Voya Financial Looking for Senior Business Analyst at Minneapolis, MN Full Time

We will do this together – with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with – and those we acquire throughout our lives – are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Profile Summary:

The Sr. Business Analyst role supports the Business by working with the development teams with responsibility for eliciting, understanding and documenting business needs to determine and recommend the most optimal solution to conduct software development. Assists in formulating creative, technical contributions to defining user business and functional requirements for enhancements and projects and implementing IT business solutions. A cts as an adept analytical resource focusing on critical business priorities. Assists in establishing plans for defining, delivering, enabling and supporting information technology components into the organization architecture.

Profile Description:

• Provide consulting regarding the practices and methods for defining detailed business requirements including planning, documentation, analysis and alignment to corporate standards
• Review business requirements which describe the business needs and the scope of the solution.
• Document and refine business requirements to describe the business needs to a functional requirement level without presuming a technical solution. Under the guidance of a Business Solutions Consultant, ensure requirements are verifiable and testable once a solution is defined
• Support the execution of the development pipeline and delivery of Voya’s software products including vendor solutions to QA, and ultimately to production
• Work in execution of product development across all teams as part of the development lifecycle
• Work with Project and Release Management to sequence/coordinate development activities within software development
• environment methodologies
• Operate at a high technical level for identified phases of IT projects.
• Identify applicable technology alternatives to given business problems with the assistance and direction of the Business Solutions Consultant.
• Supports project manager/release manager by developing detailed project information such as scope information, estimates, evaluation criteria and results, etc.
• Formulate and define system scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements; considers business application of technology to both current and future business environment.
• Develop detailed application, product, and/or tool selection evaluation criteria based on identified product requirements; assumes full accountability for developing business and functional requirements for complex issues.
• Uses comparative analysis techniques to evaluate and recommend overall IT solutions for client/organization. Provides senior level consulting services to internal business groups and peers on process improvement projects designed to improve business and IT results. Supports design, build and test phases for larger scope enhancements and projects.
• Ability to Lead BA’s in Requirement Analysis for small to medium projects. Coaches and mentors less experienced analysts.
• Supports design, build and test planning phases for medium to large scope enhancements and projects.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a directly related field
• Six + years of professional IT experience with leadership in technical and business analysis
• Previous Financial Services experience also preferred

Required Skills

• Enterprise Testing, Quality Standards, and software product knowledge (architecture, infrastructure, security, DevOps, etc.)
• SDLC knowledge
• Software development environment methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile)
• Business requirement knowledge (i.e. elicitation of requirements, planning, documentation, analysis and alignment to standards)
• Functional requirement knowledge (i.e. elicitation of requirements, planning, documentation, analysis and alignment to standards)
• Requirements Analysis, Planning & prioritization execution
• Requirements Elicitation and facilitation execution
• Financial Management knowledge
• Organizational Change Management (OCM)
• Supplier/Vendor management
• Analytical /data analysis skills
• Coach/Mentor
• Consensus building to gather requirements
• Interviewing skills among stakeholders
• Meeting facilitation (in person and virtual)
• Collaboration with internal and external teams and business partners
• Business Acumen among LOBs (past, current, future goals, strategies and plans)
• Business relationship management

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Please Note: This position has been designated as a hybrid-office/remote role. Details of your in-office schedule will be finalized with your manager.

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time – 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Learn more about Critical Skills

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations

We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. This commitment governs all decisions related to employment, including selection, development and compensation. It also includes an employee’s request for reasonable accommodation. All employees will be treated in a manner free from discrimination or harassment. Voya is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an application, please see our resources for applicants with disabilities .

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