Business Analyst

Job description:

Position Overview

The Client is Looking for Individual Markets Discretionary Portfolio Team is looking for a Business Analyst to lead cross functional analyses and activities which inform both strategic change and operational processes throughout the company. The right person for this role has excellent analytical abilities, has a demonstrated ability to apply analytics to solve business problems and identify opportunities, and has a strong understanding of business strategy, operations and KPI development.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively drive change in the company’s business processes that show tangible improvements in the company’s performance
• Assist in delivering on behalf of Clients Project portfolio that aligns with the company's strategy and delivers on key business objectives
• Work closely with portfolio managers and business subject matter experts (SMEs) in driving strategic planning activities during planning and budgeting cycles.
• Work closely with project managers, stakeholders, and development teams to define and document project requirements, scope, systems functions, processes, challenges and opportunities to successfully implement solutions for complex projects
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of project and test plans
• Process mapping documentation
• Developing training and system procedure documentation
• Providing post-implementation support to measure and ensure project benefits were realized
• Report on critical project KPIs
• Facilitating business requirement walkthrough meetings and partnering with the business on functional specification reviews
• Independently managing projects of light complexity from initiation to implementation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and at least three (3+) years of business analyst experience in (OR 10+ years of Business Analyst experience and a high school diploma) in an insurance or financial services company.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to quantify impacts and synthesize data from multiple sources
• Experience with business modeling or process mapping
• Demonstrated self-starter and effective individual contributor
• Strong financial acumen and ability to complete Cost Benefit Analysis work independently
• Strong analytical, organization and interpersonal skills
• Experience working within various delivery methodologies.
• Agile experience is required. Scaled Agile experience is a plus.
• Ability to excel and lead in a fast-paced environment while taking on diverse responsibilities
• Ability to understand, document and effectively communicate up and down stream system and process impacts
• Excellent communication skills, work ethic and a high level of personal integrity and accountability
• Strong experience with Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel and Visio a plus
• Must have an entrepreneurial attitude and have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities
• Experience working with external vendors and outsourced business models is a plus