Pacific Life is looking for a full-time Advanced Analytics Consultant in Newport Beach, California.

Currently, we are seeking a talented Advanced Analytics Consultant to join our Retirement Solutions Division in Newport Beach, California. The Retirement Solutions Division leverages its strengths in product development, technology, service and risk management to create retirement solutions for individuals, families, and businesses. With the guidance of financial professionals, customers have access to an array of annuities and mutual funds designed to help grow assets and to provide retirement income for financial independence.

The Analytics Consultant is a senior level role that will be a key liaison for the Advanced Analytics COE with the business areas.

The Analytics Consultant will be responsible for:

-Interfacing with the business users to: -Understand current state of business processes -Identify areas to answer complex business questions, increase process efficiency and effectiveness through use of data and analytics -Collaborate with the business to generate hypotheses for solving business problems/ answering business questions. -Explore internal and external data sets required to model and test the hypotheses

-Work with the data science team to -Gather required data sets -Prototype analyses to help uncover trends, patterns, co-relations etc.that provide insights that will drive actions to deliver measurable business value -Interpret the results of analysis and relay the results and recommendations for actions back to business stakeholders in a business relatable manner

-Work with the business lead to -Design and run pilots based on recommendations to test out the insights in the field -Collect and analyze feedback from the pilot -Develop recommendation for deploying the insights at scale -Develop data and platform requirements for deploying the insights in production operational systems and processes -Provide oversight for integration of insights in IT platforms, reports and data repositories -Develop and deploy metrics to measure the value realized from the insights -Ensure feedback loop to monitor the performance of the analytic models deployed to ensure they are refreshed , retrained as necessary to continue to create measurable value. FACTORS FOR SUCCESS:

-Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Statistics, Economics, or equivalent required; Master’s Degree preferred -5+ years of work experience working with relational databases and strong skills in using SQL -2+ years of work experience with data visualization tools like Tableau -2+ years of work experience in Life Insurance or Financial Services preferred -Expert knowledge in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint) -Experience working in or closely with, the sales and marketing functions of an organization -Strong understanding of the sales and marketing processes -Ability to interface comfortably with the business and technical subject matter experts and work in interdisciplinary teams -Ability to drive conversations with different stakeholders, ask probing questions, glean relevant information, document and interpret it for appropriate action -Ability to establish solid working relationships at all levels and functions of the organization -Ability to evolve and adapt to a wide range of problems -Passion for data, technology, efficiency, and problem solving -Critical thinking skills and business acumen to identify optimal solutions and manage ambiguity -Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills -Ability to serve as lead/mentor to support and guide team members

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Pacific Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Proof of employment authorization in the United States required.

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