Title: (2) Sr Business Analyst/s
Location: Des Moines, IA 50309 OR Hartford, CT (100% On Site)
Type: Contract
Rate: $63 per hour
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
NOTE: This is a Business Analyst role with heavy TESTING Administration experience
Responsibilities
- Design, Develop, and Execute test scripts and test cases for system builds, correspondence, website, IVR, and workflows on our third-party administrator and vendors for Individual Markets
- Reviews test results to ensure required specifications have been met
- Documents, tracks, and escalates defects
- Analyzes all errors uncovered to determine if process problem or additional system analysis required from Business Systems Analyst
- Identifies procedure changes and updates procedures
- Work with operations and business analysts to review business requirements
- Coordinate with business and project management office to ensure UAT is completed on all requests
- Responsible for communicating the status of testing, including reporting of overall test results
- Estimate test efforts on projects and assist with the development and maintenance of related project plans
- Collaborates across business functions to ensure testing plans are comprehensive and continuously maintained
- Maintain and develop test plans for product launches, product changes, and the in-force business
- Document retesting of defects and ensure defects are resolved
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience in a life insurance or financial services environment
- Experience creating and executing detailed test cases/scripts
- Strong experience with manual testing, testing tools, writing test plans, and reviewing test cases
- Knowledge of testing methodology, automated testing, and test script development
- Agile experience
- Excellent communication skills, work ethic and a high level of personal integrity and accountability
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience creating functional and technical documentation
- Demonstrated experience in problem solving, ownership and analytical skills
- Detail-oriented and process disciplined
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience working with external vendors and outsourced business models desired
- Desire to be challenged and to learn new things; willingness to jump in and drive for results