Senior IT Business Systems Analyst, Financial Systems

About the role.

The Senior IT Business System Analyst – Billing will be part of the Finance Technology team, responsible for managing the Technology needs of our Finance Division. The Senior IT Business System Analyst will take the lead identifying system requirements for PURE’s Billing system as well as other integrated financial systems. We are looking for a self-motivated and detail-oriented individual to interface with our end users, elicit and document requirements, perform analysis, and support the execution of our back­log consisting of small enhancements and projects.

We encourage our team members to pursue not only their passions, but also their intellectual curiosities. A career in business analysis creates a rewarding opportunity to drive deep impact for our business.

As part of the team, you impact this organization by:

• Managing requirements, working with IT Project Leads and business stakeholders.
  • Take the lead in eliciting, identifying, and evaluating system requirements for PURE’s Billing system as well as other integrated financial systems.
  • Define and document clear and concise requirements that describe business scenarios and processes in language understandable to both technical and business stakeholders.
  • Own the requirements through their full lifecycle.  Ensure that requirements are clearly documented; reviewed and approved by the business community; managed and updated under change control; and developed, tested and implemented to meet the true business needs.
  • Prepare user acceptance test (UAT) plans, scenarios, and test cases where applicable.  Ensure the UAT plans, roles and responsibilities are well documented and communicated. Follow through with UAT testing resources to ensure timely completion and resolve issues found during UAT.
• Supporting IT Project Lead, removing impediments.
  • Guide teams to be self-organized and motivates teams to focus on team goals/objectives.
  • Facilitate agile ceremonies as and when required working with the IT Project Lead, such as: backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, daily scrums, and sprint demos.
  • Foster internal team communication by building a safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged and with an emphasis on problem solving.
• Supporting with production support issues during critical downtimes and releases.
  • Work closely with our internal IT team to assist in the analysis and resolution of production support issues, document them in Rally, and provide timely follow-up to questions from the Agile team.
  • “Be in the moment” with our clients to help them identify unforeseen areas for improvement, whether a process improvement or a system enhancement.

This career is for you if you have:

• 5+ years of property and casualty insurance work experience
• Solid experience leading personal lines IT property and casualty insurance projects, with good understanding of insurance business processes and technologies
• Experience with billing platforms. Experience with Duck Creek Billing is preferred
• Experience working with 3rd party integrations and interfaces such as Payment providers, General Ledger, Policy Administration Systems, and others
• Knowledge of XML and SQL Server with the ability to write basic queries
• Experience with metadata driven policy administration systems such as OneShield’s Dragon policy administration system is a plus
• Knowledge with 3rd party insurance data sources and interfaces such as ISO is a plus
• Good understanding of emerging technology space to improve customer satisfaction and reduce friction
• Knowledge of data concepts and how data gets transformed across platforms
• Needs only general instructions on work; can walk into a problem and analyze the underlying issue, and use judgment, creativity, and sound knowledge to develop and recommend solutions.
• Can influence internal customers to balance their requirements against what’s most appropriate for a world-class organization, and find the right compromise.
• Strong consensus building skills and ability to convey technical concepts in a clear, understandable way

Prior Consulting experience preferred. Familiarity in the insurance billing and finance space is preferred, as well as experience in agile/scrum methodologies. Occasionally this role may be required to work a few hours on a weekend and/or late night in support of scheduled system releases.

We are seeking bright individuals with ambitions as high as our own. Come join us. PURE is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The base salary for this role can range from $80K - $100K, based on a full-time work schedule. An individual’s ultimate compensation will vary depending on job-related skills and experience, geographic location, alignment with market.