Data Business Systems Analyst

Location(s)

Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colorado, St. Louis, Missouri

Details

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Position Summary:

Kemper is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Data Business Systems Analyst to provide independent validation and quality assurance across enterprise data platforms, business processes, and reporting solutions. This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, reliability, and regulatory compliance of critical business data and end-to-end data workflows.

The Data Systems Analyst serves as an independent quality function within the Data Engineering organization, partnering closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, data architects, product owners, compliance teams, and operational teams to validate business requirements, identify data quality risks, and ensure enterprise data solutions meet business and regulatory expectations.

The ideal candidate possesses strong expertise in data analysis, data warehousing, systems analysis, business process validation, testing methodologies, and data governance. This individual will independently assess data quality across source systems, transformations, integrations, reporting platforms, and downstream consumers while driving continuous improvement in enterprise data quality practices.

Position Responsibilities:Production Incident and Problem Management

• Investigate production data incidents and quality issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and identify corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with engineering and operational teams to prioritize remediation activities.
• Track recurring issues and recommend long-term quality improvements.

Test Strategy and Quality Assurance

• Develop and maintain comprehensive testing strategies for enterprise data platforms and business-critical processes.
• Create test cases, test scenarios, traceability matrices, and validation documentation.
• Establish risk-based testing approaches to ensure appropriate coverage of critical business functions.
• Define quality gates and acceptance criteria for data products and platform releases.