Business Analyst/consultant Resume
Dallas, TX
SUMMARY:
Detail - oriented, efficient and organized professional with experience in process analysis, information systems, banking & insurance. Possess extraordinary analytical decision making & problem solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical. Resourceful in the completion of projects & effective at multi-tasking.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software Skills: Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), MS Project, Lotus Notes, XML/XSLT, Oracle InsBridge Rating & Underwriting Product Suite, MS SQL, Mercury Quality Center, Sharepoint, Extensive knowledge of the System Development Life Cycle
Operating Systems: IBM AS/ 400 Model 62 0, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Vista & 7
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Dallas, TX
Business Analyst/Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate the ability to understand, apply and communicate rating methodology based on business needs
- Analyze business needs of external clients to help identify business problems and proposed solutions
- Compile information from requirement gathering sessions
- Write business requirements outlining customer business needs
- Document technical data mapping and rating requirements for source systems
- Performed system validation tests, including data validation and balancing
Confidential, Dallas, TX
Business Analyst/QA Analyst/Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed business needs of our clients to help identify business problems and proposed solutions
- Worked with Product Development on system enhancements & designs
- Compiled information from customer engagements
- Wrote business requirement documents outlining customer business needs
- Documented technical data mapping requirements for customer source systems
- Performed system validation tests, including data validation, and balancing
- Tested applications, generated defect reports, verified defects and followed QA processes
- Contributed to the resolution of defects and enhancement requests
- Maintained defects in defect tracking database
Confidential, Dallas, TX
P & C Underwriter
Responsibilities:
- Administered established underwriting policy and practices to assure the achievement of the lowest possible loss and expense ratios
- Determined the acceptability, quality and profitability of new and existing business based on company underwriting guidelines and objectives
- Assisted in the evaluation of individual agency and territory profitability and identified agencies with deteriorating or non-existent profits
- Managed assigned territory so that items such as new business, claim reviews, quarterly reviews were completed accurately within accepted corporate time frames
- Worked with Marketing, assisted in the setting of appropriate loss ratio and production goals within assigned territory to support office and region objectives
- Ensured compliance with underwriting guidelines
Confidential, Dallas, TX
Underwriter/Sr. Sales Support/Technology Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Assessed risk on broker quote requests
- Analyzed financial and plan design information
- Partnered with sales representatives on proposal development and calculated final rates
- Participated in project work or on teams to develop and improve underwriting processes
- Provided technical & product support to sales representatives and brokers
- Ensured compliance with underwriting guidelines
- Analyzed new business sales support processes and prepared productivity reports
- Performed process quality control check assuring data accuracy and timely processing of new business submissions
- Verified and processed new business requirements (amendment forms, policy delivery receipts and illustrations)
- Created employee and client databases and reports as required
- Built, configured, & customized office workstations and laptops
Confidential, Groves, TX
Sr. Computer Operator
Responsibilities:
- Read monitors and entered commands to help computer users identify and correct errors
- Captured, entered, & balanced various transactions throughout the day
- Printed and distributed various reports for various bank departments
- Consulted with bank employees on problems such as equipment performance and output quality
- Ran End-of-Day processing and various system backups
- Trained and supervised