ISO Innovative Analytics

ISO Innovative Analytics (iiA), a unit of ISO, is an insurance solutions company specializing in applying advanced analytic techniques and data management skills to the challenge of accurately assessing risk in the property and casualty insurance industry.  Our clients include many of the nation’s leading property and casualty insurers.  We combine vast data resources with leading edge predictive modeling techniques to create the most accurate risk models in the industry.  Our clients use these models to give them a competitive advantage in executing their marketing, underwriting and pricing strategies. Our market position allows us to dedicate unparalleled time and talent to solving the industry’s analytic challenges.  The work environment at iiA is fast paced, fun and informal but highly professional.

Name of Position: Data Analyst (San Francisco)

 

Responsibilities:

·          Acquire data from customers, 3d party data providers, and sources internal to ISO

·          Program and execute data management and sanitation activities; geocoding, address standardization, data appending, data subsetting, joins, etc.

·          Combine data from multiple sources to create data sets suitable for predictive analytics

·          Apply analytic models to customer datasets in support of pilot testing and production activities

·          Maintain documentation of programs and data; maintain metadata

 

Skills and Qualifications:

·          BS/BA

·          3+ years experience working with large databases and SAS datasets

·          3+ years experience as a SAS programmer; other programming experience a plus

·          Proficient using SQL to extract data from and to load data to databases

·          High level understanding of statistical modeling and machine learning and experience providing data support for these activities

·          Experience working with geographic data

·          Strong analytic and problem solving skills

·          Strong attention to detail and documentation skills

·          Good communication skills; able to communicate effectively with a highly technical modeling team

 

Compensation:
Salary commensurate with qualifications.  Benefits include health, dental, vision, short and long term disability insurance, flexible health and dependent care spending accounts, commute assistance, 401(k), and vacation.

For consideration, please e-mail the following to NHayward@ISO.com:

 

1.  Salary History

2.  Cover letter summarizing related experience and expertise

3.  Resume

 

iiA is an equal opportunity employer.  We can only respond to candidates selected for consideration.

 

Posted 5/9/2008

 

Name of Position: Data Manager (San Francisco)

 

Responsibilities:

·          Manage the acquisition of data from customers, 3d party data providers, and sources internal to ISO

·          Research new data sources suitable for predictive analytics

·          Program and execute data management and sanitation activities; geocoding, address standardization, data appending, data subsetting, joins, etc.

·          Combine data from multiple sources to create data sets suitable for predictive analytics

·          Maintain documentation of programs and data; maintain metadata

·          Design and execute effective processes for the deployment of analytic models in production and pilot testing environments

 

Skills and Qualifications:

·          BS/BA

·          10+ years experience working with large databases and SAS datasets

·          Expert SAS programmer; other programming experience a plus

·          SQL Expert

·          High level understanding of statistical modeling and machine learning and experience providing data support for these activities

·          Experience working with geographic data

·          Strong analytic and problem solving skills

·          Strong attention to detail and documentation skills

·          Good communication skills; able to communicate effectively with a highly technical modeling team

 

Compensation:
Salary commensurate with qualifications.  Benefits include health, dental, vision, short and long term disability insurance, flexible health and dependent care spending accounts, commute assistance, 401(k), and vacation.
 

For consideration, please e-mail the following to NHayward@ISO.com:

 

1.  Salary History

2.  Cover letter summarizing related experience and expertise

3.  Resume

 

iiA is an equal opportunity employer.  We can only respond to candidates selected for consideration.

 

Posted 5/9/2008

 

Name of Position: Data Warehouse Administrator (San Francisco)

 

Responsibilities:

·          Maintenance of data warehouse used for predictive analytics

·          Designing and executing effective ETL processes for updates and additions to data warehouse

·          Database monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting

·          Understanding business and analytic data requirements and translate into an efficient data repository to support analytics as well as models in production

 

Skills and Qualifications:

·          Minimum of BS in Computer Science or similar relevant field, advanced degree a plus

·          5+ years experience as a DBA

·          Experience working with large, complex data warehouses

·          High level understanding of statistical modeling and machine learning and experience providing data support for these activities

·          Strong analytic and problem solving skills

·          Strong attention to detail and documentation skills

·          SAS user

·          Skills and experience must be transferable to multiple DBMS systems; MS SQL Server, DB2, Oracle.

·          Good communication skills; able to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization and varying levels of technical understanding

 

Compensation:
Salary commensurate with qualifications.  Benefits include health, dental, vision, short and long term disability insurance, flexible health and dependent care spending accounts, commute assistance, 401(k), and vacation.
 

For consideration, please e-mail the following to NHayward@ISO.com:

 

1.  Salary History

2.  Cover letter summarizing related experience and expertise

3.  Resume

 

iiA is an equal opportunity employer.  We can only respond to candidates selected for consideration.

 

Posted 5/9/2008

 

Name of Position: Data Warehouse Director (San Francisco)

 

Responsibilities:

·          Lead development and maintenance of data warehouse used for predictive analytics

·          Coordinate with corporate Enterprise Data Management, ISO IT and other related entities within ISO to build a best-in-class data management capability

·          Plan and design for growth of the data warehouse

·          Understand business and analytic data requirements and translate into an efficient data repository to support analytics as well as models in production

·          Manage and/or mentor less experienced team members

 

Skills and Qualifications:

·          Minimum of BS in Computer Science or similar relevant field, advanced degree a plus

·          10+ years experience as a DBA

·          5+ years experience developing, managing, and maintaining large, complex data warehouses

·          Thorough understanding of data modeling and architecture, database design, database optimization for ad hoc access, optimal indexing strategies, etc.

·          Experience working with geographic data

·          Strong analytic and problem solving skills

·          High level understanding of statistical modeling and machine learning and experience providing data support for these activities

·          Project Management skills

·          Good communication skills; able to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization and varying levels of technical understanding

·          Skills and experience must be transferable to multiple DBMS systems; MS SQL Server, DB2, Oracle.

·          SAS user

 

Compensation:
Salary commensurate with qualifications.  Benefits include health, dental, vision, short and long term disability insurance, flexible health and dependent care spending accounts, commute assistance, 401(k), and vacation.
 

For consideration, please e-mail the following to NHayward@ISO.com:

 

1.  Salary History

2.  Cover letter summarizing related experience and expertise

3.  Resume

 

iiA is an equal opportunity employer.  We can only respond to candidates selected for consideration.

 

Posted 5/9/2008