• Job Description

  Req#: 461304WD

  Line of Service

  Advisory

  Industry/Sector

  Not Applicable

  Specialism

  Guidewire

  Management Level

  Senior Associate

  Job Description & Summary

  A career in our Managed Services team will provide you an opportunity to collaborate with a wide array of teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology.
  
  Our Guidewire Application Evolution Services team will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations harness the power of their enterprise applications by optimizing the technology while driving transformation and innovation to increase business performance. We assist our clients in capitalizing on technology improvements, implementing new capabilities and achieving operational efficiencies by managing and maintaining their application ecosystems. We help our clients maximize the value of their Guidewire investment by managing the support and continuous transformation of their solutions in the areas of insurance solutions such as Policy Center, Billing Center and Claim Center as well as Guidewire analytics and data solutions.

  To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

  As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
  • Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
  • Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
  • Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
  • Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
  • Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
  • Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
  • Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

  Job Requirements and Preferences :

  Basic Qualifications :

  Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor Degree and/or 5 years Equivalent Experience

  Preferred Qualifications :

  Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

  Demonstrates expert abilities and extensive Application Managed Service projects and solutioning the Smartcomm integration with Guidewire Suite of applications on premises and SaaS, with proven success executing and leading all aspects of complex engagements within the Smartcomm application achieving on-time and on-budget delivery, as well as the following:

  6+ years of experience as technical lead for Datahub and ETL tools
  Strong understanding of data warehouse concepts and dimensional data modeling
  Expertise with SQL queries, analytical services, reporting services
  Experience with one or more SDLC methodologies
  Expertise related to metadata management, data modeling, data model rationalization, and database products
  Experience with data scripting and programming
  Understands context of their project within the larger portfolio
  Demonstrated a strong attention to detail
  Possesses strong analytical skills
  Demonstrated a strong sense of ownership and commitment to program goals
  Strong verbal and written communication skills
  Identifies and implements operational database requirements and proposed enhancements in support of requested application development or business functionality
  Develops and translates business requirements into detailed data designs
  Maps data between systems (in conjunction with Business Analysts)
  Assists engineering and development teams as application data expert from physical data models to production implementations
  Identifies entities, attributes, and referential relationships for data models using a robust enterprise information engineering approach
  Creates tables, indexes, constants, and assist programmers with SQL, tuning and reviews
  Participates in data analysis, archiving, database design, and development activities for migration of existing data as needed
  Develops ETL interfaces from source databases and systems to the data warehouse
  Works closely with application development teams to ensure quality interaction with the database

  Job Functions:

  (1) To be responsible for providing technical guidance or solutions

  (2) To develop and guide the team members in enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity

  (3) To ensure process compliance in the assigned module, and participate in technical discussions or review.

  (4) To prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure and risks on the project or closure of escalations.

  Technologies

  • Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter and Conversion ETL tools
  • SQL competence (query performance tuning, index management, etc.) and a grasp of database structure are required.
  • Understanding of data modeling concepts.
  • Knowledge of at least one ETL tool (Informatica, SSIS, Talend, etc.)
  • Knowledge of different SQL/NoSQL data storage techniques

  Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

  Degrees/Field of Study required:

  Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

  Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

  Required Skills

  Optional Skills

  Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

  Travel Requirements

  Not Specified

  Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

  No

  Government Clearance Required?

  No

  Job Posting End Date

• About the company

  PricewaterhouseCoopers is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand.

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