Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

About Elephant: Why You Should Join “The Herd”

At Elephant Insurance, we believe that if you like what you do, you’ll do it better. Our dynamic, supportive culture has earned us repeat recognition as a “Great Place to Work,” and we’re proud to be an employer where you’ll feel valued and empowered to grow. As our company continues to expand, we focus on fostering individual contribution, long-term commitment, and employee development. We remain committed to building an adaptable and customer-centric workplace that recognizes talent, encourages new ideas, and puts people at the heart of everything we do.

Our Culture

• Despite being in business for 15 years, we are a start-up at heart, and you will feel that in how we collaborate, move incredibly quickly, and use our technology advantages to creatively solve customer problems.
• Our company is built around the fact that people who like what they do, do it better. We pride ourselves on a relaxed and dynamic company culture that has earned us the honor of being named one of the best places to work each year.
• We believe in working hard, but we also believe that the best teams are built by having fun together and we make it a priority to enjoy having fun with our teammates.
• We believe that work-life balance is a key component to our success – our culture discourages working excessive, unproductive, hours. 40-hour weeks are the norm around here and employees are discouraged from having email on their phone or responding after hours.

Our Benefits

• Every employee starts with 22 days of paid time off each year plus an additional day each year after that. PTO is meant to be used and is an important part of work-life balance – each manager encourages their employees to use all PTO. 
• 401(k) match.
• Health savings account (HSA) option with the choice of three medical plans.
• Dental, vision, legal and disability coverage.
• Gym membership reimbursement and athletic event reimbursement.
• Local discounts with various restaurants, gyms and other companies.

About the Role:  

The Senior Business Analyst at Elephant is an individual contributor in the Finance Department, reporting directly to the Director of FP&A. This individual will be responsible for running reports, processing and analyzing financial and operational data to help the business make strategic decisions. The role will work closely with analysts and senior leaders in virtually every department, and will be responsible for organizing, conducting, and presenting in-depth analyses. The successful candidate will be a team player, inquisitive, analytical, and have strong interpersonal skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify emerging trends in financial and operational data; develop clear narratives and recommendations for CFO and senior leadership that connect data patterns to business decisions
• Partner with underwriting, claims, and distribution leadership to diagnose operational issues, stress-test assumptions, and provide data-driven recommendations that influence business strategy
• Analyze written premium trends and mix shift across direct, price comparison aggregators, and independent agency channels to inform distribution strategy
• Serve as central business partner to pricing, claims, and marketing leadership; translate operational data into financial impact
• Use data querying and analysis tools to perform bespoke research into underperforming KPIs
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3–5 years of analysis experience within a P&C insurance carrier, MGA, or insurance-focused public accounting / consulting firm
• Fluency in P&C insurance financial and operational KPIs; ability to interpret combined ratio components, loss trends, and channel economics without requiring actuarial or accounting support to frame the question
• Demonstrated experience building management reports and dashboards from raw data with minimal supervision
• Strong Excel modeling skills
• Ability to communicate financial findings clearly to non-finance stakeholders including underwriting and claims leadership
• Proficiency in SQL; ability to independently query relational databases, join multiple data sources, and build datasets for analysis without reliance on IT or a data team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
• Experience in training and refining predictive models
• Proficiency in Python

In-Office Requirements

This role is eligible to be fully remote, in approved Elephant states. However, being located in Central Virginia is preferred.

Work at Home Requirements

• A dedicated workspace that is free from background noise and distractions of any kind during business hours.
• A reliable high-speed broadband Internet service provider with a connection speed of at least 10 megabytes to meet bandwidth needs. Click here to test your internet speed.
• Access to a direct Ethernet cable connection physically connected to a router or modem is essential should your Wifi connection alone not be sufficient.

Workplace Qualifications: 

• Ability to work on a computer for a full workday.
• Ability to type on a keyboard.
• Ability to sit at a desk for a full workday.

Elephant Insurance Service LLC is an equal opportunity employer.