Business Analyst
7799 Leesburg Pike North Tower, Suite 600
- IT
- Internship
- business analyst
- quantitative analysis
- SQL
The Business Analyst at RPS leverages quantitative analysis and SQL skills to identify performance gaps and deliver actionable insights that drive program improvements. They collaborate with executive leaders and stakeholders to complete complex analyses and present findings through executive-ready presentations. The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, automation of repetitive tasks, and mentoring junior team members within a financially oriented, insurance-preferred industry environment.
How you'll make an impact
As an Analyst for Program Strategy, you will execute quantitative analysis to drive actionable insights. Your insights should identify performance gaps and hypotheses for root cause, leading to specific action plans to capitalize on opportunities. In this role, you’ll work closely with executive leaders and internal stakeholders across the organization to complete complex ad-hoc analyses under tight deadlines. The ideal candidate can juggle multiple, time-sensitive analyses, effectively communicate expectations to internal and external stakeholders and streamline analytics processes/reporting where possible.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicate with stakeholders to determine analytical needs
- Identify, manipulate, and extract data for analysis using SQL
- Conduct root cause analysis to identify key drivers and actionable insights
- Embed quality checks to ensure numerical accuracy and logical consistency
- Consult with subject matter experts to deepen understanding of findings
- Develop executive-ready presentations to communicate insights
- Recommend program improvements based on analytical findings
- Automate repetitive tasks to improve team efficiency
- Mentor and coach junior team members, providing real-time feedback
About You
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, finance, data science, chemistry, engineering, or economics
- Expert in Microsoft products – Excel, Power Pivot, Power BI
- Intermediate to expert level in SQL for reading and manipulating data
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance as needed
- Clear, concise, and effective communicator
- Excellent problem-solving skills as well as critical thinking and conceptual thinking abilities
- 4+ years of relevant professional experience in business intelligence, analytics, statistics, data science, or related field
- Communication and stakeholder management skills
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
- Statistical analysis
- Basic programming knowledge
- Data preparation/cleaning
- Data visualization and presentation
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 3 years’ professional experience with quantitative analysis
- 2 years of experience in financial services industry. Insurance preferred.
- Less than 20% travel
- Communication and stakeholder management skills
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
- Statistical analysis
- Basic programming knowledge
- Data preparation/cleaning
- Data visualization and presentation
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 3 years of prior relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
Compensation and benefits
We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
- Life and accident insurance
- 401(K) and Roth options
- Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
- Educational expense reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
Other benefits include:
- Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
- Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
- Training programs
- Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
- Charitable matching gift program
- And more...
**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.
We value inclusion and diversity
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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.




