RLI Corp

Sr. Business Analyst - Data & Analytics (Peoria, IL)

RLI Corp • $96K — $137K *
Peoria, IL 61604In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, analytics, computer science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
  • Four or more years of experience in a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, BI Analyst or similar role.
  • Proven experience gathering requirements for technical delivery teams.
  • Experience supporting users of reporting, analytics, or enterprise technology solutions.
  • Familiarity with Agile delivery teams and backlog management tools.
  • Experience in property and casualty insurance is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Data Product Owner on data and analytics strategies.
  • Engage with users to discern their true business objectives beyond initial requests.
  • Translate business needs into actionable solutions, including user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Analyze business value and support backlog grooming processes.
  • Manage and analyze Data & Analytics support requests, keeping communication clear.
  • Identify recurring needs and opportunities for product improvement through demand categorization.
  • Create reusable knowledge articles to support common inquiries.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus plans and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
  • 401(k) with automatic 3% company contribution and profit-sharing contributions.
  • Flexible and hybrid work arrangements.
  • Paid time off (PTO) and paid volunteer time off (VTO).
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits.
  • Professional development opportunities, including training, certification, and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Position Purpose

Under occasional supervision, the Senior Business Analyst acts as a critical member of the Data Product Management team and partners with the Data Product Owner, Technology Delivery teams, and business stakeholders across multiple initiatives.

The role studies business operations and support demand to identify opportunities to improve workflows through modern data capabilities and translates those opportunities into actionable requirements.

The Business Analyst helps users transition and adopt modern data and analytics capabilities, including the transition from legacy solutions toward modern, governed data products and semantic views including Snowflake, Row Zero and other modern self-service technologies.

This role also monitors and administers the Data & Analytics support queue.

The Business Analyst looks beyond the immediate question or incident to understand the underlying business need, identify recurring patterns and root causes, and recommend opportunities for product improvements, reusable enablement, data quality improvements, or modernization.

The Business Analyst provides the analysis, evidence, requirements, and readiness recommendations needed to inform data product strategy, backlog prioritization, and product outcomes.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Data Product Owner to propel future-state data and analytics at RLI - providing analysis, requirements, and readiness recommendations needed to inform solution definition and priorities.
  • Engage users to understand their business objectives, workflows, and underlying data needs - not simply the report or technical solution initially requested.
  • Translate business needs and processes into actionable solutions that include user stories, acceptance criteria, report specifications, metric definitions, and other delivery artifacts.
  • Support backlog grooming by analyzing business value, user impact, dependencies, risks, and readiness.
  • Coordinate the analysis and progression of assigned Data & Analytics support requests, maintaining clear communication and escalating operational or technical issues as appropriate.
  • Categorize and analyze support demand to identify recurring needs, root causes, data quality concerns, and opportunities for enablement, product improvements, or technology modernization.
  • Create reusable knowledge articles and decision guides based on common support needs and emerging usage patterns.
  • Maintain an inventory of legacy reports, BusinessObjects universes, extracts, spreadsheets, and manual processes being considered for modernization, including their users, purpose, criticality, dependencies, and downstream activities.
  • Support release adoption through communications, user documentation, training materials, and business champions when appropriate.
  • Establish and monitor relevant measures-including support demand, manual effort, adoption, legacy tool usage, data quality issues, and user satisfaction-to evaluate whether solutions achieve their intended outcomes.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of discovery, support triage, requirements, validation, documentation, adoption, and modernization practices.


Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, analytics, computer science, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Typically requires four or more years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, BI Analyst, application or data support analyst, or in a similar customer-facing technical role.
  • Experience gathering requirements and translating business needs for technical delivery teams.
  • Experience supporting users of reporting, analytics, data, or enterprise technology solutions.
  • Experience working with Agile delivery teams and backlog management tools is preferred.
  • Property and casualty insurance experience is a plus.


Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to understand business needs, workflows, and desired outcomes.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with business partners, technical teams, subject -matter experts, and leadership.
  • Working knowledge of business analysis practices, including requirements definition, acceptance criteria, process mapping, and user acceptance testing.
  • Strong conceptual understanding of data warehousing, business intelligence, data integration, semantic models, and data governance.
  • Familiarity with Snowflake and SQL and the ability to use data to investigate business questions, validate results, and support decision-making.
  • Experience with Row Zero, Power BI, BusinessObjects, or similar data and business intelligence technologies preferred. The ability to learn and apply new technologies is essential.
  • Customer-focused and collaborative, with the ability to build trust and support process change, while balancing immediate needs with long-term objectives.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate progress, risks, and issues clearly.
  • Adaptable, organized, and committed to continuous improvement.


Compensation Overview
The base salary range for the position is listed below. Please note that the base salary is only one component of our robust total rewards package at RLI. The salary offered will take into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications/credentials, talent availability & specialization, as well as business needs. The below range may be modified in the future.

Base Pay Range
$96,264.00 - $137,657.00

Total Rewards
At RLI, we're all owners. We hire the best and the brightest employees and allow them to share in the company's success through our Total Rewards. With the Employee Stock Ownership plan at its core, the Total Rewards program includes all compensation, benefits and perks that come with being an RLI employee.

Financial Incentives
  • Annual bonus plans
  • Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
  • 401(k) - automatic 3% company contribution
  • Annual 401k and ESOP profit-sharing contributions (Up to 15% of eligible earnings)


Work & Life
  • Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
  • Paid volunteer time off (VTO) to support our communities
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Flexible & hybrid work arrangements
  • Fitness center discounts and free virtual fitness platform
  • Employee assistance program


Health & Wellness
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • 2x base salary for group life and AD&D insurance
  • Voluntary life, critical illness, & accident insurance for purchase
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits


Personal & Professional Growth
RLI encourages its employees to pursue professional development work in insurance and job-related areas. We make a commitment to employees to provide educational opportunities that help them enhance their skills and further their career advancement. RLI fosters a true learning culture and encourages professional growth through insurance courses, in-house training and other educational programs. RLI covers the cost for most programs and employees typically earn a bonus upon successful completion of approved courses and certifications. Our personal and professional growth benefits include:
  • Training & certification opportunities
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Education bonuses

About RLI Corp

RLI Corp is an American property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides various insurance products, including casualty insurance, property insurance, and surety bonds. RLI Corp operates in all 50 states and internationally. The company was founded in 1965 and has since grown to become a Fortune 1000 company. RLI Corp is known for its strong financial performance and has consistently been rated A+ by A.M. Best.
Learn more about RLI Corp
Size
890 employees
Market Cap
$5.9 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$157 million
Founded
1965
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$983.6 million
NASDAQ
RLI
* Ladders Estimates

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