Lil Griggs
Summary
Highly motivated data analyst with five years of experience in insurance sector as a market analyst, methodology specialist prior to upskilling and working in the public sector.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Analyst
DOMINO, Department Of Social Services
01.2023 - Current
- Handling data requests from internal stakeholders, including directly liaising with them to understand policy context and requirements.
- Translated SAS code to PySpark for one of DOMINO datasets and performed testing.
- Compiled data request for Minister's Office under tight deadlines.
- Compiled and performed quality assurance of data extract for Robodebt Royal Commission for which received acknowledgement by Branch manager.
- Modified PySpark code of data integration pipeline for Disability Employment Services team enabling low cost integration with ABS data.
Data Analyst, Data Graduate Program
Department Of Social Services
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Performed quality assurance on data extraction and visualization code, and findings were included in report for Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).
- Contributed to wide range of projects delivered by Analytics Hub:
- Participated in requirements gathering with stakeholders (Redress scheme, Individual placement support program).
- Contributed to report for setting national targets for 2022-2032 to reduce violence against women.
- Made R-markdown first draft document for internal stakeholder informing about eligible clients of one of program services.
- Prepared presentation for director to present at Data Conferences.
Data Analyst, DSS Data Graduate Program
Department Of Social Services
02.2022 - 07.2022
- Produced report analysing data maturity of payment types in DSS administrative dataset that was well received by Branch Manager.
- Prepared ad hoc brief for incoming government on aged pensioners' median home value to inform need for policy change that was well received by Branch Manager.
Floods and COVID Claims Officer
Services Australia, DSS
03.2022 - 04.2022
- Processed disaster recovery and COVID-19 pandemic claims by consulting operational guidelines, staying up to date on daily changes, consulting with team leaders.
- Identified and reported fraudulent cases.
Departmental Officer
Department Of Education, Skills And Employment
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked in small team to develop and present draft for “From idea to live” workflow of IT Projects combining human-centred design with agile ways of working which was well received by Assistant Secretary who was championing project.
- Engaged with internal teams to find proven ways of working to incorporate into project.
Methodologist, Market Analyst
LEEGA Insurance Company
02.2011 - 04.2016
- Produced quarterly insurance market analysis reports for leadership of Company using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
- Efficiently liaised with IT department, Claims and Accounting departments to elicit business requirements and promoted solutions through multilateral and bilateral negotiations.
- Provided training, developed task cards and procedures for users of bespoke software.
- Provided support to software developers on business processes of Company with managing data migration processes.
- Managed team of six contractors for data entry and guided them to complete volume of work within given deadline.
Education
M.D. - Business Informatics
University of Canberra
2021
Certificate of Completion of Basic Actuarial Training - Insurance
United Nations Development Programme
Y2010
Master of Arts - Economics (Econometrics)
Yerevan State University
2009
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Yerevan State University
2007
Skills
- Practical experience in PySpark and SQL in Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)
- Working knowledge of SAS, R, Python, Azure DevOps, GitLab
Accomplishments
- Awarded with Dean's Excellence Award 2021 for achieving a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 6.5 or above in 2021 from Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Canberra
- Awarded with the Certificate of Appreciation for my contribution to the automation processes to improve workflow efficiency.
- Supervised team of 5 staff members to do data entry for 4000 claims cases under tight deadlines.
- Increased buy-in from internal stakeholders when introducing new software for claims handling processes.
Additional Information
- AWARDS , Dean's Excellence Award 2021 for achieving a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 6.5 or above in 2021 from Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Canberra Certificate of appreciation by the RGS Insurance for my contribution to the automation processes of the Company. Government funded scholarship for Master in Mathematical Modelling in Economics for academic excellence marks from Bachelor's degree. Government funded scholarship for Bachelor's degree in Economics for excellent marks from high school.
Certification
Dean’s Excellence Award 2021 for achieving a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 6.5 or above in 2021 from Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Canberra
Timeline
Data Analyst
DOMINO, Department Of Social Services
01.2023 - Current
Data Analyst, Data Graduate Program
Department Of Social Services
07.2022 - 12.2022
Floods and COVID Claims Officer
Services Australia, DSS
03.2022 - 04.2022
Data Analyst, DSS Data Graduate Program
Department Of Social Services
02.2022 - 07.2022
Departmental Officer
Department Of Education, Skills And Employment
07.2021 - 12.2021
Methodologist, Market Analyst
LEEGA Insurance Company
02.2011 - 04.2016
M.D. - Business Informatics
University of Canberra
Certificate of Completion of Basic Actuarial Training - Insurance
United Nations Development Programme
Master of Arts - Economics (Econometrics)
Yerevan State University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Yerevan State University
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