Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you!

Internal Compensation Grade: H4
Location: This position can be filled as Hybrid or Remote in Ohio.

This is an opportunity to be a member of the Nationwide’s Retirement Solutions (RS) Business Insights team. Our team delivers business insights by analyzing data and transforming it to actionable business intelligence with a strong focus on benefits realization and strategic reporting.

This role will lead our benefit realization body of work which centers around leveraging data to drive expected benefit value to enable growth and efficiencies for key strategic initiatives. This role also has an amazing breadth of accountabilities, requiring significant agility, a nose for inconsistencies, and the ability to go beyond the analysis of data to arrive at true business insight.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Independently and effectively lead RS benefits realization efforts for key projects as well as helping stakeholders understand whether what is being delivered meets its overarching strategic goals.

• Partners with key stakeholders to validate the measurability for the identified benefits during the business case assessment process, ensuring overall alignment and mechanisms required to track associated key performance indicators (KPI) are identified.

• Develop and manage performance KPIs, scorecards, and Power BI dashboards to deliver impactful reporting that incorporates a balance of written and understandable data visualizations and focuses on actions which drive the expected business outcomes.

• Synthesizes and conveys data-driven insights in a clear, concise, and actionable manner.

• Create and deliver effective presentations demonstrating strong executive presence, effective storytelling, influencing, and facilitation.

• Develop strong working relationships with leaders and business partners to define, launch and drive strategic and operational initiatives.

• Lead cultural change across RS by educating and mentoring where appropriate, those staff directly involved in the delivery of benefits realization.

Ideal candidates can demonstrate the following:

• Critical thinking and creative problem solving - uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes different sources for answers, challenges the status quo, and identifies hidden problems.

• Data analysis acumen - strong skills in terms of defining and projecting future benefits and associated costs; ability to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data; strong knowledge and application of data visualization tools (Power BI); and possess a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Results orientation - includes planning and management of a diverse set of initiatives that result in the achievement of transformational results.

• Strategic agility & adaptability– can anticipate future consequences, has broad knowledge and perspective, is future oriented, and can paint credible visions of possibilities and likelihoods.

• Expert process and project management – advanced organizational skills with a proven record of successfully implementing complex initiatives and measuring project success.

Job Description Summary

We are a versatile group of individuals, working together to meet the needs of our customers. We value knowledge, analytical aptitude and collaboration. If you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Consultant, you'll structure and lead large financial and operational measurement projects across one or more business units and effectively synthesize measurement results to improve business outcomes. You'll be responsible for growing and evolving the business partner relationship and service management profession to maximize effectiveness and may be responsible for the business unit financial and operational measurement strategy or project portfolio.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains relationships and serves as trusted business advisor to leaders, clients, internal risk partners and other stakeholders. Creates partnerships across the company to ensure methodologies and assumptions used are aligned with corporate practices.

• Crafts, packages and communicates financial and operational measurement work by developing new statistical and visual solutions.

• Participates in the development of scope, risk/control matrix, project timelines and assignments. Work may span more than one project or focus area.

• Owns the development of financial and operational measurement strategies for the business unit. Consults with business leaders to understand, align and deliver measurement work that supports business objectives and priorities.

• Builds business intelligence applications using statistical, database and/or general programming languages and tools. Uses technology for data management, report automation and/or ad hoc reporting for end users.

• Prepares reports and uses information systems, software and related sources of information. Trains other users on report preparation and database access. Consults on monitoring external sources, crafting custom reports, compiling and summarizing information, producing supporting documentation and exhibits and verification of information received from external sources.

• Manages special projects and serves as data/technical lead and contact for team members and associates from other areas of the company.

• Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Associate Vice President and may have the opportunity to lead a small team of Business Insight professionals.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information, business, mathematics or related field with post-graduate studies preferred.

Experience: Typically, 10 or more years of experience in data visualization, financial and operational measurement and data extraction queries. Detailed experience with data extraction problem solving; working with large structured and unstructured data sets and databases to create understandable and relevant measures. Professional experience in insurance, financial services or a related industry preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: In-depth knowledge of business policies and procedures, customer service concepts and practices. Sophisticated understanding of and working knowledge to build and maintain ad hoc and standard reports, including data visualization and business intelligence tools. Advanced knowledge on conducting data management and extraction of data for functional and operational measurement. Strong communication skills for interactions with others. Ability to understand functional and operational measurement needs, analyze data requests and interpret business problems into solutions. Ability to work under tight time constraints. Capable of developing distinctive and understandable data visualizations.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Occasional travel, non-standard or extended work may be required based on project needs.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

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Benefits

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. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.