Business Analyst – Data Platform

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Job description

Who You Are

Education Requirements/Professional Experience and Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience including previous working experience as a BI/Data Analyst
  
• Insurance or Financial Services Reporting experience preferred
  
• 2+ years of experience in Agile and Scrum principles, CSPO or CSM certification a plus
  
• Strong problem solving, communication, and analytical skills
  
• Understanding of software design concepts and techniques
  
• Outstanding written/verbal communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  
• Highly organized, detail oriented, self-motivated, and be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment with demanding internal and external deadlines
  
• Excellent time management skills, with strong ability to juggle multiple priorities
  
• Proven ability to deliver quality results in a rigorous and dynamic business environment.
  
• Intermediate level skill in MS Office, particularly in Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, formulas, queries) preferred
  

What You Will Do

Responsibilities and Essential Duties:

• Responsible for requirements gathering and planning for the data platform.
  
• Managing data products through their lifecycle.
  
• Work closely with the stakeholders to prioritize, gather, and document business requirements.
  
• Work with the scrum team to deliver quality products and features.
  
• Gain a thorough understanding of internal and external applications: Understand how all elements of the data and software ecosystem work together and develop reporting approaches that fit business teams needs and objectives
  
• Act as liaison between Program Managers, Project Managers, Underwriting, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations teams as appropriate.
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders, SMEs, and developers through various formats to ensure implementations and designs meet usability specifications.
  
• Conducts and facilitates effective project meetings including requirements gathering, bug triage, and story refinement.
  
• Participate and support the scrum team by acting as the Product Owner.
  
• Gather and document quality user stories with detailed acceptance criteria and supporting documentation.
  
• Decompose high-level concepts and information into detailed, workable epics and user stories.
  
• UX and High-Level UI design skills to present concepts back to business and R&D teams.
  
• Work with stakeholders to define the product vision and roadmap.
  
• Provide backlog management and sprint planning.
  
• Provide presentations to stakeholders regarding requirements, sprint summary, and roadmap status.
  
• Provide clarification concerning business requirements throughout the project.
  
• Work with QA to define testing strategy and identify use cases.
  
• Participate in monitoring and approval of QA test cases.
  
• Coordinate with operations to conduct UAT.
  
• Coordinate release activities which includes preparing the change management process, release notes, end user guides and smoke testing strategies.
  
• Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail at all times; look for ways to improve and promote quality; apply feedback to improve performance; monitor own work to ensure quality.
  
• Pursue training and development opportunities; strive to continuously build knowledge and skills; share expertise with others.
  
• Volunteer readily and undertake self-development activities; seek increased responsibilities and take ownership of tasks at hand; take independent actions and calculated risks; take advantage of opportunities but asks for and offers help when needed.
  
• Display original thinking and creativity while meeting challenges with resourcefulness; generate suggestions for improving work; develop innovative approaches and ideas; present ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.
  

Why Work Here

Compensation and Benefits:

A competitive compensation and benefits package that includes but is not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Company-Paid Long Term Disability benefits, Annual and Long-Term Financial Incentives, 401(k) Retirement Plan (with Company-paid Contributions), Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Professional Development Assistance, Paid Parking and more.
  

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