Essent underwrites private mortgage insurance and title insurance from Radnor, PA, with a finance-heavy hiring mix centered on accounting close, reinsurance and statutory reporting. Its BI layer is consolidating: Power BI, DAX and Power Query are in use while IBM Cognos and Amazon QuickSight are being replaced, matching an active enterprise Power BI modernization and dashboard build on top of Redshift and Informatica IDMC.
Notable leadership hires: Human Resources Director
Essent is a publicly traded insurer founded in 2008 and headquartered in Radnor, PA, operating through subsidiaries Essent Guaranty and Essent Title Insurance. Essent Guaranty provides private mortgage insurance, is approved by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and works with more than 1,500 U.S. lenders. Essent Title offers title underwriting, curative and closing services across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The company employs 501–1,000 people and hires in the United States.
Essent uses Power BI, DAX, Power Query, Amazon Redshift, AWS, Informatica IDMC, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Python, Java, C#, SAP, NetSuite, Concur and SugarCRM.
Yes. IBM Cognos and Amazon QuickSight appear as replaced tools, while Essent is running an enterprise Power BI modernization and building enterprise-grade dashboards.
Hiring is steady and led by finance and operations, followed by sales, data and engineering, all in the United States, plus a Human Resources Director leadership role.
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