Lead HR Systems Business Analyst

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Leads evaluation of business requests to determine requirements, feasibility, and recommend business solutions. Contributes to product vision and strategic direction. Identifies potential efficiency gains in team process/procedures including leveraging innovation where feasible. Fosters mutually beneficial working relationships for business and IT by working closely with end users and application development team. Uses their deep business and technical knowledge to contribute to system capabilities.

Principle Duties:

• Conducts structured walkthroughs of requirements with business and project team members.

• Assist with prioritizing work within an iteration and targeted release.

• Document the clients’ business needs in the form of user stories.

• Creates business process and technical diagrams for shared understanding.

• Configure some business process changes and lead testing design across business and IT teams

• Oversee work from other team members and translate customer impact to the business

• Conduct grooming sessions with full team (users, developers dba’s, needed IT partners, etc.); Facilitate technical grooming session with development team to document technical support stories.

• Evaluates new or enhanced solutions to determine potential issues and communicates how problems may affect business and recommends solutions.

• Create defect and enhancement items to be added to the backlog, collaborate with software engineer for mutual understanding.

• Assists in evaluation of business requests to determine feasibility, researches and identifies options.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred

Work Experience:

• 8+ Years IT-related experience, such as Business Analysis, Data Analysis, etc.

• Experience in Workday Configuration

Skills and Abilities:

• Lead an Agile/Iterative project team in the role of business analyst.

• Knowledge of programming languages, project management, and application or systems development methodologies

• Maintains a working competency of technology stack associated with project solutions.

• Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge. Advanced ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines.

• Advanced investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills. Advanced data analysis skill. Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions.

• Advanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously. Advanced ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

• Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management. Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills.

• Ability to be flexible when needed, take initiative, and demonstrate accountability. Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.

• Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects. Advanced interpersonal skills.

Technical Requirements

• Basic SQL query writing skills and other technical acumen

• Requirements management tool experience (Azure DevOps or others)

• Experience in Workday Configuration

• Workday Pro certification (preferred)

 

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

Compensation Range:

$104,350.00 - $155,350.00 Annual

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.