Data Analyst Intern

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting of patterns, insights, and trends in order to drive business decisions and address business questions.

• Summarizes analysis into user-friendly deliverables by translating detailed data into business-appropriate communication and recommendations.

• Produce actionable reports that show key performance indicators, identify areas of improvement into current operations, and display root cause analysis of problems.

• Ability and desire to learn the business domain supported. Begins to apply knowledge towards analysis and deliverables.

• Learning business process and user tasks.

• Learning best practices, methodologies, standards, and processes.

• Takes direction to design and develop deliverables based on findings and business client needs.

• Collaborates with team for speed, agility and innovation in work.

• Occasionally contributes to the growth and development of immediate team through active sharing of results and insights.

• Embraces continuous learning, curiosity, and ambiguity.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, Statistics, Business or related field

• Coursework in programming and analytical methods or visualization and storytelling

• Access, gather, and analyze data from internal and external sources to drive insights into business problems, decisions, and performance

• Creates and produces forecasts, reports, dashboards, etc. to tell a story through data

• Data visualization best practices

• Creates forecasts and recommendations based on business data and market knowledge

• Utilizes analytics and metrics to recommend improvements to processes and provide data-driven forecasts

• Experience in one or more development or analytical tools such as SAS, SQL, MS Excel, SPSS, R or other tool

• Visualization tooling like PowerBI or Tableau.

Next steps

We encourage you to apply! Once your application is reviewed, if selected to move forward, a member of the team will reach out regarding next steps of our recruiting process.

Who we are

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 160 years through a distinctive planning approach that integrates risk management with wealth accumulation, preservation, and distribution. With more than $290 billion in assets, $30 billion in revenues and more than $1.9 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 4.6 million clients. People are the power behind Northwestern Mutual, and diversity makes us better. We are committed to reflecting and serving the marketplace. We do so by attracting and improving the engagement of those who bring their outstanding perspectives, ideas, and beliefs. At Northwestern Mutual, people matter. And you’ll be working for a company that’s consistently voted among the “most admired” in the nation. We invite you to explore your career interests with us.

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Pay rates for internships are determined based on academic tenure and major.

Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

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We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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