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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

Managed resources and budget for million dollar+ portfolio of work for Finance and Corporate Services with a focus on driving prioritizations for value realization. Coordinated management activities with partners in Corporate Technology, Finance and across NYL Technology to achieve success in our strategic goals while maintaining risks. Contributed to Corporate Technology strategy sessions to dynamically manage project portfolio and risks while ensuring tactics were aligned with the overall strategic vision. Mentored and directed project managers and tech leads on best practices for implementing projects from estimating costs, acquiring resources, and identifying all components to be successful.

New York, New York, Us

Facilitated daily activities of the Enhancement portfolio to maximize value for Finance and Corporate Services while ensuring the portfolio remained compliant with technology guidelines and risk profiles. Maintained accurate and up to date tracking of Enhancements leveraging approved financial management practices, processes, and tools in partnership with Finance PfM. Ensured Clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business value and outcomes, rigorously managing scope to ensure commitments were achieved within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters proposing recommedations and adjustments as needed. Oversee and administer ongoing portfolio balancing to ensure the demand pipeline is properly funded and resourced with respect for portfolio constraints. Proactively set performance expectations and help project managers manage expectations of delivery and requirements yielding consistent results.

New York, New York, Us

Developed through business requirement documentation and presented in a manner digestible to the target audience, following defined standards and industry best practices. Managed initiatives within the Enhancement portfolio to maximize value for Finance, while ensuring the portfolio remained compliant with technology guidelines and risk profiles. Engaged and interacted with business stakeholders and SME's, product owners through interviews, JAD sessions, process workshops, work shadowing to gather and develop problem statements, detailed business requirements, process workflows and use cases. Provided recommendations on potential opportunities for further enhancements and presented recommendadtion to business stakeholders and projecr management.

Little Falls, Nj, Us

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, work as a liaison between IT and the business area to capture and document processes, business requirements and translate those into software requirements to ensure operational efficacy and excellence within the organization. Responsible for testing applications against business requirements and in many cases, manage the project through its life cycle and bringing it to a successful conclusion. Maintain a close working relationship with business users to ensure their needs are translated into meaningful system changes. Develop project plans, scope or work, timelines and ensure projects are delivered to specifications and on time.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Managed business requirement development for new life insurance products, revisions and repricings. Managed compliance projects and product enhancements that were part of Business As Usual or Third Party Administrator process. Managed the fund change process for over 1,500 variable funds on Prudential and third party platforms. Was Responsible for planning, requirement analysis, documentation and sample testing. Conducted work sessions to document current and future state processes into business requirements and functional specifications, use cases, traceability and change control procedures. Collaborated with lead system developers to translate specifications to design and support product changes. Identified risks and issues affecting a project and made recommendations to keep the project compliant with regulatory statutes. Ensured that SDLC best practices were followed throughout the project life cycle (using Waterfall and Agile/Scrum) including appropriate management sign-offs, organized documentation in shared locations and escalated issues to keep projects on track.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Managed business requirement development for life insurance revisions and repricings on Prudential and third party platforms. Translated business user concepts and ideas into specific requirements. Worked with IT professionals to translate business requirements into functional designs with prototypes and developed solutions for communicating and resolving technical issues when limitations in systems were encountered so that analysts could function more effectively and efficiently. Continually evaluated systems and processes for best practices. Increased productivity in group by using technology to replace processes in place that were cumbersome.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Wrote business requirements for in-house and peripheral platforms. Performed systems and QA/UA testing for new products and enhancements. Authored requirements that automated all cash payment awards as part of a $2 billion multi-state class action settlement. Won Dalbar award (gold standard of service in financial services industry) for changing the look and feel of a customer output.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Worked on special projects that investigated the integrity of company insurance data and to improve insurance administration. Reviewed legislation impacting insurance plans and prepared action plans when needed. Reconciled monetary errors when policyholders were harmed.