Head of Business Intelligence — Insurance & Investments

Job SummaryThe Head of Business Intelligence leads the enterprise BI and reporting function, transforming organizational data into reliable insights, dashboards, management reporting, and decision-support tools.Within Insurance & Investments, the role supports business performance across underwriting, claims, customer analytics, finance, risk, compliance, investment performance, portfolio management, and executive reporting.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and execute the enterprise Business Intelligence strategy and roadmap.Lead BI, reporting, data visualization, and management-information functions.Establish enterprise-wide reporting standards, KPIs, metrics, and data definitions.Develop executive dashboards and performance-management solutions.Lead self-service BI and analytics adoption across business functions.Design and manage:Enterprise dashboardsManagement reportsOperational reportingExecutive reportingKPI scorecardsPerformance analyticsRegulatory reporting solutionsPartner with Data Engineering and IT teams on data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, ETL/ELT, APIs, and data integration.Ensure BI outputs are based on accurate, consistent, governed, and trusted data.Establish data-quality and reporting-control processes.Support advanced analytics and data-science teams with reliable analytical datasets.Translate business requirements into BI solutions and analytical products.Identify trends, patterns, opportunities, and performance issues through data analysis.Lead BI modernization, automation, and migration to cloud-based analytics platforms.Oversee BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker, or equivalent platforms.Establish BI governance, access controls, security, and reporting standards.Ensure reporting supports finance, risk, compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements.Manage BI vendors, consultants, licenses, budgets, and technology partners.Lead and develop BI analysts, developers, data analysts, and reporting teams.Establish BI KPIs, SLAs, delivery standards, and quality controls.Present key insights and business-performance trends to senior leadership.Insurance & Investments BI FocusInsuranceBI solutions may cover:Premium and revenue performanceUnderwriting performanceClaims frequency and severityLoss ratiosPolicyholder/customer analyticsRetention and churnDistribution/channel performanceFraud indicatorsProduct profitabilityOperational KPIsRegulatory reportingInvestments / Asset ManagementBI solutions may cover:Portfolio performanceInvestment returnsAsset allocationRisk exposureAUM reportingInvestment-product performanceMarket analyticsClient/investor reportingPortfolio attributionTrading/transaction analyticsFinancial performanceIdeal Candidate Profile10–15+ years in Business Intelligence, analytics, data, reporting, or technology.5+ years in BI/analytics leadership.Previous experience as:Head of Business IntelligenceHead of BIHead of Business AnalyticsHead of AnalyticsDirector of Business IntelligenceBI DirectorDirector of AnalyticsDirector of Data & AnalyticsVP Business IntelligenceVP AnalyticsExperience in Insurance, Banking, Investment Management, Asset Management, Wealth Management, or Financial Services preferred.Strong expertise in:Business IntelligenceData visualizationExecutive dashboardsKPI/reporting frameworksData analyticsData warehousingETL/ELTData integrationData governanceSelf-service analyticsStrong knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker, or equivalent BI platforms.Understanding of SQL, data modelling, dimensional modelling, and analytical data architecture.Experience working with cloud data platforms and modern BI environments.Strong understanding of financial-services KPIs and reporting requirements.Strong stakeholder-management skills across Finance, Risk, Operations, Investments, IT, and executive leadership.Relevant bachelor's degree; Master's in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, or related discipline is advantageous.Originally posted on Himalayas