Business Analyst I

Brotherhood Mutual Careers•Fort Wayne, IN

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Participate in business analysis and research efforts for corporate projects, in order to gain a preliminary understanding and help provide appropriate documentation to support the fulfillment of assigned projects.

Requirements

Aptitude for either business analysis, process design, interaction design or related user-centered design discipline.
Knowledge of analysis methodologies, tools and processes.
Understanding of Agile methodologies.
Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.
Effectively interface with external contacts, Brotherhood employees, managers, and department staff members.
Associate's degree in Information Technology, Business, or equivalent required.
One or more years working in Information Technology, business analysis, or related field is required.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to carry out business analysis activities is desired.
Understanding of core application development and database design concepts is desired
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or equivalent degree is desired.
Certifications within the business analysis community are desired.
Exposure to and understanding of insurance industry is desired.

Responsibilities

Act as liaison between the business stakeholders, development teams and support teams to resolve functional and technical issues, and to review opportunities to create new functionality which supports the company initiatives.
Perform business analysis activities in the collection, validation and documentation of business requirements for assigned projects.
Facilitate discussions between business users and Information Technology, using appropriate analysis tools such as wireframes and flow diagrams, to ensure that business functionality requirements are captured.
Translate technical information for the business.
Translate business information for the development team.
Create and maintain supporting documentation throughout the life cycle of assigned projects.
Assist with the creation and execution of test cases.
Assist in managing assigned project(s) to completion and project launch.
Assist in maintaining overall system knowledge, using available documentation as a guide, in designing application flow and development requirements.
Become familiar with User-Centered Design concepts and how they bring user perspective to the forefront in application development.
Work to maintain consistency within the overall architecture and flow of corporate applications and processes.
Complete other projects as assigned.