Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Primary Location: Hybrid 2 days in the office. Open to any of the following locations Cedar Rapids or Des Moines IA Rosemont IL or Baton Rouge LA.
Position Type: Direct Hire Interview Process FIRST INTERVIEW IS INPERSON/ONSITE at the Company location that the candidate is local to!
Compensation Information
The expected salary range for this position is $100000 $125000 per year depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as health insurance 401(k) and paid time off. We are committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
Driven & analytical fulltime Senior Business Analyst! This is a new fulltime opportunity with our premier client in the Life Insurance industry. Candidates must have Life Insurance and Annuities Insurance industry experience to qualify for this position.
Overview / Summary
- The role of the Senior Business Analyst is to develop and ensure quality of business analysis deliverables across the organization in support of key projects varying from small to complex.
- The Senior Business Analyst will create clear and consistent business requirements analyze data design and automate processes and implement technology strategies.
- The Senior Business Analyst will also be required to develop testing documentation and perform testing to ensure business requirements are met.
WHAT YOULL DO: Job Responsibilities: - Translates conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers the project management team and key stakeholders.
- Work with internal resources and processes as well as multiple outside vendor resources and processes.
- Manages and tracks the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; clarify and redefine as necessary.
- Develops and utilizes standard templates to write requirements and specifications accurately and concisely.
- Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements.
- Collaborate with project manager project business owner SMEs and vendors to determine project scope and define requirements.
- Define test strategy and perform user acceptance testing.
- Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately track and manage test plans and defects.
- Facilitates meetings focused on requirements gathering requirements walkthrough test results and defect resolution.
- Communicate issues effectively to multiple levels within the organization.
- Recreate issues and document requirements for system enhancements.
- Create documentation and training materials Provide enduser training to internal and external customers.
- Researches reviews and analyzes the different ways to meet the needs of the business within individual projects.
- Researches reviews and analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirementsgathering processes and develops strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes.
- Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
- Effectively communicate insights and plans to crossfunctional team members and management.
WHAT YOULL NEED: Education Knowledge and Experience - Bachelors degree.
- 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
- Life Insurance and Annuities business analysis experience.
- Third Party Administrator (TPAs) and Vendor Management experience a plus.
- Excellent MS Excel and other data technology experience such as Power BI SQL Access etc.
- Business analysis experience in crossplatform projects and multiple vendors with minimal supervision.
- Experience mentoring and training team members on processes systems platforms tools etc.
- Experience with Salesforce is a plus!
Skills and Abilities - Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Strong business and collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel Access Word PPT).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexible cando attitude willing to help with all types of tasks in an ever changing environment.
- Passion to learn new things and design new solutions.
- Work both independently and as part of a team.
If applying for this role Please take each key point and provide number of years experience and what you would rate yourself 1 thru 10 (10 being expert) for each key point. Send your resume and notes on the role to expediate our recruiting services.