Verisk or Riskgenius Business Systems Analyst - Remote
Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC

Duration: Expected to be 6 months with likely extensions based on performance
Typical Schedule: Some flexibility may be required, but typical office hours are Monday-Friday, 8a-5p CST.

Remote

What is driving this need from a business perspective?
Increased demand for requirements related to actuarial pricing and rating tools as well as policy forms that require conversion from their legacy state specific to Specialty, Financial Lines, and Aviation Lines of Business.

Job Description
Manage essential process documentation and lead project implementation of functional and technical solutions by collaborating with business partners and IT leadership to gather business requirements, provide expertise and guidance and help execute plans to enhance business capability, achieve results and support organizational strategic priorities.

Skills and Experience

* Verisk or Riskgenius/Bold Penguin or other Excel based insurance rating/pricing tool

* Strong Business Analysis acumen and experience (5+ years)
* Self-starter with the ability to work independently for results, as well as collaborate with a team
* Proven ability to elicit and document requirements from senior level stakeholders both internal and external
* Role is equal parts Product Owner and Business Analyst - ideal candidates need to have proven experience leading business-driven and IT projects
* Excellent stakeholder management skills across Business, IT and Customer teams
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, including PowerPoint
* Experience with integration and end-to-end solutions including a policy administration system
* Strong command of written and spoken English
* Thinks ahead with autonomy
* Sees an issue and helps fix it without being told to
* A proven Agile leader
* Strong documentation, influencing and leadership skills
* Process and Procedure analysis and mapping experience
* Has led UAT efforts and defect management resolution

Technical Skills
* Experience working with an external web development vendor and internal leadership, using strong technical understanding and business acumen to help bridge the gap
* Moderate Insurance Policy and Form experience
* Any Actuarial or Policy Rating experience with MS Excel to document and define specific actuarial data attributes/elements
* Any experience with external vendors to resolve defects related to web development platforms and languages
* Any Insurance Data Analytics or AI experience with projects that digitize and modernize an underwriting practice
* Generative or Predictive AI experience not required but a plus (ChatGPT, Azure, etc.)
* Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, etc.)

A Day in the Life of Contractor
* Acts as liaison between business and IT and help drive delivery of project
* Holds daily touch base with on and offshore team members to discuss deliverables and blockers
* Holds elicitation sessions to comprise requirements and user stories
* Inputs data in Excel workbooks containing rating information
* Updates forms in Word
* Creates UAT Test Plan and help business execute test cases
* Triages defects with IT and vendor and help business re-test to resolve issues

Resume
* We need to see a mix of IT and Business driven projects on their resume. We are not looking for someone who has strictly worked on IT projects, regardless of how complex they've been
* Proven experience with Agile
* Insurance industry experience preferred
* The resume needs to be well-written as the person needs to have good communication skills - no typos, grammatical errors, etc.
* Resume should be no longer than 3 pages - hiring manager will not review any resumes longer than 3 pages and 2 pages is preferred
* Highlights the value they broughDuration: Expected to be 6 months with likely extensions based on performance
Typical Schedule: Some flexibility may be required, but typical office hours are Monday-Friday, 8a-5p CST. Overtime must be approved in advance, for which we expect to pay the standard hourly rate.
Location Address: Prefer candidate to be in Sun Prairie, WI or NY, NY areas and come into office once a week, but also considering remote candidates from US.

What is driving this need from a business perspective?
Increased demand for requirements related to actuarial pricing and rating tools as well as policy forms that require conversion from their legacy state specific to Specialty, Financial Lines, and Aviation Lines of Business.

Job Description
Manage essential process documentation and lead project implementation of functional and technical solutions by collaborating with business partners and IT leadership to gather business requirements, provide expertise and guidance and help execute plans to enhance business capability, achieve results and support organizational strategic priorities.

Skills and Experience
* Strong Business Analysis acumen and experience (5+ years)
* Self-starter with the ability to work independently for results, as well as collaborate with a team
* Proven ability to elicit and document requirements from senior level stakeholders both internal and external
* Role is equal parts Product Owner and Business Analyst - ideal candidates need to have proven experience leading business-driven and IT projects
* Excellent stakeholder management skills across Business, IT and Customer teams
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, including PowerPoint
* Experience with integration and end-to-end solutions including a policy administration system
* Strong command of written and spoken English
* Thinks ahead with autonomy
* Sees an issue and helps fix it without being told to
* A proven Agile leader
* Strong documentation, influencing and leadership skills
* Process and Procedure analysis and mapping experience
* Has led UAT efforts and defect management resolution

Technical Skills
* Experience working with an external web development vendor and internal leadership, using strong technical understanding and business acumen to help bridge the gap
* Moderate Insurance Policy and Form experience
* Any Actuarial or Policy Rating experience with MS Excel to document and define specific actuarial data attributes/elements
* Any experience with external vendors to resolve defects related to web development platforms and languages
* Any Insurance Data Analytics or AI experience with projects that digitize and modernize an underwriting practice
* Generative or Predictive AI experience not required but a plus (ChatGPT, Azure, etc.)
* Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, etc.)

A Day in the Life of Contractor
* Acts as liaison between business and IT and help drive delivery of project
* Holds daily touch base with on and offshore team members to discuss deliverables and blockers
* Holds elicitation sessions to comprise requirements and user stories
* Inputs data in Excel workbooks containing rating information
* Updates forms in Word
* Creates UAT Test Plan and help business execute test cases
* Triages defects with IT and vendor and help business re-test to resolve issues

Resume
* We need to see a mix of IT and Business driven projects on their resume. We are not looking for someone who has strictly worked on IT projects, regardless of how complex they've been
* Proven experience with Agile
* Insurance industry experience preferred
* The resume needs to be well-written as the person needs to have good communication skills - no typos, grammatical errors, etc.
* Resume should be no longer than 3 pages - hiring manager will not review any resumes longer than 3 pages and 2 pages is preferred
* Highlights the value they brough

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .

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