Senior/Business Analyst - Insurance Industry (Build user stories) ($30K - $45K)

• Hands-on BA experience
• Being able to build user stories
• Insurance industry

Our client – Global financial company, is now looking for Senior Business Analyst within their team.

Summary:
The main function of a Business Systems Analyst is to perform the analysis, design, implementation, modification, and daily functional support of all applications.

Job Responsibilities:

Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies

Gathers requirements from business units and translate those to programmers and developers

Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation

Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities

Supports one or more highly complex business processes

Works on multiple projects as a project team member Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.

MBA or other related advanced degree

Preferred 2-4 years experience required Basic knowledge of programming languages in order to comprehend reading code and basic functions

Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage

Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions

Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines

Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details Ability to increase operating efficiency with produce high quality technical solutions

A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level

Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions

Must-have criteria:
• Ideally from insurance, banking/FS otherwise
• Being able to build user stories
• Chinese, English and Mandarin

Good-to-have criteria:
• Some knowledge of claims process/background
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to articulate himself/herself
• Team player