Business Analyst 2 - Night Shift

The Role 

• Ensure that all documentation starts from baseline and adheres to standards; communicate back to base team suggestions for changes or enhancements to standard documentation. 
• Attends client meetings relevant to the components they have responsibility for, to establish client relationship and ensure complete understanding. 
• Responsible for developing requirements documentation. 
• Responsible for system configuration based on client requirements. 
• Responsible for creating test plans, and testing system changes and enhancements to ensure completeness and accuracy. Regression testing as necessary based on the nature of the system change/enhancement. 
• Identify reporting needs and requirements. 
• Understand SOW and be responsible for change order identification and assist with providing work and hours necessary to draft the change order. 
• Work closely with developer to ensure project requirements/requests for changes are understood and within standards. 
• Provide guidance to other team members regarding best/standard practices. 
• Provide guidance/assistance to team members where needed to help ensure issues are resolved by assigned due date.
• Escalate concerns with ability to meet due dates to Project Manager. 
• Train and help transition ongoing processing requirements to Business Systems Administrator. 
• Lead client requirements meetings as needed. 
• Maintain and update all requirements documents, ensuring adherence to standards. 
• Research issues and cases to determine root cause and provide impact analysis for ongoing issues and changes and requests for new functionality. 
• Addresses all calc or data issues that impact carriers. 
• Assist PM with development of Project Plan for open enrollment and significant change orders. 
• Responsible for any vendor file updates and ongoing support. 
• Provide training for client on large-scale change orders to client, Benefits Outsourcing Center and Service Center, as needed.

The Requirements 

• Desire to learn, accept new challenges, and have fun! 
• Self-starter - Can begin work on their own initiative, without needing to be told or encouraged to do so
• 2-4 years’ experience as a Business Analyst 
• Understanding of the fundamentals of health and welfare and broader benefit plan design preferred 
• Ability to complete Willis Towers Watson Business Analyst training program 
• Intermediate to advanced SQL skills 
• Experience with relational databases including SQL, Oracle or Access preferred 
• Experience with test plan creation, testing procedures and test plan execution 
• Strong analytical, integrative and problem-solving skills 
• Solid interpersonal skills and client service orientation 
• Ability to work both independently and on client teams, including virtual work teams with members in different geographic regions 
• Strong organizational abilities and flexibility to work in a performance driven environment managing multiple project priorities 
• Sense of accountability, owning one’s work and taking pride in it; commitment to quality and continuous improvement 
• Ability to work extended hours as needed

WTW is an Equal Opportunity Employer