Position Profile: Quantitative Analyst

Scope and Responsibilities

Job Highlights Identify and execute analytical opportunities that significantly improve AIGs profitability. Role emphasises building and deploying decision support analytics for e.g. risk selection, policy pricing, and monitoring model performance Support the end-to-end delivery of a science project by taking ownership of the underlying data and sophisticated analyses Report to a Science Business Manager or Director Requires: Skills in data manipulation, model building and validation, creative problem solving and high quality analysis Training in statistics (ideally, machine learning), data mining and predictive analytics Experience of programming in at least one data analytics environments (e.g., Python, SAS, R, Matlab, C/C++, etc.) Knowledge of (and/or experience in) time-series analysis (e.g., exponential smoothing), classification (e.g., logistic regression and SVM), handling missing data (e.g., imputation techniques), clustering/segmentation, and other such research topics is a plus Key responsibilities Work as part of a Science project team on projects within EMEA, or global projects run from EMEA. This might include: Building and/or refining predictive statistical models to improve insights and enhance data driven business strategies, and ultimately the profitability of AIG Performing primary research and data mining in SAS (or other packages) to identify new analytical opportunities to improve business processes Building upon existing code to further improve the analytical framework and business impact for our user base Conducting technical training among colleagues and end users to explain and encourage more analytical discipline in business processes (e.g. underwriting, claims fraud detection, receivable collections etc.) Leadership Skills Ability to manage oneself, and mentor junior analysts, in delivering complex analyses Proactive get-it-done approach to working across AIG to get to impact Intellectual curiosity and the ability to take initiative in creative problem solving Good communication and influencing skills Commitment to delivering highest quality output Able to multi-task across more than one project 1 Technical Skills and Expertise Demonstrated ability in analytical roles employing statistical models and business intelligence Education in Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Operational Research or similarly quantitative disciplines required, Masters level preferred Demonstrated ability to problem solve creatively, towards innovative practical solutions with real business impact Commercial Insurance experience an advantage but not critical