Business Systems Analyst Trainee 1- Actuarial (NY HELPS)

New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid telecommuting

Flex time

Open and supportive team-based work

Job summary

New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) seeks a Business Systems Analyst Trainee to assist in ERBU with NYCIRB reporting responsibilities. The role involves USR operations, FDC submissions, and data discrepancy analysis, under NY HELPS and potential hybrid arrangements.

Preferred qualifications include strong Excel/SQL skills, ability to extract insights from data, and experience navigating the SDLC. This position offers a pathway through NYS civil service with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Four years of business analysis experience including eliciting requirements and documenting solutions.
• Knowledge of SDLC and ability to validate requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Ability to develop test plans and designs, review results, and communicate findings.

Responsibilities

• Provide reporting assistance for USR operations and relay updates to supervisors.
• Assist with preparation and submission of Financial Data Calls (FDC) to NYCIRB.
• Research discrepancies between USR and FDC reporting.
• Help maintain documentation for reporting functions.
• Support special research tasks and other duties as needed.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

SDLC documentation

Requirements validation

Test planning

Education

Associate degree substitution for two years experience

Bachelor’s degree substitution for four years experience

Master’s degree substitution for five years experience

Doctorate substitution for six years experience

Tools

SQL

VBA in Excel

Access

Job description

The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) sends Worker’s Compensation (WC) reporting data to New York State’s WC statistical agent the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB). One of the units in the Actuarial Department called the Experience Rating Board Unit (ERBU) involves itself in some of those activities.

Responsibilities

To assist with the expanding nature of ERBU’s duties, the candidate would work in the unit performing various NYCIRB related responsibilities which include, but are not limited to:

• Provide reporting assistance for Unit Statistical Reporting (USR) operations that other staff perform in the unit and convey to the supervisors on a regular cycle. Additionally, the candidate may also participate in sending USR information directly to NYCIRB.
• Assist with the preparation, checking and submission of Financial Data Calls (FDC) to NYCIRB.
• Conduct the necessary research to assist with determining the extent of discrepancies that exist between USR and FDC reporting.
• Assist supervisors with developing and maintaining documentation for various reporting functions.
• Assist with special research tasks as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

For Appointment Via NY HELPS

Minimum Qualifications

• To Business Systems Analyst Trainee 1: Four years of business analysis experience* including:
• Using business analysis techniques to elicit requirements as the foundation for the solution to the organization’s business needs; using business analysis techniques for the purpose of identifying solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the system, business process, OR
• Describing in a comprehensive written document what the system, process, or product service must do in order to satisfy the established business requirement; this includes creating, updating, and maintaining documentation through the system development life cycle; OR
• Validating requirements throughout the product or system development life cycle (SDLC) including all changes to the processes that would enable an organization to achieve its goals; OR
• Verifying requirements throughout the product/SDLC to ensure they perform to the required specifications and are capable of achieving the design capabilities; this includes developing test plans and logical designs, testing the scenarios, reviewing test results, identifying constraints and risks, or communicating with stakeholders.
• Substitutions: An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

For Competitive Appointment

• List appointment: Reachable on current Civil Service eligible list for this title.
• Transfer: Current New York State employee with one year of permanent competitive class service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 or Section 52.6 of Civil Service Law. Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade. Eligible titles include, but are not limited to: Administrative Analyst Trainee 1, Contract Management Specialist Trainee 1, Underwriter Trainee 1.

Reinstatement

• Candidates who have previously held the Business Systems Analyst Trainee 1 title, or a transferable title, may be eligible for consideration for reinstatement.

For 55b/55c Program Appointment

• This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility. For more information on this program, please visit the 55b/c Recruitment Resources Center.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, and advanced ability to extract raw data or run reports and manipulate them within Excel spreadsheets and other applications.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills and ability to convey the "story" behind the data.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to adjust to changing deadlines / priorities and handle multiple tasks assigned.
• Proficiency with (or comfortable learning) SQL, VBA in Excel, Access and having background using other programming languages.

Please be advised that the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) does not offer sponsorship for employment visas to employees or potential employees. Candidates sponsored for employment by an organization should be aware of their sponsorship status and the relevant expiration date(s) of that sponsorship before applying to this position. NYSIF is not currently enrolled in eVerify, which is a requirement for certain types of employment verifications.

Additional Comments

Please note, the salary range shown includes location pay.

For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position. Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts.

Fringe Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Future career growth potential
• Open and supportive team-based environment
• Plentiful vacation, personal, and sick time off
• Paid state and federal holidays
• Affordable health insurance plans
• Dental and vision benefits provided at no additional cost
• Retirement options
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Possibility of hybrid telecommuting, flextime, and Alternative Work Schedules (AWS)

NY HELPS Program

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

About NYSIF

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