Exciting Career Opportunity with UAP Life
The Job:
Position: Business Analyst
Reports to: Business Systems Development Manager
Division: ICT
Status: Permanent
Company Profile:
Our client, UAP Life Assurance (UAP Life) seeks to recruit for the position of Business Analyst. UAP Life is one of the leading insurance and financial services companies in East Africa, with headquarters in Nairobi and a network of branches spread across Kenya.The Job:
Position: Business Analyst
Reports to: Business Systems Development Manager
Division: ICT
Status: Permanent
Company Profile:
Regionally, it is now the second largest insurer in Uganda and the first foreign underwriter in Southern Sudan.
Overall Purpose of the Job:
To work with the Business Systems Manager to ensure successful implementation of business solution transformation programmes.
Roles:
- Liaising with users of systems to identify changes that are necessary for the systems to continue supporting the business strategy.
- Providing robust analysis and critique to the identified changes before documenting them into formal systems requirement specifications that can be used to design, develop (acquire) and implement an appropriate solution that will address the intended business need while factoring seamless integration with existing solutions for the overall fit.
- Ensures clear communication of required changes and solutions proposed to stakeholders.
- Apply best practices and standards in solution design and project executions for consistent delivery of quality solutions within the defined scope, budget and time.
- Training users and other team members on new information system solutions.
- Ensures that solutions developed are properly tested by developing comprehensive test plans.
- Ensures that problems (issues) identified during implementations are reported, tracked, and resolved in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Working with the other business analysts to implement and maintain enterprise-wide data warehouse solution for consolidated corporate reporting and analytics.
- Carrying out any other duty that may be assigned by management.
Qualifications & Skills:
Qualification:
Qualification:
- Graduate in information systems or related discipline
- At least 3 years experience in business systems project related assignments
Skills\Attributes:
- Understands application programming, database and system design
- Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures
- Oracle database administration
- Understanding of the working of Unix/Linux and windows operating systems.
- Teamwork ability
- Good communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Knowledge in emerging industry practices.
- Proactive in seeking solutions to problems and identifying opportunities
- Wide understanding of the insurance business processes
- Self-driven individual with the discipline to deliver within agreed guidelines
Include your daytime contact, current & expected remuneration as well as your notice period in your application cover letter.
Deadline for application is 9th June 2011.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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