Since 1905, American National Insurance Company, founded and headquartered Galveston, Texas, has successfully managed a broad portfolio of insurance and financial products and services, to deliver on our promise to be there for our clients and communities when they need us most.

Our legacy is built on our FIRST values: financial strength, integrity, respect, service and teamwork. More than a century later, we continue to deliver products, services and a work culture that provide a sense of security to our clients and employees.

American National’s future is bright, thanks to new partnerships and ventures in diverse growth products aimed to leverage our full potential and become a leading provider in life, annuity and property and casualty insurance and services.

In our own community, American National is committed to fostering a culture that welcomes diverse talents and perspectives and uses varied insights to make us better. We value the creativity and vitality that an inclusive workforce creates and strive to embrace what makes each of us unique.

American National is seeking a Pension Risk Transfer Data Analyst for our Galveston, TX location. This position is also available with a remote option. The focus of this role is to assist with the company’s day to day PRT operations, including new client onboarding, monthly annuity payroll, annuity administration, and data related initiatives that aim to help accelerate American National’s capabilities as a group annuity market leader. This role will participate in business-wide data projects that will support the management team with business decisions.

Essential Functions

Client Onboarding

Support client onboarding activities that involve leading calls with plan sponsors/brokers/TPA; confirm onboarding data questions; review test confirm reports from payment payroll; execution of User Acceptance Testing and production data validation; review of welcome kits test cases and web portal test cases; and peer review of onboarding files by other team member(s)

Monthly Payroll

Support payroll activities through variance analysis and reconciliation of monthly payroll reports and preparation of reconciliation reports for pension plan sponsors / administrators, reinsurers and other insurers

Annuity Administration

Assist with ongoing annuity administration such as investigation and resolution of claims related queries from plan sponsors, administrators, reinsurers and/or other insurers, validation of monthly reports, delivery of ad-hoc requests for member data and/or reports and support of ongoing data related initiatives, i.e., life audits, review of tax slips etc.

Additional Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other functions and departments, including actuarial, investments, risk, finance, and compliance on each winning bid
• Collaborate with management and/or cross functional teams on data related projects to help maintain or develop new reporting solutions that will help enable business decisions and/or support operational efficiencies
• Apply appropriate data engineering techniques and processes to optimize data flows and consumption
• Maintain monthly and year over year dashboards to assist with reporting to senior management
• Utilize data visualization tools and techniques for more impactful reporting
• Apply data quality methodology, i.e., completeness and accuracy to drive an exceptional onboarding experience for our clients
• Operate within defined data governance framework
• Effectively communicate complex data findings in a clear & concise manner to multi-disciplined teams
• Assist with the maintenance of the Operations team’s playbook for ease of training and knowledge transfer to team members
• Assist with training new team members as required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Two to four years of experience with data analysis and interfacing with clients.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and advanced knowledge of Excel in particular
• Project planning and project management skills are ideal
• Experience with data visualization tools
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and perform well under pressure
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Quick to learn new skills and applications
• Flexible and willing to take on a variety of tasks
• Strong team player that is motivated and resourceful to work as part of a small and dedicated team

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Data Science or equivalent preferred
• Knowledge of group annuities/pensions is highly desirable
• Prior experience working with retirement plans and/or defined contribution plans.
• Experience with business intelligence software (e.g., Power BI), and/or PowerApps a plus