Job Description

About Us

The world isn\'t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We\'re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers\' evolving needs. That\'s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You\'ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

You\'ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards - a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

Allstate operate a very flexible hybrid working policy that will allow you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager with a blend of remote and office working for NI based employees as well as condensed working patterns (4 day week/9 day fortnight).

Join our team and you\'ll find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance.

Location

Northern Ireland

Your role in the team

The Enterprise Economics & Risk Analysis (EERA) team is a cross-functional team operating at the heart of decision-making at Allstate. The team quantifies and optimizes risk and return for Allstate leveraging a comprehensive economic capital model. EERA is led by the Chief Economist and has team members in USA, UK, and India. The team reports to the Chief Risk Officer and provides advice directly to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Directors.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Economic Capital branch of EERA to support economic capital decision-making and business-wide risk analysis. Responsibilities will include development of new analytical tools to make better strategic decisions and enhancements to existing tools and processes in the team.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

• Developing data infrastructure projects & proof of concept business solutions for users of the economic capital model
• Working directly with data scientists, risk analysts and economists on needs and tactical solutions
• Executing new data engineering work tracks for the economic capital model and analytics from inception and prototyping to fully developed solutions
• Leading/assisting in developing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes with highly dynamic data (I.e., constantly changing definitions, formatting, multitude of potential errors & revisions, etc.)
• Leading/assisting in migration from local development to analytical servers and/or cloud-based environments
• Exploring options for optimization runtime performance of code including incorporating concurrency, rewriting portions of code in a higher performance language than python, general enhancements of existing code performance by incorporating more efficient algorithms, adding caching, etc.
• Potentially setting up CI/CD pipelines, assist with hosting REST APIs, etc.
• Potentially leading pulling more difficult to obtain Allstate internal data as well as external data
• Providing support on requirement development for analytic data sources, breaking down business problems into solvable components and assisting with documenting requirements with minimal supervision
• Executing rapid development of new data and analytic work tracks with fast iteration over quick sprints
• Building test scripts, executing testing, working with data scientists and business to ensure end user acceptance
• Leveraging agile data analysis with technology fluency in programming, software/programming languages and technologies (i.e. SQL, Python, Github Actions, Spark, Kafka, Scala and Hadoop), paired with a high degree of analytic agility to be able to meet fluid and dynamic business needs in this space
• Participating in the development of enterprise data assets, information platforms or data spaces designed for exploring and understanding the data
• Participating in the development of new concepts, proof of concept designs, and prototypes for business or research data solutions so that business users may visually understand and explore a new feature or functionality before implementation to expose design assumptions and drive ideation
• Mentoring other team members in a business technical environment and promote an environment that supports innovation and process improvement

So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

• All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK\'
• Must have achieved a degree in computer science, software or computer engineering or information technology to the level of:

• 2.1 degree classification or equivalent with at least one year of experience in Python
• A quantitative PhD with proven experience in Python
• Database development knowledge and experience (i.e. SQL)

We also have some desirable criteria

• Must have achieved a degree in computer science, software or computer engineering information technology or data analytics to the level of:

• First Class/Distinction degree classification or equivalent with at least one year of experience in Python
• Knowledge of: Git/Github, R, Java, Power BI, C++, Rust, Go, Spark, PowerPoint
• Understanding of financial markets, insurance, financial modeling, and GAAP/STAT accounting for insurance companies
• An ability to communicate complex ideas and analysis into practical terms for non-experts

What we offer

As Digital DNA\'s Workplace of the Year 2020 & 2022 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

We encourage a better work life balance and you\'ll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2nd February 2024

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