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Aspida

Business Systems Analyst

Aspida, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703

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Description

Company Description: Aspida is a tech-driven, nimble insurance carrier. Backed by Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative asset manager, we offer simple and secure retirement solutions and annuity products with speed and precision. More than that, we’re in the business of protecting dreams; those of our partners, our producers, and especially our clients. Our suite of products, available through our elegant and intuitive digital platform, focuses on secure, stable retirement solutions with attractive features and downside protection. A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) acts as the dedicated investment manager, capital solutions and corporate development partner to Aspida. For more information, please visit www.aspida.com or follow them on

LinkedIn .

Who We Are: Sometimes, a group of people come together and create something amazing. They don’t let egos get in the way. They don’t settle for the status quo, and they don’t complain when things get tough. Instead, they see a common vision for the future and each person makes an unspoken commitment to building that future together. That’s the culture, the moxie, and the story of Aspida.

Our business focuses on annuities and life insurance. At first, it might not sound flashy, but that’s why we’re doing things differently than everyone else in our industry. We’re dedicated to developing data-driven tech solutions, providing amazing customer experiences, and applying an entrepreneurial spirit to everything we do. Our work ethic is built on three main tenets: Get $#!+ Done, Do It with Moxie, and Have Fun. If this sounds like the place for you, read on, and then apply at aspida.com/careers.

What We Are Looking For: We’re looking for a highly skilled, proficient problem-solver who will collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners and users to translate business requests into specifications that assist the design, development, and testing of a complex software application. This role reports to the Director of Architecture and Production Support and is required to be onsite 3 days a week at our Durham, NC headquarters.

What You Will Do:

The Business Systems Analyst analyzes user’s requirements and high-level system architectures to develop system requirement specifications

The position is responsible for collaborating with business and product teams to capture and translate requests into system specifications in the form of user stories, epics, and development tasks

Participates in the software development lifecycle – working alongside software engineers to ensure the software solution meets business goals and objectives

Acts as a liaison between other project and program areas to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues

Facilitating the complex process of understanding business needs and establishing an understanding of how technology solutions may meet those needs

What We Provide:

Salaried, DOE

Long-Term Incentive Plan

Full-Time

Full Benefits Package Available

What We Believe: At Aspida Financial Services, LLC, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As such, Aspida does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

Requirements What We Require:

Bachelor’s degree

3 or more years of experience as a business analyst or business systems analyst, preferably within financial services or insurance industry

Excels in working across multiple stakeholder groups to translate goals and objectives into delivery strategies and system specifications

Adept at creating system specification documentation to lead software design activities

Strong SQL skills to query SQL databases as well as data structures and data movement

Understanding of the AWS ecosystem

Knowledge of and ability to manage IT work activities, processes, and progress within a system to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness

Maintains a working knowledge of new technology and business analysis standards & practices

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing

Facilitate daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint planning, backlog grooming, etc

Experience with agile development methodologies and agile planning tools like Jira

Experience, interest, and adaptability to working in Agile/DevOps delivery environment – must be self-directed, resilient and detail oriented

Exceptional collaboration, team building, listening, written and verbal communication skills

Experience creating documentation such as process flows, business requirements summaries, or user-stories

Strong problem resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills

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