Technology And Projects, Senior Business Consultant
CurrentI am responsible for providing analysis expertise and proposing solutions in the definition of Business Requirements specifications, System Design and Functional Requirements specifications. I'm confident in liaising in both a business and technical capacity with product managers, business users, underwriters, re-insurers, actuaries and IT stakeholders to ensure all requirements are clearly captured, documented and understood.Recent key accountability has been with the product and… Show more I am responsible for providing analysis expertise and proposing solutions in the definition of Business Requirements specifications, System Design and Functional Requirements specifications. I'm confident in liaising in both a business and technical capacity with product managers, business users, underwriters, re-insurers, actuaries and IT stakeholders to ensure all requirements are clearly captured, documented and understood.Recent key accountability has been with the product and pricing configuration and validation, converting the actuarial model of product pricing or more complex product features into a solution that can be managed by the policy administration system.I assist test analysts in defining User Acceptance Testing requirements and provide ongoing business as usual support for all internal and vendor solutions.Projects I've been involved in include: Stream Lead in the development of a new advice based Life Insurance suite of products, offering flexi options to split cover between Superannuation and Personal policies, responsible for the quoting engine, eApplication, underwriting rules engine through to policy Issue.Lead Business Analyst and tester in the development of product and pricing upgrades including quote engine premium, projection, stamp duty and commission calculators.Product definition and data analysis for migration of legacy products. Correspondence automation and fulfilment ,including the developments of new XML and schema definitions.Data analysis and scripting of complex SQL to extract data, ofter to Excel, for analysis and reporting to various business users.Delivery Methodoligies - Agile, WaterfallTools: SQL, Ready API (SOAPUI), XMLSpy, shell scripting, Jira, HEAT (Issue tracking ITSM), ProMapp, Visio, MS Excel Show less