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Job Description
Senior Systems Analyst (SAN) Job Description
Canada Life Assurance Europe plc is seeking a talented Senior Systems Analyst (SAN) to join the Enterprise Backoffice Applications team.
Job Summary:
Deliver high standards of work in a complex and fast-paced environment, with a focus on automation initiatives for back-office administration processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work within the Enterprise Backoffice Applications service line to support project progression via Analysis and QA skills.
- Interact extensively with business stakeholders to develop an excellent understanding of business implications of IT decisions.
- Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with business and IT teams to design new IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity.
- Examine existing business processes and data flows, demonstrate, and discuss their findings with the business, agree a set of requirements and design an appropriate IT solution.
- Translate business requirements into formal business requirements documentation and functional specifications.
- Develop and maintain complex Data models for CLE systems using industry standard modelling and diagramming techniques and tools.
- Work with 3rd party vendors, software developers, QA and end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction throughout the SDLC.
- Complete Project reporting using confluence and contribute to Analysis workshops.
- Work with Application Support and Software Developers to resolve issues.
- Supervise proper implementation of a new system.
Requirements:
- Experience of industry best practices in relation to Business/Systems Analysis techniques and methodologies.
- Proven track record of translating complex requirements into comprehensive documentation.
- Experience in the Financial Services sector, particularly in Life and Pensions Insurance products and applications.
- Excellent organisational skills and methodical approach to delivering change in a complex and fast-paced financial services company.
- Have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile scrum software development lifecycles.
- Excellent team player with a passion for working in a collaborative manner with stakeholders and other team members.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Fluent written and verbal English.
Desired Skills:
- Experience working with back-office applications.
- Experience working with recognised application/service delivery processes and methodology.
- Experience in Business/Systems Analysis from a project perspective in a large enterprise environment.
Personal Strengths:
- The candidate needs to be a self-starter and implement best of breed Analysis techniques and methodologies.
- Passionate about Analysis work with a continuous drive for improved ways of working.
Necessary Qualifications/Skills:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar role.
- 3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline.