Business and Quality Analyst

Americo: We’re in this for life!

The roots of the Americo family of companies date back more than 100 years. Americo is a Life Insurance, Medicare Supplement Insurance, and Annuity company providing innovative products to our customers. At Americo, it’s the people who make things work, so we hope you join us!

For more information about our company, please visit www.americo.com.

What you’ll love about working at Americo:

• We offer a comprehensive paid training program that will make you feel prepared and excited about your role.
• We place true value in work/life balance. We offer generous Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays to all associates.
• Health and Well-Being: We are proud to offer subsidies to support your health and fitness goals by providing gym membership subsidies
• Prepare for your Future: Americo offers a 401(k) with a company match
• Opportunities to Give Back! We support several local organizations like Ronald McDonald House, Hope Lodge, American Red Cross, Harvester’s, and many more.
• Company Culture and Team-building: Americo participates in Kansas City Corporate Challenge, hosts company-sponsored events, and bring ice cream and coffee trucks on-site to show our appreciation
• We are conveniently located in Downtown Kansas City, within walking distance to top attractions and restaurants
• As an associate, you will receive complimentary paid parking near our Americo offices

Job Summary:

The Business and Quality Analyst will split the role of a Business Analyst and a Tester. They will create and execute a test plan per project. They will also spend time taking a leading role in the analysis and development of projects with various areas of the company that will allow us to meet company objectives with innovation and efficiency while improving speed to market.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Quality Analyst - Review requirements, specs and technical designs to provide detailed feedback to the project team during the requirements phase of the project. Reuse and/or create efficient test strategies and test plans based on the scope and requirements.
• Quality Analyst - Execute and maintain test bed for reusability and efficiency. Provide metrics and feedback on issues found and tracked in defects. Ensure quality results of technical implementation in business processes, analysis, modeling, and integration
• Business Analyst - Collaborate with all areas of the business and IT to elicit, document, and manage business requirements during the life-cycle of a project, including traceability and testing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the life insurance and annuity industry
• Good skills with MS Office to chart, analyze, and document processes and business requirements (such as Excel, Word, Visio, etc) as well as Azure DevOps
• Strong leadership, facilitation, presentation skills
• Very good interpersonal skills, particularly non-judgmental (active listening) skills.
• Very strong analytical, critical thinking, time management, and task management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate (both written and verbal) and build trusting relationships with associates at all levels of the organization
• Experienced in technical aspects of projects. Ability to read and create technical specs. Analyze architecture and identify gaps and dependencies in processes.

Education:

College Degree or Equivalent Experience