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Job Title: Business Analyst: Life Insurance Systems

Reporting to: Director, Services
Location: 123 Commerce Valley Drive East, Markham, Ontario

The Company

Camilion Solutions is a fast-paced, people-focused, thriving company located in Markham. Our employees enjoy our flat management structure, cutting-edge technology and rapid growth that offer tremendous challenges and opportunity for personal growth. Foosball, social events and the nicest people you'll ever meet don't hurt either....

Summary

The Business Systems Analyst brings 5-10+ years experience as a Business Analyst in the insurance industry with a focus upon Life Insurance and hands-on knowledge of Life Insurance terminology, procedures and products. Experience is required in both a business and technical capacity in the collection of requirements, and the design, testing and documentation of complex business systems.

Accountabilities

The Business Systems Analyst plays a critical role throughout client projects, from the Inception to the Transition phase, and works closely with clients and the Camilion team to deliver top-quality solutions.

  • Attend client requirement gathering and gap analysis meetings
  • Conduct review of client requirements documents
  • If the client is responsible for gathering and documenting requirements: review and finalize business requirements, including business process flow, user interface requirements, product rules, forms rules, rating rules, underwriting rules, referral rules, re-assignment rules reports rules, business process rules and data element rules, use cases and, non-functional requirements.
  • Support form data mapping analysis
  • Support reports data mapping analysis
  • Support interface data mapping analysis
  • Validate attributes with ACORD Standards
  • Create analysis and design documents for Camilion Software solutions
  • Develop/implement business rules using Camilion's ProductAuthority software: rating, referrals, underwriting, re-assignments, forms attachment, reporting and business flow.
  • Support the creation and validation of functional and integration test cases
  • Support and participate in test execution and other QA activities
  • Review Functional/Transaction Design Documents created by developers
  • Provide Project Manager with status, issue, risk, scope creep updates
  • Escalate issues/risks to Project Manager as appropriate
  • Provide input to project estimates
  • Provide input to R&D regarding Product Enhancement Requests (PER) and Project Change Requests (PCR)
  • Plan and execute knowledge transfer to client resources
  • Develop and document expertise in insurance applications
  • Ensure application meets client requirements

Accountability for internal projects may involve pre-sales activities, training, and contributing to the evolution of the Camilion documentation.

  • Mentor project team members in requirement analysis and design tasks
  • Provide or support application training for clients as required
  • Participate in the development of Camilion Knowledgebase, Methodology and standard templates
  • Support the creation/delivery of product and application demonstrations and presentations

Knowledge and Skills

  • 5-10+ years experience as a Business Analyst within the insurance industry
  • Hands-on experience with Life Insurance products
  • Knowledge of Insurance business process (front and back office), US ISO and non ISO lines, ACORD standards, estimating methodologies, statistical reporting
  • Ability to travel to the US (Canadian Citizen or in possession of US visa)
  • Business process mapping and modeling
  • User interface layout skills
  • Business flow optimization
  • Use case development
  • Excellent technical writing skills

Additional Assets

  • Knowledge of SQL and Reporting tools
  • Knowledge of XML
  • Data modeling
  • Familiarity with OOA/D and RUP techniques
  • Knowledge of Account management, Application, Quote, Bind and Issue business flows
  • The Business Analyst must be willing and able to travel (primarily to the US) to work on projects on-site

How to Apply

If you would like to apply to this position, please send your resume to:
Linda Smith, Recruitment Manager linda.smith@camilion.com
Camilion Solutions www.camilion.com

We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. However, only applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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