Business Quality Analyst - UAT & Requirements

Western & Southern Financial Group

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Western & Southern Financial Group seeks a skilled professional to translate business needs into technical requirements and drive QA across medium to large software projects in the life insurance domain. You will specify requirements, design robust UAT strategies, and lead data cleansing and transformation efforts for Pension Risk Transfer opportunities.

The role emphasizes collaboration with PMO, developers, and QA, adherence to SDLC, and strong written/verbal communication in a technical

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science or Information Technology or commensurate selection criteria experience - Required
Typically requires 6+ years of experience with life insurance and annuity product administration. - Required
Typically requires 4+ years of experience working within enterprise software solutions. - Required
Proven experience identifying, defining, and quantifying problems, collecting and interpreting data, establishing facts, and providing effective solutions for moderate technical issues. - Required
Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of life insurance and annuity products and operational administration of those products. -
Proven ability to drive for results.
Proven strong analytical and technical skills and experience reporting quality assurance metrics -
Demonstrated strong writing and verbal skills to effectively communicate ideas and information within a highly technical environment. Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, as well as translating technical language for business interpretation. -
Proven ability to work with developers and quality engineers to meet business objectives through moderate to large technical solutions. -
Proven skills in technical writing, flow charting and process modeling methods. -
LOMA Upon Hire - Preferred
Other financial services industry education Upon Hire - Preferred

Responsibilities

Identifies business, functional, and non-functional requirements that accurately represent business needs for small to moderate-scale software solutions, at a technical level that is actionable by development and quality engineers.
Provides expert review of system and end-to-end test plans and results produced by quality engineers to meet exit criteria for user acceptance testing.
Accountable for user acceptance test strategy, and accurate, scalable, and reusable test plans for the user acceptance phase of the SDLC for moderate to large-scale projects.
Designs detailed and well-structured user acceptance test cases for moderate to large-scale platforms and projects, utilizing enterprise SQA automation tools to drive efficiency and facilitate the use of quality metrics for continuous improvement across test phases. Analyzes external data for conversion into internal administration systems for Pension Risk Transfer opportunities. Responsible for data cleansing and loading into the administration system and reconciliation follow-up. Utilizes appropriate technical tools to handle high volume data requirements efficiently and accurately.
Works closely with PMO business analysts and development and quality engineers to clarify and refine requirements for moderate to large-scale projects and platforms.
Estimates, prioritizes, plans, and coordinates requirements identification and user acceptance testing activities for medium to large-scale projects.
Serves as the operational department subject matter expert in business and system domains. Provides direction regarding business objectives, regulatory requirements, and process flow across related moderate and largescale technical solutions. Makes decisions regarding these solutions on behalf of operational management.
Stays current on trends in software requirements, technology solutions, and quality assurance techniques and tools to drive software development efficiency.
Provides quality metrics for the user acceptance test phase and interprets metrics from all test phases to make high quality business and project implementation decisions for moderate and large-scale projects.
Follows all SDLC requirements.
Provides mentoring for technical requirements identification and user acceptance testing to Insurance Operations associates.
Supports resolution of complex software issues and escalates as appropriate, based on customer and/or operational impact. Analyzes and researches root cause of complex technical issues and collaborates with Information Technology to resolve. Provides leadership in data remediation resulting from issues.
Reviews and interprets legislative bulletins distributed by the Compliance Department to determine whether process and/or software changes are required.
Develops effective relationships between business and technical partners.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.