Information Technology Business Analyst

Overview

Western & Southern Financial Group (W&SFG) is a Fortune 500 Financial Services company with a long history of strength and stability. We provide life and health insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and investment management products and services for millions of people through our member companies.

We are seeking an IT Business Analyst I to support the development, implementation and enhancement of our Document Generating System, Inspire. The role requires a strong understanding of both business processes and technical systems, with a particular focus on automating, templating and managing the life cycle of business critical documents.

What would I do?

As an IT Business Analyst I you will collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to elicit and document stakeholder, business and functional requirements and supporting documentation to drive projects to delivery. This is a great opportunity if you have prior professional business analysis experience. Qualified candidates will have knowledge and experience in eliciting and documenting stakeholder needs which evolve into high quality project deliverables.

The Business Analyst will have a proven track record of excellent verbal and written communication skills; facilitation and documentation skills; problem solving and negotiation skills; and the ability to influence and lead oneself and others. The most effective Business Analysts bring clarity to ambiguous criteria.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze and document business requirements related to document generation formatting and lifecycle management.
• Translate business needs into detailed technical specifications and user stories for development teams.
• Conduct interviews and process mapping sessions to generate requirements.
• Participate in workshops and serve as SME to foster understanding of document workflows.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of business requirements, technical specifications and system configurations.
• Research current functionality including interrogation of existing code when necessary.

• Experience in a regulated industry with compliance-driven document requirements (i.e. insurance, healthcare, finance).
• Prior experience with a Document Generating System.
• Prior development experience.
• Knowledge of document version control, records retention policies and hands-on experience with tools like JIRA and Modern Requirements.

As a part of the Western & Southern family, you would enjoy a competitive benefit plan including medical, dental, prescription, vision, long-term and short-term disability coverage, tuition reimbursement, a free fitness center, paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) plan with a company match, AND a defined benefit pension plan! We offer discounted parking or bus subsidies, free breakfast and lunch in our onsite café, as well as numerous employee discounts.

• Financial Strength:
  We re a Fortune 500 company that s been in business for over 130 years. We are consistently recognized for our financial stability and operating performance by ratings agencies.
• Supportive Culture:
  We re a fast paced professional work environment with a focus on the welfare of our associates. Over 50% of our positions are filled from within.
• Community Involvement:
  Western & Southern is deeply rooted in Cincinnati. From the Thanksgiving Day Race and the Cincinnati Open, to the W&S/WEBN Fireworks, we impact our communities and its citizens every day through our corporate citizenship.