Sr. Business Analyst - Life Insurance

MetLife, a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional customers, is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst – Life Insurance in Irvine, CA!! Beyond meaningful and challenging work, MetLife provides a variety of flexible work arrangements, as well as a tuition reimbursement program, competitive benefits, and retirement and pension plans. MetLife’s responsiveness to the needs of both clients and employees is a direct result of one of the core company values– People Count. Major Duties and Functions Include: Responsible for the analysis, process, design and implementation of all lines of business requirements, as well as the administrative system components. This person will demonstrate ability in collaborating with business unit customers in the planning, negotiation, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of high quality, effective technology applications. The Sr. Business Analyst also must possess strong planning, coordination, people management, communication, and influence skills. Principal Responsibilities: Conduct meetings with business partners, IT/AD associates, and external vendors to define and document requirements for systems processing. Develop use case documents and detailed business rules for all processes. Design system solutions {for internal systems or external interfaces} to meet all requirements and develop functional specifications for development team. Evaluate new business initiatives to assess impact on existing and planned internal and external systems. Participate in evaluation and acquisition of software products to enhance or add functionality. Apply appropriate methodologies to applications system development process. Management of customer requirements and requests throughout an entire project lifecycle will be a primary focus for this candidate. The ability to prioritize multiple project streams while keeping all on track and delivering in time is critical to the success of this organization. Create and manage project budgets and plans. Facilitate working relationships between various enterprise teams/organizations. Knowledge/Skills/Competencies Required: Analysis and Decision Making: Utilize analytical skills and sound judgment to evaluate problems and opportunities in an organized and logical manner. Coach others to anticipate outcome of various options resulting in timely decisions. Business Perspective: Develop an appropriate level of knowledge about the company mission, strategy, and practices. Communicate the direction to the IT organization and its alignment to the business objectives. Customer Focus: Develop and maintain effective partnerships, solicit feedback with key individuals and customer contacts in order to understand and anticipate their needs, the business environment, other challenges and opportunities. Project Management: Effectively plan, organize, and execute projects of varying complexity, delivering them within specified timeframes and budgets, utilizing the accepted project management methodology and supportive tools, such as: (MS Project, MS Office Suite). Actively involve customers in project activities to ensure business objectives are being met. Team Contribution: Provide leadership to build and maintain supportive relationships and commitment of team members to team goals and objectives. Demonstrate strong leadership skills, decisiveness, and impart confidence in others. Work to build supportive relationships and eliminate unproductive conflict 5 Years + experience as a Business Analyst and or Project Manager. Provide project status reporting. Written Communications, Oral Communication Skills and Listening Skills – High Requirements Gathering Facilitation & Documentation - High Business Process Documentation and Data Modeling - High MS-Access Database - Medium Understanding and modifying use cases based on requirements gathering session - High Use Case Documentation (via UML/use cases) - Medium MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - High Visio - Medium MS-Project – Medium Relational Database Experience - High SQL – High CRM Based Systems – Medium .NET – Medium Commissions/Accounting Systems – Medium Testing Experience - High Multi-tasking/Fast Paced/Results Orientated – High Self Starter – High Ability to work independently with minimal supervision – High Ability to work well in a team environment – High Ability to work well with business and technology partners - High Project and date driven – High What You Need to Succeed: Must have been a Business Analyst or a Project Manager for complex projects Must have strong background in gathering and documenting requirements Must have background in Life Insurance Industry SQL server knowledge - the ability to write complex querys to query the database strongly preferred. Work shouldn’t be something you do just to make ends meet. It should provide satisfaction…and an opportunity to make a difference. MetLife… where work meets life!Do YOU have what it takes to join a Major Force in Financial Services: Investments, Financial Advice, Banking and Insurance? If so respond TODAY! For immediate consideration, please APPLY NOW to submit your resume! MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Additional Information Position Type:  Full Time, Employee Ref Code:  20751 Number of Openings: 1 Business Area: Information Technology Travel paid for interviews? NO Relocation expenses paid? NO Percent of travel on the job: 5-15 Salary Grade: 29 Company Code: MetLife Group View all "MetLife" jobs