Job Title: Business Systems Analyst - Life insurance
Location: New Haven, CT 06473 (Remote working in EST time
Zone)
Contract to hire
Summary of the job
- Life,
Annuity and Universal Life (UL)
- Ingenium
(preferred - Not required)
- Scrum
- Preferred
- Agile
methodologies,
- Azure
Devops, JIRA
- Technical
Background - BA
- Data
Analytics Background
- Advanced
skills in Excel
- Test
Automation and scripting nice to have
- Very
good Communication skills
- Self-motivated,
Take initiative
Overview
- The Business Systems
Analyst will solicit, understand, and document the business
requirements, processes and workflows developing both written and visual depictions of
requirements and process flows. - This includes
understanding, documenting, and evaluating business processes through
interviewing stakeholders.
- The business systems
analyst elicits, gathers compiles and documents user requirements and
translates them into functional requirements for technology solutions with
an eye to improving processes and systems, enhancing their sustainability,
and delivering maximum return on investment.
- They perform data
analysis, data mapping, and data visualization.
- They work with the
programming and architecture staff in designing solutions based on
functional requirements including conducting gap analysis.
- The Business Systems
Analyst must have an understanding of business, functional, and technical
aspects of both the business processes and the systems used within the
portfolio they support including integrations points and impacts to other
business units/systems.
Core Responsibilities
- Evaluate business
processes anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for
- improvement, and eliciting
requirements for change.
- Conduct interviews to
gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site
visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.
- Conducts data gathering
and analysis to develop business requirements and assist in identifying
business priorities and recommended timelines.
- Performs data mapping and
data analysis. Creates data mapping and data visualization documents.
- Prepare business cases
which define potential benefits, options for achieving these benefits
through development of new or changed processes, and associated business
risks.
- Assist with the
interpretation of user requirements into feasible options and communicate
these back to the business stakeholders.
- Deliver precise functional
specifications to include functional hierarchy, workflow, business rules,
interface design and definitions, outstanding issues, data analysis, and
data mapping to clients and development staff.
- Conduct gap analysis
between application and stated customer requirements and collaborate with
Architects and Developers to estimate project impact.
- Prepare effort estimation
including researching and estimating costs of upgrades and relevance of
vendor packages.
- Evaluate release notes for
vendor products. Determine impact on current business processes and assist
in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for
enhancements and revised processes.
- Perform requirements
analysis. Document and Communicate the results of the analysis.
- Translate business
requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is
comprehensible to developers, project team and business owner(s).
- Participate in technical
design of solutions with programmers, solution architects, and other team
members.
- Analyze and verify
requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility,
feasibility, and conformity to standards.
- Develop and utilize
standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements
specifications.
- Create process models,
specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers
and/or the project team.
- Develop and conduct peer
reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement
specifications are correctly interpreted.
- Select, adopt and adapt
appropriate business analysis methods, tools and techniques; selecting
appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive
(iterative/agile) approaches.
- Collaborate with
stakeholders at all levels, conducting of investigations for strategy
studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
- Provide leadership,
training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff. Provides technical
guidance to other team members.
- Triage and analyze
incidents and problems. Provide clear analysis results including business
impact.
- Assist business analyst(s)
and test analyst(s) with duties as necessary.
- On-Call and/or after-hours
work required.
Essential Competencies
- Professionalism/Personal
Accountability, Collaboration and Teamwork, Communication,
- Flexible Adapts to Change,
Service to Customers and Clients
Skill Qualifications
Required:
- Experience with life,
annuity and universal life (UL) products
- Experience working with IT
development staff on complex projects
- Strong technical
background and ability to analyze and understand the technical aspects of
the underlying systems.
- Strong Data analysis and
presentation skills
- Ability to work
collaboratively within a team environment to support deadlines
- Ability to handle multiple
tasks concurrently
- Proven experience with
business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling,
verification, and methodology development
- Ability to influence
stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
- Excellent documentation
skills
- Excellent oral and written
communication skills
- Strong analytical and
conceptual thinking skills
- Experience creating
detailed reports and giving presentations
- Excellent planning,
organizational, and time management skills
- Ability to create
systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical
and user-friendly language
- Exceptional analytical and
statistical skills with the ability to apply them to systems issues and
products as required
- In depth experience with
Agile methodologies
- Experience with Azure
DevOps Boards
- Understanding of the
digital platform, cloud applications, web services/APIs
- Data analysis skills
including ability to perform intermediate to advanced SQL queries
- Competency in Microsoft
applications including Visio, Word, PowerPoint and
- Outlook. Advanced skill in
Excel including formulas, pivot tables, vlookup, and macros.
Preferred:
- Scrum
Master experience
- Experience
with Ingenium Policy Administration system a major plus
- Experience
with agent commissions, payroll and reporting.
- Experience
in test automation scripting
Education and Experience Qualifications
Required:
- BS or BA
with emphasis in computer science, information systems or business
- administration
- 5-7 or
more years related work experience
- Preferred:
- Certification
of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) and/or Certified
- Business
Analysis professions (CBAP) preferred
A reasonable, good faith estimate of the minimum and
maximum hourly wage for this position is $50 to $55/hr.
Benefits for our contractors
At Harvey Nash, we know that great technology professionals deserve great support. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive—professionally and personally. From company-contributed medical, dental, and vision plans to a 401(k), we invest in your health and future. You’ll also enjoy perks like referral bonuses, commuter savings, a mobile payroll app for easy access to your pay and benefits, and a variety of voluntary insurance options to fit your lifestyle. Join a global IT leader that values your expertise, rewards your contributions, and supports your well-being every step of the way.
* The pay range
listed above reflects the expected starting salary /Pay rate for this role. This range
may be adjusted based on market conditions, location, and other relevant
factors. The Company will determine the final starting salary/Pay rate in consultation
with the selected candidate(s), in full compliance with applicable laws.
