PLADS Business Analyst

• Performs work for multiple business segments
• supports moderate to highly complex business processes
• Serves as a team member for projects of moderate to large scope and moderate to high complexity
• Assists with project deliverables such as project initiation requests, business and technical requirements, use cases, interface specifications, business architecture models, cost/benefit analysis, risk and issue logs, test plans, training plans and elevation / validation plans
• Provides technical solutions to meet user needs, manages business unit expectations and maintains established business relationships
• Communicates and presents moderately complex technical concepts simply and effectively to nontechnical team members Collects, analyzes, and documents business and technical requirements
• Assesses long term needs, performs gap analysis and makes future state recommendations
• Participates in JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions with business partners to enable technical solutions that allow for process improvements
• Owns project deliverables/artifacts, works in a self-directed environment to develop artifacts
• Conducts systems analysis with a focus on technical process models and use cases
• Provides testing support and analysis for defect resolution

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field
• Two or more years of relevant technical work experience that has provided an understanding of organizational systems and capabilities, business operations and requirements, business modeling concepts, software development methodologies, etc.
• Advanced database skills with experience using MS Access, SQL knowledge of how relational databases work
• Ability to apply statistical and other research methods into systems issues as required
• review complex data and derive summary conclusions
• High value contributor / value added professional

Experience in the insurance industry – Paid Leave, Disability, and Absence Management

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• prescription drug coverage
• health care flexible spending
• dependent care flexible spending
• Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
• 401(k) plans
• annual bonuses
• opportunity to purchase company stock
• 11 paid holidays
• up to 20 days PTO
• state-mandated sick leave
• other leaves of absence