Business Intelligence Analyst II - Stakeholder Mgmt/SQL proficiency required

Unum Group•Columbia, SC

About The Position

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive. Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: Award-winning culture Inclusion and diversity as a priority Performance Based Incentive Plans Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution Mental health support Career advancement opportunities Student loan repayment options Tuition reimbursement Flexible work environments All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans . And that’s just the beginning… With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! General Summary: We’re seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst II to deliver impactful insights through dashboard development, data visualization, and advanced data preparation. In this role, you’ll support multiple strategic initiatives, partnering closely with product owners and cross-functional teams to turn complex data into clear, actionable solutions. The ideal candidate is highly technical, skilled in dashboarding and digital asset management, and comfortable owning work with minimal oversight. Strong stakeholder management, relationship building, and the ability to influence and collaborate are essential. You’ll also support requirement gathering, project scoping, and may mentor junior analysts. If you’re passionate about data, eager to solve meaningful problems, and ready to make an impact—this is a great opportunity to grow and innovate on a high-performing analytics team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree preferred, and/or equivalent experience
4+ years' experience with demonstrated success at a BI Analyst I level or comparable data analytics related field
Proficient in analytics programming languages (SQL/R/Python)
Demonstrated expertise with modern BI toolsets (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, or equivalent)
Demonstrated understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis and data modeling concepts
Proficient in extracting and leveraging data out of data warehouse, transactional databases, object stores & API based environments
Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Ability to embrace change, adapt to the unexpected, and focus energies, people, and solutions on practical and positive results
Demonstrated problem solving skills
Strong communications skills with the ability to influence others using data and logic
Ability to effectively mentor others
Aptitude and drive to learn new technologies and analysis techniques
Strong team player; able to work effectively within a team and more broadly with people from a variety of backgrounds and areas across the organization.

Responsibilities

Conduct moderately complex data profiling and analysis to evaluate data sources to determine the best source for business information
Acquiring, transforming and translating data into actionable dashboards, reports, algorithms or datasets
Performing moderately complex statistical analysis and presenting findings to guide, influence and advise leadership
Collaborate with data engineers to perform data validation and testing activities as appropriate
Continuously develop and build upon existing in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry, company and competitor landscape
Continuously develop and build upon existing in-depth knowledge of data stored in company databases as well as emerging trends in business intelligence technologies
Works directly with internal customers to refine requirements and validate output to ensure solutions will meet expectations
May provide mentoring, coaching and developmental support to lower-level BI Analysts

Benefits

Award-winning culture
Inclusion and diversity as a priority
Performance Based Incentive Plans
Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
Mental health support
Career advancement opportunities
Student loan repayment options
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible work environments