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Job Title: Business Analyst II

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Family: Information Technology

Department: IT - Business Assurance

Location: Corporate Office (Fort Wayne, IN)

JOB SUMMARY
Participate in business analysis and research efforts for corporate projects, in order to gain a preliminary
understanding and help provide appropriate documentation to support the fulfillment of assigned projects,
as well as help maintain consistency within the design of our applications and processes.

POSITION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

• Act as liaison between the business stakeholders, development teams and support teams to
  resolve functional and technical issues, and to review opportunities to create new functionality
  which supports the company initiatives.
• Collect, validate and document business requirements for assigned projects by creating and using
  and maintaining supporting documentation throughout the lifecycle of the projects.
• Convey business analysis and requirements to application development teams through the life
  cycle of assigned projects.
• Assist in managing assigned project(s) to completion and project launch.
• Support a User-Centered Design approach through adoption and development of methodologies
  that bring the user perspective to the forefront.
• Participate in discussions between business users and Information Technology, using appropriate
  analysis tools such as wireframes and flow diagrams, to ensure that business functionality
  requirements are captured.
• Maintaining overall system knowledge, using available documentation as a guide, in designing
  application flow and development requirements.
• Work to maintain consistency within the overall architecture and flow of corporate applications
  and processes.
• Work closely with the Project Management Office to facilitate the transition from corporate project
  selection into prioritization for work and implementation.
• Facilitate problem resolution efforts between Information Technology and business departments
  as it pertains to errors or inefficiency within existing systems.
• Create, analyze, and execute projects and test cases.
• Complete other projects as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience in either business analysis, process design, interaction design or related user-centered design discipline is required.
• Strong knowledge of analysis methodologies, tools and processes.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out business analysis activities is desired.
• Understanding of core application development and database design concepts is desired.
• Effectively interface with external contacts, Brotherhood employees, managers, and department
  staff members.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
List Degree Requirement, Years' Experience, and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or equivalent is required.
• Three or more years in Information Technology, business analysis, or related field required.
• Working toward certification within the Business Analysis community is required.
• Working toward CPCU designation is desired.
• Insurance Industry or Financial Services experience is desired.

Terms and Conditions

This description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

Because the company’s niche is the church and related ministries market, and because effective service requires a thorough understanding of this market, persons in this position must be familiar with church operations and must conduct themselves in a manner that will neither alienate nor offend persons within this target niche.

Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this position description in any way the company desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This position description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The
employment relationship remains “at-will”.