Senior Investment Professional - Investments Analytics

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

About The Position

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. #LI-ML1 Job Description Summary Do you have the desire to play a critical role in driving analytics solutions for the Office of Investments? Nationwide has been in business for almost 100 years and our collaborative culture delivers outstanding solutions and results. Our investment, risk, and technology professionals play a key role in transforming our data architecture, implementing best in class systems and applications, and enhancing our reporting to create meaningful insights that drive business results. As the leader of Investments Analytics, you will have a multi-faceted role with intellectually challenging work whose outcomes influence the success of the company. You will be responsible for driving the development and adoption of analytical tools and reporting solutions for the Investments Front Office. You will lead a high-performing team closely linked with front office stakeholders to prioritize projects, develop tools, and ensure the application of industry standards and best practices. You will be highly engaged in data strategy and governance to ensure data quality, consistency, and security. You will be highly engaged with our technology partners, both internally and externally, to influence long term planning for the Investments Organization, and to ensure that Investments is looking to identify new tools and opportunities.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree; Advanced quantitative degree highly desirable.
Experience: 10 years of related experience in quantitative investing and/or investments technology.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Considered an Investment Analytics and data expert.
Advanced data analytics and programming
Deep technical know-how of tools and methods like Aladdin, Bloomberg, Python, Databricks, Power BI, SQL
Substantial aptitude for managing multiple and often unrelated high-pressure situations simultaneously
Skilled at critical thinking, executive presence, strong business judgment, decisive
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Willing to express opinion and views.
Demonstrated curiosity and problem solver
Organized, detailed, and process oriented
Positive, hardworking, pro-active, and professional
Highly collaborative and team oriented

Nice To Haves

Project management a plus
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership in analytics across the Investments organization.
Drive the adoption and development of quantitative analytics and reports to support and improve investment decision making.
Identify and implement best in class technologies, tools, and platforms to improve investment processes.
Support a culture of exploration that applies best practices in model design and review.
Enforce data governance policies and procedures.
Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously enhance our data and technology capabilities.
Manage relationships with data providers, technology vendors, and strategic partners.
Influence vendor priorities on their roadmaps and systems support models (cloud or on premise).
Communicate recommendations through written reports, presentations, conversations, and meetings with key stakeholders and senior leaders.
Directs associate management including: performance management, salary planning and administration, training and development, workflow and organizational planning, hiring and placement, and disciplinary actions.
Build and lead a high-performing team.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire
and more