Senior Financial Analyst

Gallagher
Rolling Meadows, IL


Welcome to Gallagher - a global community of people who bring bold ideas, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We help clients navigate complexity with confidence by empowering businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll find a culture built on trust, driven by collaboration, and sustained by the belief that we’re better together. Whether you join us in a client-facing role or as part of our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of something bigger. Experience a workplace where you’re encouraged to be yourself, supported to succeed, and inspired to keep learning. That’s what it means to live The Gallagher Way.

Overview

As a Senior Financial Analyst on Gallagher’s Global Data & Analytics team, you’ll play a key role in transforming data into meaningful insights that drive strategic decisions. This role focuses on financial and operational analysis, reporting, and partnering with cross-functional teams to improve performance visibility—particularly across reinsurance-related metrics and broader business trends.

How you'll make an impact

What You’ll Do

  • Analyze financial and operational data from the global data warehouse to evaluate business performance, profitability, and risk/volatility
  • Build, refine, and validate key metrics, with a focus on reinsurance and performance insights
  • Develop and enhance reports and dashboards; identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities
  • Conduct variance and root-cause analysis to explain performance and provide forward-looking insights
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership
  • Perform market research and benchmarking using industry trends, economic data, and competitor insights
  • Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand priorities and proactively identify analytical opportunities
  • Collaborate with IT (onshore and offshore) to automate reporting and improve data solutions
  • Deliver accurate, timely analyses and respond to ad hoc requests as needed
  • Act as a trusted thought partner to leadership on financial and performance insights

About You

What You Bring

Required:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related field
  • 3+ years of financial analysis experience (insurance, brokerage, or financial services preferred)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with large datasets
  • Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI (Sigma experience a plus)
  • Familiarity with data platforms such as Snowflake
  • Experience creating data visualizations and dashboards
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex data to non-technical audiences

Preferred:

  • Experience with Tableau or Qlik
  • Experience with SQL, PowerPivot, or other big data tools

Compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

  • Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
  • Life and accident insurance
  • 401(K) and Roth options
  • Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
  • Educational expense reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

  • Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
  • Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
  • Training programs
  • Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
  • Charitable matching gift program
  • And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

Click Here to review our U.S. Eligibility Requirements

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Posted 2026-06-30

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