Location: Ireland / Hybrid Sector: Insurance | Personal Lines
Introduction
A growing and data-driven insurance organisation is seeking to appoint a Senior Data Analyst to support the continued development of its analytics, reporting, and data governance capability. Operating within the personal lines market, the business is investing heavily in improving visibility, insight, and decision-making across its underwriting and operational functions.
This role will play a key part in strengthening the organisation’s reporting infrastructure and enhancing the quality, consistency, and accessibility of business data across multiple systems and functions.
Company Culture & Values
The business promotes a collaborative and commercially focused working environment where data and analytical insight are central to strategic decision making. Teams operate closely across underwriting, pricing, operations, finance, and distribution functions, with a strong emphasis on accountability, continuous improvement, and practical problem solving.
WIIFM (Salary & Benefits)
Hybrid working model within Ireland
Opportunity to take ownership of a growing data and MI function
Strong exposure to senior stakeholders and commercial decision making
High-impact role with visibility across multiple business areas
Opportunity to shape reporting standards, governance, and analytical capability
Long-term progression opportunities as the business continues to scale
Duties / Responsibilities
Data Platform Ownership & Development
Support the ongoing enhancement and governance of the organisation’s centralised data environment
Improve data structures, metric definitions, and reporting consistency across multiple systems
Integrate and harmonise data from various business sources
Develop and maintain validation checks, reconciliation controls, and refresh processes
Strengthen documentation around data lineage, definitions, and reporting logic
Data Analysis & Business Insight
Analyse portfolio and operational performance across products, channels, and business areas
Identify trends, movements, and drivers within key datasets
Support detailed analysis to explain business performance and emerging issues
Translate complex datasets into practical and actionable business insight
Management Information & Reporting
Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and management information packs
Ensure reporting outputs are accurate, consistent, and delivered in a timely manner
Support ad hoc analytical and reporting requests from stakeholders across the business
Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting processes and data visibility
Data Quality & Governance
Monitor and validate data quality across reporting environments
Work closely with business and technical teams to resolve inconsistencies and data gaps
Support the development of robust governance standards and reporting controls
Maintain clear documentation of assumptions, methodologies, and business logic
Stakeholder Collaboration
Partner with teams across underwriting, pricing, finance, operations, and distribution
Understand business requirements and convert them into analytical outputs and reporting solutions
Present findings and insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Key Requirements
Strong experience working within data analytics, reporting, or MI-focused roles
Proven experience working with data lakes, data warehouses, or centralised reporting environments
Strong SQL and/or Python capability
Advanced Excel skills
Experience handling and analysing large structured datasets
Strong understanding of relational databases and data structures
Experience working with BI and reporting tools
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain insights clearly to stakeholders
Desired Skills
Previous experience within insurance, financial services, or regulated environments
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting platforms
Exposure to pricing, underwriting, or portfolio analytics environments
Experience supporting data governance or reporting standardisation initiatives
Experience using both SQL and Python would be advantageous
Candidate Profile
Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
Comfortable taking ownership and working independently
Collaborative and commercially minded
Organised and capable of managing competing priorities
Curious and proactive approach to problem solving
Strong verbal and written communication skills
What Success Looks Like
Stakeholders have confidence in the accuracy and consistency of reporting
Management information is accessible, reliable, and actionable
Performance trends and issues are identified proactively
Reporting and analytical processes continue to mature alongside business growth
Improved visibility and understanding across operational and portfolio performance
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organisation at an important stage of its development, where data and analytics are becoming increasingly central to strategic and commercial decision making.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape and enhance an evolving data environment, work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, and gain broad exposure to commercially focused analytics within a collaborative and forward-thinking team.
To be considered for this position apply today or call Vishnu Singh on 01 5252457. If you are interested in finding out more about the above role and would like to be considered for this or other suitable roles that we may have available for your skill set – please attach your CV via the link provided. Please submit your updated CV in Word Format. If you are living in Ireland and hold a VALID WORK PERMIT, we would love to hear from you, if however, you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search. Osborne are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer #INDOSB1 #INDSINGH
