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Business Unit Systems Analyst
Assurant
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Description
Assurant is hiring a Business Unit Systems Analyst II. The Business Systems Analyst II's primary role is to support systems and staff bydocumenting and coordinating system enhancements that promote efficiency, compliance and growth. This includes coordinating activities or team members on maintenance and project assignments of medium risk and complexity and includes the performance of activities such as requirement definition, research, analysis, coordination, testing, training and documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Acts as the customer / IT liaison during analysis, requirements definition and design activities; maintains an understanding of business processes and related systems for supported business units; participates in management of customer expectations, collaborates with business partners to define and document business and functional requirements and works with technical staff, who develop solution alternatives. (30%)
• Coordinates testing activities for maintenance and project assignments; identifies testing scope, including estimates of effort, duration and resources required; coordinates testing efforts and activities including test scheduling, results monitoring, feedback and sign-offs; coordinates issues tracking and resolution. (30%)
• Provides general customer and IT support for assigned business applications; works with the user and technical staff to identify the source of problems; develops effective resolutions; participates in technical and business rollout activities by supporting system implementations. (25%)
• Participates in the Project Management process; contributes to project deliverables including vision documents, status reports; communicates status, business impacts and system changes to team members, business partners, sponsors, management and other stakeholders. (15%)
This position will be based out of our Atlanta, GA office
·This team allows a 2 day/week of working from home option after a ramp up period (subject to performance)
The Atlanta office is located @ 260 Interstate North Circle SE Atlanta, GA 30339
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Mathematics, MIS or related field, or 2 years of experience as a BA or related role
• 2+ years of working experience
• Proficiency in MS Excel and Word
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years of Business Systems Analysis, Project Management or related business experience.
• Business Systems Analysis and/or Project Management certification a plus.
• Awareness in project management processes, including: project planning and tracking, risk and issues identification, assessment, tracking, and mitigation.
• Proficiency in MS Project a plus.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a project team. In a team setting, the individual may have a specific coordination role for functions such as testing or training and may provide direction to a small to medium size team.
• Ability to adapt to a variety of project team roles, such as analyst, documentation writer, or trainer.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments and priorities, while meeting stakeholder expectations and concurrently performing maintenance tasks.
• Ability to coordinate system testing cycles, issues tracking and resolution.
• Ability to estimate, plan, schedule, organize, coordinate, and execute activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to management, team members, business, and technology professionals.
• Ability to analyze business problems, perform root cause analysis and propose effective solutions.