Business/QA Analyst

Description

The Actuarial IT Business Analyst will act as liaison between the user community within Alicos worldwide operation, the Finance Actuarial Department in Wilmington, and the Programmer Analysts within the Finance Actuarial IT Unit. This includes modifications for existing valuation extracts as well as the creation of new valuation extracts as needed to support the Finance Actuarial Department. In the capacity of Business Analyst, responsibilities include requirements elicitation and information gathering, solution analysis, documentation, and creation of business specifications. In the capacity of Quality Assurance Analyst, responsibilities include the creation and execution of test plans. Duties and Responsibilities 1.Conduct and document requirements gathering workshops to elicit requirements and gather relevant business information. 2.Partner with business units and IT teams to identify sources of data. 3.Define and document detailed functional specifications based on the business needs for the purpose of application/system development. 4.Continual interaction with IT teams in the development life cycle to identify and resolve issues and queries. 5.Create test plans and execute QA testing. 6.Maintain clear documentation and proof of executed testing. 7.Act as a subject matter expert in life insurance / actuarial processes, procedures, products and standards. 8.Carry out mentoring role for junior business analysts and QA analysts. 9.Maintain required SarbanesOxley controls. Qualifications and Experience Required 1.Bachelors degree or related work experience. 2.Minimum 3 years of actual work experience as a business analyst. 3.Life insurance knowledge or experience is preferred. 4.Finance Actuarial or strong financial background is highly desirable. 5.Strong written and oral communication skills are required. 6.Proven skills for eliciting requirements, gathering and analyzing information, documenting, communicating, and problem solving are required. 7.Must be able to travel overseas as a member of a requirement / information gathering team or an implementation team.