Data Science Consultant II

Telework permitted, CopperPoint Insurance Company (Phoenix, AZ) seeks a Data Science Consultant II to lead and contribute to the development of modeling infrastructure and models for various business functions, such as underwriting/risk selection, pricing/actuarial, finance/capital modeling, and claims.

Job responsibilities:

• Perform analyses of structured and unstructured data to solve complex business problems, utilizing advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses, with minimal oversight and guidance from leadership.
• Evaluate, assess, and recommend data sources and collection methods for complex analytic needs.
• Collect, query, cleanse, and explore data.
• Perform ongoing monitoring and training of models implemented in the business to assess and optimize value.
• Use data visualization to effectively communicate analytical results and support business decisions.
• Document projects including business objectives, data gathering and processing, test scenarios, and detailed set of results and analytical metrics.
• Develop test plans and scenarios and perform testing necessary to validate quality of models being developed; perform root cause analysis of defects encountered.
• Create and maintain detailed data and model inventory; and collaborate with Information Technology partners to define solution integration with scoring engines and business systems.

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, information management, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Three years of relevant experience; understanding of analytical and statistical methods such as exploratory data analysis, causal analysis, predictive analysis, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics.
• Experience with analytical software such as R, Python, SAS, SQL, or equivalent.
• Programming skills in Python, R, Java, SQL, or equivalent.
• Insurance industry experience, including property & casualty or workers’ compensation.
• Understanding of catastrophe models and related actuarial methods.
• Knowledge of processes and data involved in operational, analytic, and reporting functions of a property & casualty insurance company
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills required.

Benefits:

• Employees and their families are eligible to participate in CopperPoint Insurance Companies benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, a health savings account, a flexible spending account, and a 401k plan.
• We provide some benefits at no cost to the employee (Basic Life Insurance and AD&D at two times an employee’s annual salary, Short- and Long-term Disability coverage, and Employee Assistant Plan).
• Employees will accrue 0.0846 hours of Paid Time Off (PTO) per paid hour, which may total 22 days a year. In addition, employees will also receive 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Founded in 1925, CopperPoint Insurance Companies is a leading provider of workers’ compensation and commercial insurance solutions. With an expanded Line of insurance products and a growing ten-state footprint in the western United States, CopperPoint embodies stability for policyholders in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company is the corporate parent of Arizona-based CopperPoint Insurance Companies, Alaska National Insurance Company, and other CopperPoint Insurance Entities.

CopperPoint’s culture of compassion extends to the community through employee volunteerism, corporate matching, Board service, program sponsorships, and in-kind contributions. We empower employees by providing 12 hours of paid volunteer time annually and matching their personal contributions to the charities of their choice up to $500 per year. In 2020, CopperPoint employees reported 3,500 volunteer hours.

CopperPoint offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits package including major medical, dental, and vision and a wide range of competitive benefits programs, generous matching contributions to your 401(k) plan, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and other education benefits and business casual dress. CopperPoint is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, ancestry or citizenship status, genetic information, pregnancy status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law. CopperPoint maintains a drug-free workplace.

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