; and other industry groups. CNA Financial Corporation was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about CNA Financial Corporation
Size
5,600 employees
Market Cap
$11.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$690 million
Founded
1973
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$10.8 billion
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