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PEAK6 · 2 hours ago

Sr. Business Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

PEAK6 is a leading investment firm that leverages technology to enhance various business processes. The Sr. Business Analyst will lead and document business requirements to facilitate the development of quality solutions, oversee execution team members, and improve application workflows within the insurance processing domain.

Financial ServicesInformation TechnologyTrading PlatformVenture Capital

Responsibilities

Supervises, coordinates and supports the activities of other business analysts and execution team members

Facilitate, train, direct and lead cross functional teams in all areas of the application

Oversees the development of business requirements documents that meet our customer’s insurance business needs

Assign and oversee daily work for execution team members

Provides support and guidance daily to the business analysts in performing their assignments, monitors the successful delivery of BRDs, releases, performance reviews and adherence to policies and procedures

Facilitates all projects and workflow through the Kanban process seeing them to completion

Supports other Focus Technologies teams in their triage of production issues

Assists management in planning, resource allocation, project estimation, and scheduling for various projects and initiatives

Assists management in performance review process and salary recommendations of team members

Improves the application workflow for the betterment of our clients

Coordinates with the technical team during technical architecture design, development and delivery of product changes and enhancements

Develops and documents business solutions for business problems and translates those solutions to technical personnel and sees those solutions through the delivery process

Conducts business and technical requirements reviews and makes recommendations to improve the Business Analyst process

Continue to develop the Kanban process and identifying areas that can improve efficiencies, and improves internal and external processes as needed

Participates in the continuous development of the BA Teams standard practices and procedures

Qualification

SQL proficiencyDB2 experienceBusiness Intelligence toolsSDLC knowledgeKanban methodologyData analysisSupervisory experienceProject management

Required

Strong proficiency in SQL queries and related tools such as SQL functions and creation of temporary tables

Proficiency working with DB2 and the ability to work with SQL Server and Sybase

Proficiency working with reporting and Business Intelligence tools including the ability to understand and produce tabular reports, bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts

Working knowledge of SDLC concepts and goals

Five (5) to seven (7) years of data analysis, or project management experience preferably in the insurance industry; minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Insurance, Business or Computer Science preferred; 10 years relevant experience acceptable in lieu of Bachelor's degree

Experience with Kanban methodology, Cognos, InfoMaker and Rational Requisite Pro is a plus

Experience working with Developers, Project Managers, Quality Assurance Managers and Release Managers preferred