Business Analysis Specialist III

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Our customer is a large United States insurance company that is backed by more than 100 years of experience and provides insurance products and services for businesses and professionals in the United States., Canada and Europe. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, they have more than 20 US locations.

We are seeking a Business Analysis Specialist III on a contract basis to support their business needs. This role is onsite 2x/week in the Chicago office.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines and collaborates with stakeholders to plans and conduct working sessions where business requirements are elicited and reviewed.

Collaborate with ART Team and own Agile Program Vision, Backlog and Program Increment (PI) Roadmap, continuously communicating to the ART leaders and Team levels requirement and acceptance criteria with required documents within Tools like Confluence (e.g., use cases, process flows, business rules, user interface mock-ups, etc) for the concept and definition phases of the project.

Supports system test planning to ensure that test conditions, scripts, validation criteria, and expected results will successfully test the business and non-functional requirements.

Participates in design reviews to ensure that detailed designs meet the needs of business and non-functional requirements.

Manages requirements process using the appropriate requirement management tools (e.g. Jira).

Assures that necessary research is performed in order to fully understand the business issues, develop possible business solutions and to support development of innovative, cost effective solutions.

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities

• Broad understanding of the P&C insurance industry, its products, practices and operations.
• Broad knowledge of the system development life cycle, and technology alternatives using Agile methodologies; understanding of interface design and external vendor Integrations.
• Experience in Legal Matter workflows and Life Cycle.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Solid oral and written communication skills and ability to convey business requirements with Agility and backlog maintenance & refinement.
• Solid client and interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with clients and IT staff.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite and other business related software systems.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Typically a minimum of four years experience in business analysis, or other related experience, i.e., Commercial Insurance Claim and Legal operations, or computer science with prior experience identifying and documenting business requirements.
  
  

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.