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Business Analyst

1. Job Title: Business Analyst.
Company: Leading IT MNC.
Job Description:
· Strong Domain Knowledge in Life/Health/Group Insurance in specific areas like Claims, Underwriting, Reinsurance and Distribution.
· Should have acquired a cross functional exposure in all key areas of Insurance operations.
· Knowledge of various software/products in Life and Health Insurance domain is desired.
· Should possess hands on experience in User requirement mapping & business analysis, Pre sales support, Project support competency development (white papers, collaterals) and knowledge management.
· Knowledge of the global Life insurance market is desirable, in particular the US, European and Indian market.
· Flair for preparing and handling client presentations and reports.
· Must possess an aptitude for consulting and the confidence to deal with tough situations at client locations.
· Strong business analysis skills are essential.
· Technical Knowledge is desirable, but not mandatory

Competencies:
· 5-10 yrs of exp in Business Analysis preferably from Insurance domain.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Problem solving skills and must be willing to tackle new challenges.
· Team effectiveness - Sharing Knowledge/information relevant to others, standing in for a team member when he/she is in need.
· Drive for results - Finding solutions to problems despite constraints, setting priorities, demonstrating high levels of energy in pursuing problems, setting high performance standards.

Job Location: Mumbai (Mahape)

Position Title: Manager – HR Systems

Company’s Name: Leading Insurance company.

Function : Business Analyst / Functional Consultant
Key Accountabilities: MIS Design / MIS Coordination / Analytics
Job Description:
To support HR needs as a Functional Consultant on Peoplesoft (and other Automation) projects
Business Need Definition
- Interacting with Business Process owners and formulating the Business Requirement Specification / Functional Specifications’ Document
- Mapping the As-Is Process and the To-Be Process for the benefit of System Development
- Designing Test Cases for testing the Functional Specifications

Project Management
- Coordinating with the development team on the modules/enhancements
- Estimating development time on various stages of development, and adhering to them
- Ensuring adherence to specifications (previously defined) in the delivered functionality
- User Acceptance Testing & Debugging

Maintenance & Administration
- Performing administrative tasks on the system, and ensuring that it runs error free
- Documenting specifications and delivered functionality, as a best practice

Person’s Profile:
- 2 yrs of exp in any peoplesoft tools.
- BE or any graduate. MBA HR is the must.
- Good project management skills are essential.
- Good team leader with great initiative skills needed.




















Job Title: Business Analyst
Company’s Name: Leading Insurance Company.
Job Description & Responsibilities:
Develop detail Business or Systems requirements for approved projects and enhancements to existing large-scale projects. Conduct interviews and requirements gathering workshops. Ensure sign-off of all artifacts.
Develop requirements which is charted and documented through each phase of the project life-cycle. Develop System Requirement Specification (SRS) or Systems External Specifications.
Interface with Business Stakeholders and IT Infrastructure teams.
Assist with identifying and estimating the cost of projects that are submitted through the strategic planning process.
A thorough understanding of multiple functional areas related to complex projects and the ability to identify and quantify business process improvements along with system improvements through the use of technology is critical.

Experience/Qualifications:
For Business Analyst -Must have 6+ years of Business Analysis experience preferably with 2+ years development experience.
Should be a very good communicator.
Ability to identify and document business requirements.
Expert analytical and problem solving skills along with strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
Strong ability to influence business owners and senior management.
The Business Analyst works closely with the Project Manager, and therefore, this position requires an in-depth knowledge of project management and the lifecycle of a large-scale project

Should have been exposed to banking/insurance applications. Should be exposed to RDBMS based client server application development, Web technologies, etc.
Have fair level of knowledge on networking protocols. Exposure to application servers like IBM Websphere and message queuing will be an added advantage.
Preferably B.E.(Computer Science/Electronics/Telecom)/MCA/MBA-Systems/MIM. Additional product certifications will be an added advantage.



































JobTitle: Datawarehouse & CRM Manager
Company’s Name: Leading Insurance Company
Key Result Areas:
1. Business understanding of CRM and Business Intelligence Unit
2. Data Management activities – Understanding of SQL, Cognos, SPSS / SAS etc.
3. Analysis / Profiling and Segmentation/Business opportunity analysis
4. Productivity / Sales analysis
5. Process management.
6. Reports & MIS.


