Business Analyst
Location: Chesterfield, MO
Duration: Long Term Contract
With little or minimal supervision, leads client business studies ensuring business needs are met within timelines and budgets, identifying client’s business needs for complex systems development. Elicits and documents requirements and partners with project team to ensure appropriate solutions are designed and developed. Trains client-users on system functionality and supports them during all phases of implementation.
Required:
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience
· 5-7 years IT-related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance
Preferred:
7+ years IT-related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance,
· LOMA (Life Office Management Association) Certification; ARA (Associate, Reinsurance Administration) Designation
· Experience using VISIO or similar software development tool
· Insurance/Reinsurance industry experience
Skills and Abilities
Required:
Advanced Word, intermediate Excel and SQL/Query skills
· Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge.
· Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.
· Advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem solving skills
· Advanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously; Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
· Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects
· Ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives
· Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions
· Advanced skills in customer relationship management
· Advanced data analysis skill
· Ability to manage multiple projects or teams and set applicable goals
· Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills
· Ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
· Broad business knowledge
· Ability to train internal associates and external clients on system capabilities and processes
· Ability to develop requirement documents and user stories.
· Ability to read, review and understand XML output.
· Ability to travel as required (up to 25%)