Business Systems Analyst - Annuity - Virtual

Protective Life; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Protective Life is seeking a Business Systems Analyst for the Annuity Systems Team. The role involves eliciting business requirements, analyzing data, and providing end-user training, requiring strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Candidates are expected to have a background in Life or Annuity experience, with a focus on collaboration and effective leadership.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan with company matching

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Must have Life or Annuity experience.
• Experience on Annuity or Life Insurance systems preferred.
• Ability to work effectively under very tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and compose business requirements for system enhancements.
• Create and run queries to validate and analyze data.
• Provide end-user training when appropriate.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership

Job description

Business Systems Analyst - Annuity - Virtual

Pay Competitive

Location Remote

Employment type Other

Job Description

Req#: 897ad328-bd19-43d5-b309-792b19a7cb0d The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it. We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most. Protective Life is looking for a Business Systems Analyst for the Annuity Systems Team. This position requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, along with proper prioritization of multiple assignments, while maintaining a sense of urgency to meet individual and team deadlines and goals. Strong knowledge of Variable Annuity line of business, system configuration and testing are preferred. Success in this role requires leadership ability among peers, excellent oral and written communication skills, and effective collaboration with others, both internal and external to the team and company. The candidate should be self-motivated and show an inquisitive nature, seek improvements, and demonstrate strong accuracy and attention to detail. Other abilities include accepting responsibility and accountability for own job and performance, demonstrating independent work behaviors, and having decision-making skills to achieve desired results.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Elicit, Compose and maintain business requirements for system enhancements and implementation of new products. Use multiple techniques such as interviews, group facilitation, prototyping, business process descriptions, data analysis, use cases or workflow analysis to capture the requirements based on the need. Work with software developers to help provide a clear understanding of the requirements. Ensure requirement documents are complete and conform to defined standards.
• Create, maintain and coordinate updates to system data elements and configurable applications, including rules, values, tables and output with little or no development resource assistance. Configurations should accurately drive calculations and processes defined in the requirements.
• Create and run queries to generate, validate, and analyze data from various applications
• Create, publish, maintain and execute test plans and specific test cases for solutions based on documented requirements and systems design specifications. Review results with business to ensure test results are as expected.
• Diagnose and manage production defects to a successful resolution. Work with software developers within the team or across the organization to resolve problems. Test and document defect fixes and communicate resolution back to the customer. Consult with end-users concerning corrective actions as needed in a calm and professional manner.
• Provide end-user training when appropriate.
• Support system stability efforts by learning about the existing products and future product functionality, performing regression testing, identifying potential impacts to existing business, and helping to develop repeatable processes for future regression testing and future products/enhancements.
• Utilize appropriate project tracking methodologies and database(s) to manage multiple projects through the project life cycle. Document moderately complex project phases, provide regular status updates, and assist with creating effective release/implementation plans.
• Use leadership skills in all aspects of the position, work well with teammates and those outside the team, be collaborative in meetings and discussions and assist teammates as needed or required. Provide leadership for small project teams working on systems enhancements/new products to ensure timely and accurate delivery throughout the lifecycle.

Job Requirements / Preferences:

• Must have Life or Annuity experience. VA experience preferred
• Experience on Annuity or Life Insurance systems preferred
• Experience with agile project methodology preferred
• Moderate analytical and problem-solving skills; competent to work in many system analysis phases and to consider moderate business implications of applying technology to the current and future business environment
• Ability to work effectively under very tight deadline pressure
• Clear use of the English language in written and oral communications and the ability to interpret and communicate technical information to non-technical personnel and vice versa
• Ability to act with diplomacy in resolving conflict, consulting and in acting as an agent in charge
• Must be self- motivated, able to work independently and willing to self-teach and take responsibility for ongoing professional development
Employee Benefits: We aim to protect our employees' wellbeing through a broad benefits offering. For example, we protect physical wellbeing through health, dental and vision insurance. We protect mental wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. We protect time away from work with a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). We protect financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards. Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans. Diversity and Inclusion : At Protective, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture where all employees are able to fully contribute and thrive. Our goal is to grow and develop our people, attract diverse talent and support strong, diverse communities. We support diversity, equity, and inclusion by working to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging led by leaders who develop potential and embrace unique skills and abilities. Our aim is to create an equitable and accountable environment for all leaders and employees that will drive performance and impact business strategy. In this way, we can increase overall diversity for leadership roles and pipelines of talent by maturing our hiring practices, robust development opportunities and focus on retention of key talent. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing the talents of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

About the company

Protective Life Corporation is a financial service holding company in Birmingham, Alabama.

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