Primary Activities:
1. Data Analytics
2. Systematic Management of the inflow and outflow of data
3. Sales and productivity analysis and reports
4. Various MIS and Report Generation
5. Co-ordination with IT and MIS team in Powai for various new initiatives
6. Implementation of Enterprise wide CRM.


















Job Title: Principal Architect

Company’s Name: A Leading Market research company.

Job Profile:

The position will be responsible to architect a high performance robust text classification, mining and search tools platform. The position will play a central role in design and integration of text classification, mining and search tools in the Gridstone proprietary framework. This is a highly specialized technical role where the incumbent will get a lot of scope to leverage on his / her knowledge of systems architecture. The person will get ample opportunity to build & design end to end innovative frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:

· Develop architectural approach for the platform.
· Guide the development team for design and implementation of the architectural roadmap.
· Responsible for evolving the technical architecture supporting the search tools /text mining / text classification applications.
· Identify and develop secure, cost effective & high performance technical solutions.
· Provide technical leadership to the programming teams and management on a wide range of technology areas.
· Provide inputs to the Quality, Research, and Product Management groups for usage of the updated product versions.

Knowledge and Skills required:

*Essential
· Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field. Excellent academic background (preferably from a premier engineering institute )
· 8 to 12 years of work experience. Out of which 2 to 3 years should be in the role of a systems architect /principal architect
· Thorough understanding of Object Oriented Programming principles (C#, Java background preferred)
· Ability to work closely with team members and project partners
· Ability to work in an organized and methodical manner, with an eye for detail.
· Excellent analytical abilities and structured and logical thinking
· Hands-on approach to problem-solving.

*Desirable
· 2+ years experience in C# with ADO.NET, ASP.NET, .NET Remoting, XML technologies
· Experience developing Web Services
· Some exposure to high-performance systems and machine learning techniques




























Job Title: Project Manager

Company’s Name: A Leading Securities.

Job Description:

Lead a team of Business Analysts to suffice for the IT requirements of the company.
Lead the execution of software development life cycle. This includes preparation of business requirements specifications, functional inputs to the software developers, software testing, bug reporting for resolution, user training, etc.
Plan and Implement the launch of the various softwares.
Implement documentation of activities in a project as per the internal procedures defined.
Role requires continuous interface with the business users and software vendors

Profile Description:

Graduate + MBA or CA/CS/ICWA
4years + experience. Exposure to NSE and BSE equity and derivatives markets in at least one of the following areas: trading / funds settlement / securities settlement / risk management operations.
Prior experience as a business analyst or software programmer will be an advantage

Team player with aggressive job execution attitude.
Good oral and verbal communication skills.






Job Title: Project Associate

Company’s Name: A Leading Securities.

Job Description:

Business analyst for implementation of IT solutions for stock broking.
Execution of software development life cycle. This includes preparation of business requirements specifications, functional inputs to the software developers, software testing, bug reporting for resolution, user training, etc.
Implement documentation of activities in a project as per the internal procedures defined.
Role requires continuous interface with the business users and software vendors.

Profile Description:

Graduate + MBA or CA/CS/ICWA
2-4 years for Senior Executives. Lesser experience can be considered for Executive level.
Exposure to NSE and BSE equity and derivatives markets in at least one of the following areas: trading / funds settlement / securities settlement / risk management operations.
Prior experience as a business analyst or software programmer will be an advantage.




Job Title: Regional Quality Manager.

Company’s Name: A Leading Insurance Company.

Job Description:

Will be a part of the Quality Team which is responsible to drive Quality Initiatives across the organisation.
Regional Quality Manager will be responsible to :
· Understand and align with the overall Quality Strategy of the organization and drive Quality Initiatives in respective Zone
· Work closely with the Zonal Business Manager and facilitate implementation of Quality Initiatives (Five S, Six Sigma, Lean, Lean-Sigma, Business Excellence etc.) as per Quality Roadmap
· Training of Team Members in Locations, Branches and Regions
· Facilitate and support Six Sigma and other Quality Projects
· Develop capabilities and Change Agents of Quality in the Zone
· He/ she should have :
o Strong Leadership abilities to engage the Zonal team in Quality Journey
o Excellent Communication and coordination skills
o Strong Project Management Skills
o Must have worked at a similar relationship role in driving Quality Initiatives in a service organization.
Experience of delivering Six Sigma Projects at BB/GB role.
Profile Description:
· B.E / B.Tech + MBA
· 7-8 Years Experience in Industry (at least 2 years should be at the role of Six Sigma Initiatives in a similar organization)
· Certified Six Sigma Green Belt with experience of delivering at least 4 high impact end to end projects
· Analytical Capability and Leadership Quality
· Experience of Conducting Training Workshops specific to Six Sigma, Quality and Process Management
· Good Networking and Relationship Management Skills
· Exposure to driving Six Sigma and Process Management in transactional Processes
Should thrive on pressure environment and be able to achieve consistently in aggressive deadlines.

























