PLADS Business Analyst
About The Position
We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way. Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com. Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field
- Two or more years of relevant technical work experience that has provided an understanding of organizational systems and capabilities, business operations and requirements, business modeling concepts, software development methodologies, etc.
- Advanced database skills with experience using MS Access, SQL knowledge of how relational databases work.
- Ability to apply statistical and other research methods into systems issues as required; review complex data and derive summary conclusions.
- High value contributor / value added professional.
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Nice To Haves
- Business Processes
- Business Case Preparation
- Business Cost Benefit Analysis
- Business Definition Requirements
- Functional Specification Development
- Requirements Definition Development
- System Process Flows
- Technical Use Case Preparation
- Presentation Skills
- Technical Requirements Definition
- Flowchart Preparation
- Data Entity-Relationship (ER) Diagramming
- SDLC
- Microsoft Office
- Visio
- Technical Writing
- Technical Communication
Responsibilities
- Performs work for multiple business segments; supports moderate to highly complex business processes.
- Serves as a team member for projects of moderate to large scope and moderate to high complexity.
- Assists with project deliverables such as project initiation requests, business and technical requirements, use cases, interface specifications, business architecture models, cost/benefit analysis, risk and issue logs, test plans, training plans and elevation / validation plans.
- Provides technical solutions to meet user needs, manages business unit expectations and maintains established business relationships.
- Communicates and presents moderately complex technical concepts simply and effectively to nontechnical team members Collects, analyzes, and documents business and technical requirements.
- Assesses long term needs, performs gap analysis and makes future state recommendations.
- Participates in JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions with business partners to enable technical solutions that allow for process improvements.
- Owns project deliverables/artifacts, works in a self-directed environment to develop artifacts.
- Conducts systems analysis with a focus on technical process models and use cases.
- Provides testing support and analysis for defect resolution.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision coverage
- prescription drug coverage
- health care flexible spending
- dependent care flexible spending
- Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
- 401(k) plans
- annual bonuses
- opportunity to purchase company stock
- 11 paid holidays
- up to 20 days PTO
- state-mandated sick leave
- other leaves of absence
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
