Data Scientist
The Company
Willis Towers Watson is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has 40,000 employees serving more than 140 countries. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas - the dynamic formula that drives business performance. Together, we unlock potential. Learn more at willistowerswatson.com.
The Business
Investment, Risk and Reinsurance
Our sophisticated approach to risk helps clients free up capital. We work in close concert with investors, reinsurers, and insurers to manage the equation between risk and return. Blending advanced analytics with deep institutional knowledge, we reveal new opportunities to maximize performance.
Willis Towers Watson's insurance consulting business works with major insurers around the world on issues that range from economic capital and regulatory change to the intricacies of hedging and other forms of asset-liability management. Applying deep analytical skills, we help insurers:
The Role
We are searching for a Data Scientist with a passion for delivering innovative analytical solutions
You will deliver high quality work for our broad set of UK clients, working on projects including behavioural modelling, price optimisation, financial risk modelling and big data analytics.
You will join a team that works with a huge variety of leading financial institutions across the world, including almost all of the top UK insurers as well as intermediaries, data and software houses and other financial and non-financial organisations.
You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyse data, draw insight and present results. These experiences will help build on your technical knowledge as well as deliver high profile projects to household name clients.
Job Requirements The Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Willis Towers Watson is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has 40,000 employees serving more than 140 countries. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas - the dynamic formula that drives business performance. Together, we unlock potential. Learn more at willistowerswatson.com.
The Business
Investment, Risk and Reinsurance
Our sophisticated approach to risk helps clients free up capital. We work in close concert with investors, reinsurers, and insurers to manage the equation between risk and return. Blending advanced analytics with deep institutional knowledge, we reveal new opportunities to maximize performance.
Willis Towers Watson's insurance consulting business works with major insurers around the world on issues that range from economic capital and regulatory change to the intricacies of hedging and other forms of asset-liability management. Applying deep analytical skills, we help insurers:
- Identify and deploy the metrics and methodologies that will meet their risk and capital management needs
- Solve practical business problems, applying the latest techniques and software solutions to help grow revenue and create competitive advantage
- Foresee and avoid major losses, enhance risk-adjusted returns, and establish and meet strategic objectives
The Role
We are searching for a Data Scientist with a passion for delivering innovative analytical solutions
You will deliver high quality work for our broad set of UK clients, working on projects including behavioural modelling, price optimisation, financial risk modelling and big data analytics.
You will join a team that works with a huge variety of leading financial institutions across the world, including almost all of the top UK insurers as well as intermediaries, data and software houses and other financial and non-financial organisations.
You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyse data, draw insight and present results. These experiences will help build on your technical knowledge as well as deliver high profile projects to household name clients.
Job Requirements The Requirements
Essential
- Minimum of MSc in a Quantitative subject (PhD Preferred), particularly focussed toward data science or machine learning analytics
- Strong experience of R and Python coding
- UK motor insurance analytics background an advantage but not essential
- A passion for coding, data and analytics
- An interest and aptitude for developing new ideas and techniques
- Have 'credibility' with both clients and internally
- Work collaboratively with fellow associates both in the UK and more widely in EMEA
- Demonstrate commitment to clients
- Show commitment to exceptional delivery
- Ability to write client deliverables / reports in a clear, concise and appropriate way
- Proactive, energetic, and can demonstrate being a "safe pair of hands"
Desirable
- Experience of pricing for the UK personal lines insurance aggregator distribution channel, claims systems/processes, data enrichment, data hubs and IHP