Exide Life Insurance - Deputy Manager - Business Analysis

POSITION DESCRIPTION : 

POSITION TITLE: Deputy Manager - Business Analysis

BUSINESS UNIT: Information Technology

REPORTING TO: Deputy General Manager / Senior Manager

NO OF REPORTEES: Nil

LOCATION : Bangalore- Head Office

Position Summary (Comprehensive summary of what the job exists to accomplish): 

- The Business Analyst would need to analyze new projects / products / change requests received from the business users and proactively highlight /suggest solutions that are the best practices in the industry. Also, he would be required to prepare business cases for testing and ensure that the development team has no queries / concerns during development and after the module is moved to production environment

Key Accountabilities (A collection of duties and/or responsibilities assigned)

Project Related : 

- Analysis and Solution Definition. Proactively identify solutions for Business problems

- Quickly understands the business issues and data challenges of the organization and industry

- Identifies organization's strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement

- Reviews and edits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution

- Develops functional specifications and system design specifications

- Business Case preparation

Technical Recommendation and Testing

- Lead testing efforts.

- Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner

- Work with business stakeholders to identify required changes

- Communicate needed changes to development team

- Delivers informative, well-organized presentations

- Understand and tactfully manage communication of difficult/sensitive information

Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications (Framework required by the position): 

- Effective Communication and presentation skills (Both written & Verbal)

- Negotiation skills

- Problem Solving skills

- Technical Know How on latest trends in the market / industry

- Insurance Knowledge

Personal Attributes & Competencies: 

- Willingness to learn

- Technical Coordination

- Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems

- Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices

Performance Measures (The quantitative measures of the job's overall responsibility):

- Productivity Scores

- No of Ideas implemented

- Cost Saved (Amount) in terms of automation, new process measures

- Survey/Feedback Scores pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices