Senior Guidewire PolicyCenter BSA

Location(s)

Alpharetta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas, Downers Grove, Illinois, Jacksonville, Florida

Details

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. 

Kemper is seeking an experienced Senior Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Systems Analyst. They will be a part of a team focused on collaboration with developers, testing analysts and stakeholders to deliver on product and program requirements for Kemper’s usage of Guidewire PolicyCenter.  Accountable for medium to large scale projects, this role will actively participate and interact to understand business needs, identify the best solutions, lead complex change management activities, and support application configuration.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as an experienced Business Systems Analyst with a depth of expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter. 
• Liaison with business for IT portfolio coordination.  
• Perform systems analysis and development of technical design documents.
• Research and develop functional design documents.
• Provide detailed inputs to application testing and support user acceptance testing.
• Achieve and maintain subject matter expertise across multiple scopes within the existing Kemper PolicyCenter implementation, leveraging prior PolicyCenter experience.
• Lead complex change management activities, including:  Training (e.g., training plans and materials, training sessions), process improvements and efficiencies, documentation support (e.g., operational procedures, troubleshooting guides), production readiness activities (e.g., war room, deployment support and checkout, user support).
• Lead analysis, design, implementation, and testing of PolicyCenter configuration.
• Maintain knowledge of business functionality and technical platforms as business climate and technology platforms evolve.
• Perform procedural duties within standardized practices, where applicable.
• Comply with and support all corporate, department and security policies and procedures.
• Support high level estimation and design during Ideation.
• Provide oversight of small work requests.
• Mentor BSA group to increase overall level of performance.
• Coordinate production activities such as: Triage, troubleshooting, Data analysis (e.g., SQL / data analysis), Product and compliance requests
• Occasional travel may be required based on project needs.

Position Qualifications:

• 7 years of business systems analyst experience required.
• Minimum of 4 years of extensive business systems analyst experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite; including at least 2 recent years of on-going experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Guidewire Certified Associate Certification required. Candidates not currently certified are expected to obtain the certification within 90 days of hire. Guidewire Certified Professional Certification preferred.
• Expert knowledge of P&C Insurance. Non-standard Auto Insurance experience preferred.
• Must be proficient with business analysis including documentation of workflows, use cases, business rules, user stories, acceptance criteria and associated data analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of systems development lifecycle activities
• Strong design/configuration experience within Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Guidewire PolicyCenter configuration testing skills (behavior-driven approach to test cases, expected results, user acceptance testing, and test execution including clock-based testing).
• Expertise in post-production monitoring and support (troubleshooting, data analysis, defect triage).
• Education equivalent to a college degree in an information technology related or business administration related discipline, supplemented by insurance or computer-related courses/knowledge, or the equivalent in related work experience.
• Current expertise using JIRA/Confluence.
• ServiceNow and AWS knowledge is a plus. 

The range for this position is $86,200 to $143,600. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and Kemper benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.)

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.  
Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. 

Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email.  Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates.  If you receive such a message, delete it.  

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