IT Data Analyst - REMOTE from any EST or CST US-based location

CNO Financial Group, Inc.•Cincinnati, OH

1d•$60,900 - $91,300•Remote

About The Position

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) is a leading insurance and financial services company focused on securing the future of middle‑income America. Through brands such as Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise, and Washington National, CNO delivers life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits to more than 3.3 million policyholders, supported by $38.3 billion in total assets. With a strong financial foundation, national presence, and a culture rooted in integrity, excellence, and people‑first values, CNO offers meaningful opportunities for professional growth and impact across its U.S. locations, including its headquarters in Carmel, Indiana. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. CNO Financial Group’s Data Governance Team is hiring an IT Data Analyst who will be responsible for assembling data in a meaningful way based on guidance for data quality, data relationships, and the available data sources across enterprise domains. This role starts to build knowledge of source systems and representative domain data to draw meaningful insights that support data quality programs and other data initiatives. This IT Data Analyst will influence data retention decisions by analyzing and querying data using SQL and internal tools to determine what should be retained or removed based on defined guidelines. You’ll partner with business and data stakeholders to understand data value and impact, document decisions, and hand off clearly-defined outcomes for execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent experience is required.
1 year of prior experience in data analysis or data governance.
Intermediate SQL skills required, including the ability to read, write, and interpret SQL queries.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, well-structured documentation and present to senior/executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Previous industry experience is preferred.
Prior experience with Informatica CDGC and/or BigID is preferred.
Strong collaboration and the ability to build relationships with peers, management, other IT departments, and business stakeholders.
Bias toward action and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

Gathering data transformation, integration, and quality requirements.
Using standard document templates to capture designs and mapping specifications.
Researching data and processing issues and providing input into data quality improvements.
Collaborating with IT and business teams to develop detailed recommendations that identify which data to retain and to remediate.
Cooperating and interacting with project team members and contractors to take positive action and accountability for assigned work.
Growing business relationships and domain knowledge that are important to the success of projects.
Performing analysis and data profiling to inform data requirements, data quality, data collections, etc.
Assisting in root cause analysis related to production support and project requests.
Investigating data anomalies and communicating back to the data stewards and data owners.
Developing skills in preferred enterprise data governance tools (such as Informatica CDGC and BigID).