Analyst, Intraday- Workforce Management

Starr Underwriting; Toronto; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company located in Toronto is seeking a Workforce Optimization Analyst. This role involves analyzing and optimizing staffing schedules based on data, monitoring performance metrics, and providing insights for effective service delivery. Candidates should have a degree and experience in workforce management and contact centers. Excellent analytical, communication, and Excel skills are essential for the position, which offers a salary range between $43,700 and $80,500.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of workforce management experience.
• 2 or more years of contact center experience.
• Ability to adapt communications to different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, optimize & maintain daily and weekly schedules.
• Monitor, analyze and recommend changes for incoming volume.
• Support immediate responses in emergency situations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Team player

Excellent communication

Self-directed

Attention to detail

Excel knowledge

Ability to analyze data

Prioritize work

Education

University degree or college diploma

Tools

NICE IEX

Five9

Job description

The Workforce Optimization Analyst is responsible to provide resource management through the creation of effective and timely staffing schedules. The Workforce Optimization Analyst works closely with management to define and adhere to business rules and incorporate the same into schedules. The Workforce Optimization Analyst is also responsible for analyzing historical contact center call performance data and adjusts staffing resources as appropriate.

This role will also be responsible for monitoring key performance indicators and claim volume, escalating upcoming issues in staffing, claim forecasting, and recommending effective service delivery tactics.

What can you expect in this role?

• Analyze, optimize & maintain daily and weekly schedules
• Monitor, analyze and recommend changes for incoming volume, staffing levels and routing strategies
• Support intraday touch-points by providing insights and recommendations to leaders based on data
• Support on immediate responses and actions in emergency situations
• Analyze, track and report on trends, provide solutions or courses of action
• Raise workflow concerns in a timely fashion to your direct manager or other operational leaders and provide recommendations on solutions
• Optimize and document internal process and knowledge
• Respond and consult on CCC Operations requests
• Creates and optimizes capacity models using key inputs such as demand forecast, productivity, headcount, shrinkage, and other validated assumptions
• Regularly reviews the accuracy of the weekly and daily models and executes on continuous improvement opportunities
• Supports/helps navigate disruptive business events and the co-ordination of mitigating activities
• Provides guidance on capacity resource requirements and acts as consultant on projects where demand forecasting or scheduling is required

What do you bring to the role?

• University degree or college diploma
• 2 or more years of workforce management experience
• 2 or more years of contact center experience
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to understand data, draw insights, determine the 'so what'
• Team player with the strong relationship building skills, effective conflict management, and openness to different perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present data and information in a compelling way, and ability to influence and achieve support for change. Able to adapt communications to different audiences.
• Self-directed and action orientated. Can work without direction and ensure all tasks are completed efficiently and with accuracy
• Attention to detail with strong documentation and follow up skills
• Excellent Excel knowledge
• Ability to analyze data, including identification of trends and outliers
• Proven ability to prioritize work, schedule multiple concurrent projects and meet established deadlines
• Ability to succeed in a dynamic & changing environment

Assets:

• Experience with NICE IEX
• Experience with Five9
• Knowledge of Call Centre technologies and best practices
• Call center forecasting and resource planning
• Experience with planning and scheduling tools
• Understanding of queuing theory and call center mathematics
• Flexibility to be scheduled during standard hours of operation

Salary range is $43,700 - $80,500