Job Title: Senior Manager – IT Architecture & Strategy
Company’s Name: A Leading Insurance Company.
Job Description:
Role Purpose: will evaluate existing architecture and strategies, and evolve the architecture that will help us maintain technical edge over competitors for the oncoming years. In this regard the resource will be responsible for delivering the architecture map, drive architectural improvement projects, define strategies, evaluate technologies, conduct research on technology advancements and provide new arenas of IT implementations.

Organization Context:
IT architecture and Strategy team is important for the organization to be clear on its automation strategies. The organization must understand where it stands in its current state as per the technology usage is concerned. A well directed IT architecture can provide strategic advantage to the organization and remove pain areas and bottlenecks in the organization.

- Project Management – SDLC: Solutions delivery as per the agreed delivery calendar for projects specific to IT architecture
- New technology research
- Business Analysis - Reviewing Business automation needs and suggesting technology implementations. Deriving Automation Index
- Architecture Governance: Defining the architecture principle, and governance framework.
- Defining Architecture Maps, Current and Future roadmap.
- Maintaining Business Applications inventory, Technology Stack and driving regular updates
- Learning and Growth: Enhancing the Intranet IT section and keeping it updated, building knowledge base, define training requirements for the team and facilitating the training needs.
- Central Cross Group Coordinating with Technology Management Group at ICICI Bank Coordinative for common systems group issues
- Strategy definition and driving Data Integration and Application Integration
- Project Support
- Product Evaluation – Assistance to Systems groups for product evaluation and project support at feasibility.
- Project feasibility check assistance and alternative solution suggestions.


Should be a MBA specialized in Systems or IT
Should have 4-5 yrs of experience in IT Industry
Insurance industry experience is desirable
Should be a person with a technical background
Should have worked in multi platform, multi domain environments










Job Title: Senior Manager – Rule Engine.
Company’s Name: A Leading Insurance Company.
Job Description:
Role Purpose: Should be able to understand requirements and functionalities of Rules engine (Fairissac), co-ordinate effectively with internal customers and get the same functionalities configured and developed from Vendors.
Should be able to handle multiple applications with minimum supervision.

Organization Context:
- Ensure that the rules system architecture is scalable and is successfully deployed for multiple process areas
- Elimination of manual touch points, MIS(Response time Probes/Load test/ TAT for project delivery and issue resolution etc), Selection of Right Platforms, etc.
- After due business analysis, take up enhancements and move them to production along with vendor support (Solution delivery Excellence)
- Delievry variance for projects, post production defects observed, Process and quality compliance.
- Ensure all issues are resolved in TAT(production support)
- MIS, BSC metrics
- Project Management
- Goal sheet, Team track, BSC metrics
- Stakeholder management and Vendor Management
- Stakeholder feedback, negotiation skills with vendors for cost effective project and product deliveries



Person’s Profile:
- Should posses Project Manager skill sets
- Good knowledge on any rules engine tools viz. Fairissac, iLog, Quickrules.
- Technical background – MCA/ MBA(Systems)
- Should posses Good Communication Skills
- Should have more than 4+ yrs of experience in IT software project deliveries/production support.
- Good knowledge on Rule engine tools and insurance industry
- Should have exposure to Project and team Management on medium to large projects.
- Knowledge on Underwriting systems, sales remittance system. Prior software industry experience like in Satyam Computers/ TCS would be an advantage.
- Bachelors in any field(preferably comp. sc) with MBA(IT).
- IT (insurance industry experience is a plus),BFSI
- IT(project management,project lead,business analyst)
- Good managerial and communication skills
- Ability to manage various stakeholders

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