Technology Business Consultant Specialist Life Insurance

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job Description


Position Type : Full time

Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired : Bachelor of Computer Science

Travel Percentage : 25 - 50%

The world of finance moves fast. At FIS, wexe2x80x99re faster. Our teams are empowered to learn, grow, and make an impactxe2x80x93in their careers and communities. We deliver innovation that advances the way the world pays, banks and invests. If you want to grow personally and professionally, wexe2x80x99d like to know: Are you FIS?

About the role

As a Technology Business Consultant Specialist, you will be involved in Business analysis, product configuration, requirements gathering, testing. Will be working closely with clients & internal development teams to achieve project goals.

About the team

In todayxe2x80x99s highly competitive market, firms must not only deliver superior returns, but also need to be using cutting edge technologies. Life insurance industry is making better use of technology to make insurance accessible for large numbers of people who have none or too little.

Policy Admin Suite (Compass) is a complete and flexible insurance policy administration system that supports multiple business lines and the broadest array of products, delivering unparalleled efficiency, administrative cost savings, and speed to market. With the continually evolving landscape of Information Technology, FIS is committed to providing its clients a modern Policy Administration system.

What you will be doing

To work as a member of the Professional services/ BA team in close co-operation with clients, systems development engineers as well as members of the business unit team. The job responsibilities would include:

  • Working with internal teams, client teams, project managers, understand and analyze the clientxe2x80x99s requirements
  • Documenting business systems requirements for business unit or function.
  • Working with the client to configure the Compass application in terms of the clientxe2x80x99s requirements.
  • Documenting the clientxe2x80x99s requirements in appropriately formatted business specifications.
  • Assisting the Client Manager to obtain sign off on the requirements from the client.
  • Presenting the clientxe2x80x99s requirements to the Design Team such that the requirements are fully understood.
  • Participating in design sessions for development of new functionality.
  • Participating in design sessions for the customization of existing functionality.
  • Being fully responsible for ensuring that clientxe2x80x99s requirements are accurately reflected in the logical specifications produced by the Design Team.
  • Assisting in the development of appropriate test plans, both at a functional level and a regression testing level, as required.
  • Assisting the support analysts in resolving production issues as they arise.
  • Providing input to design sessions when necessary.
  • Assisting in the development of appropriate test plans, both at a functional level and a regression testing level, as required.
  • Report on progress & manage activities as per plan
  • Experience in testing life insurance product dealing with Policy administration system
What you bring
  • 8 to 12 years of experience as business analyst in financial services industry with Business Analysis & testing experience.
  • Strong business analysis knowledge working for Life insurance (Individual and Group) business.
  • Technical Qualifications xe2x80x93 Familiarity with relational databases and technical skills such as SQL, Oracle, UNIX, Excel Macros would be considered a plus.
  • Life Insurance Industry experience would be a plus.
  • Knowledge of working with any Insurance Policy Administration System will be considered a plus.
  • Excellent communication & analytics skills
  • Excellent skills on requirement gathering and documentation.
  • Knowledge of SDLC, requirement gathering techniques
  • Insurance Domain certification like LOMA (ALMI or FLMI), Insurance Institute of India - Licentiate, Associate and Fellowship etc.
  • Experience with Agile and Scrum
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as being individually motivated.
  • Ability to set correct level expectations and deliver on those expectations.
  • Good written and verbal communications and effective interpersonal skills.
  • Proven self-starter with initiative to seek information and solve problems.
  • Successful within multi-tasking environment.
  • Excellent communicator xe2x80x93 ability to discuss technical and commercial solutions to internal and external parties and adapt depending on the technical or business focus of the discussion.
  • Attention to detail xe2x80x93 track record of authoring high quality documentation.
  • Organized approach xe2x80x93 manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements.
  • Self-starter but team mindset - work autonomously and as part of a global team
  • Willing to travel occasionally (no more than 10%)
What we offer you:
  • Flexibility to achieve your desired work/life balance including paid time off for community work
  • A multifaceted job with a high degree of autonomy and a broad spectrum of opportunities
  • The chance to work on the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services & technology A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities xe2x80x93 FIS is your final career step
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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1266916
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned