Locations: Greenwich, CT; New York city, NY; Bridgewater, NJ; Durham, NC; Topeka, KS; Boulder, CO; Miami, Florida; Johns Creek, GA
Job description: The business analyst is responsible for supporting; implementing and deploying e-business order entry initiatives in the Annuity and Life insurance space, Products AnnuityNet, LifeSpeed, Smart office, etc. and iPipeline AFFIRM platforms.
Responsibilities:
Requirements gathering.
Assist in the development of supporting documentation.
Analyze business requirements to determine required product build features.
Model and maintain, carrier products according to IRI/ACORD Standards for PPfA/ PPfL, DPfA/DPfL on VTXml or via manual XML modeling.
Model products, features, distribution agreements, commissions, funds, ownerships as well as more complex configurations.
Test to ensure the products function correctly on the Order Entry platforms.
Facilitate deployments to test regions and production environment.
Analyze and resolve product production problems.
Provide support to carriers, distributors and colleagues on modelling questions/issues.
Requirement:
Experience with Adobe Acrobat PDF forms tagging/editing.
Familiarity with annuity order entry (e.g. iPipeline Affirm, AnnuityNet) or life insurance eApp (e.g. LifeSpeed, iPipeline Affirm) platforms. Knowledge of ACORD standards, XML Forms Management , VTXml, XML product Modeling PPfA (Product Profile for Annuities), PPfL (Product Profile for Life), DPfA (Distributor Profile for Annuities), DPfL (Distributor Profile for Life), XMLSpy, Xpath Reference, MACRO.
Strong Business Analyst competencies: requirements gathering, documentation, needs analysis, test plan development and testing.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with diverse groups of individual (clients, colleagues, subject matter experts).
Self-starter, willing to explore all possibilities to move a project forward; relentless, always keeping an eye on the client's delivery date.
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills; consultative manner
An ability to interpret a customer's business needs by understanding their "why".
Able to translate business needs into application and operational requirements.
If you find the role interesting or know someone who might be a good fit, email your resume at parijat.s@stellarconsulting.com to discuss the role further.