Data Analyst

Independence Pet Group•Scottsdale, AZ

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Independence American Insurance Company (IAIC) is seeking a Data Analyst to support the build-out of Earnix rates, rules, and rate order calculations. This role will also perform statistical modeling and analysis of structured and unstructured datasets to develop metrics, reports, and visualizations of trends and patterns. Independence Pet Holdings (IPH) is a corporate holding company established in 2021 that manages a diverse portfolio of pet health brands and services across North America. IPH believes pet insurance is more than a financial product and focuses on building solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and improve pet well-being. With a full stack of resources, capital, and services, IPH supports pet parents through a multi-brand and omni-channel approach, including its own insurance carrier, insurance brands, and partner brands. IAIC, a subsidiary of IPH, has over 50 years of underwriting experience and a history of innovation in the pet insurance industry, building a reputation as a trusted and dependable partner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience (One-year relevant experience is equivalent to one-year college)
3 years’ relevant experience

Responsibilities

Own the end‑to‑end actuarial rate deployment process within the Earnix environment, from approval readiness through to successful release of rates.
Deploy pricing versions (rules, models, and rates) from the analytical environment into production using Earnix Online Execution.
Perform pre‑deployment actuarial validation.
Review and approve deployment summaries generated by Earnix.
Maintain audit traceability across versions, approvals, and deployment events to support regulatory and internal governance requirements.
Coordinate deployment activities across environments (Analytical, Staging/UAT, Production), supporting UAT sign‑off and controlled production releases.
Participate in release planning for pricing changes.
Act as the actuarial interface with IT, change management, and policy administration teams during rate releases—while retaining actuarial ownership of pricing logic.
Monitor post‑deployment performance by reviewing live rating behavior and address production issues.
Support rapid corrective redeployments where required, leveraging Earnix’s business‑owned deployment capability to minimize time‑to‑market.
Collaborates with stakeholders to understand and define business requirements for operational and analytical reports.
Collects, analyzes, and interprets data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
Performs data cleansing, validation, and document data definitions.
Establishes business rules and quality checks to ensure accuracy and reliability of reports.
Designs, develops, and maintains interactive dashboards, visualizations, and reports using business intelligence tools.
Uses analytics and metrics to improve processes and provide data-driven forecasts of potential costs, risks, and profiles of new business initiatives.
Queries and manipulates data using SQL to extract and transform data from databases.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support ad-hoc data analysis requests.
Presents findings and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.