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Director of Business Systems Analysis - Financial Reporting & Data Management

Everest

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Oct 2024

About the role

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Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Technology

Job Description:

About Everest:

Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in the Europe, Bermuda, Canada, Singapore, US, and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.

Everest is a growth company offering Property, Casualty and specialty products among others, through its various operating subsidiaries located in key markets around the world. Everest has been a global leader in reinsurance with a broad footprint, deep client relationships, underwriting excellence, responsive service and customized solutions. Our insurance arm draws upon impressive global resources and financial strength to tailor each policy to meet the individual needs of our customers.

About the role:

We are in the beginning of a data transformation journey, including modernizing foundational data platforms and advanced analytics capabilities. We are looking for an individual to manage a team of Business System Analysts focusing on financial data initiatives and business intelligence solutions. The Director of Business Systems Analysis for Financial Reporting & Data Management is a leadership position within the Everest Technology Services division working closely with various functional areas of the Reinsurance, Insurance and Corporate business units. The role is accountable for the performance and results of his/her team. Sets team objectives, priorities and assigns work to team members. The individual will be responsible for hiring, developing their team, managing business stakeholder relationships, and contributing to annual budget planning.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead liaison between the client area, technical organization, and other affected areas in planning, directing, and supporting the analysis of complex business problems
Work closely with business partners to understand the business needs and challenges and support the development of project proposals
Manage and provide leadership to a team of Business Analysts on the proper elicitation techniques to ensure requirements are appropriately and efficiently identified, analyzed, and documented using industry standard analysis techniques
Accountable for providing project leadership including facilitating requirements gathering and presenting findings to all levels of management
Provide insights and recommendations to help verify that the solution/technology is meeting business requirements
Proactively manages and prioritizes the product backlog, release plans, and sprint backlogs according to business value, complexity, and expectations. Ensure business needs are conveyed to the Scrum team
Conforms to Company standards and practices to comply with Internal Audit and SOX controls

Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressive experience
10+ Years Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst Experience
5+ Years managing staff both onshore and offshore.
Excellent interpersonal skills and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments
Strong critical thinking & problem-solving competency with the ability to researches complex data-oriented problems
Experience working with financial data systems that interface with the General Ledger, familiar with month-end processing.
Proactive and results driven with a positive can-do attitude
Excels in a team environment (distributed)

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