Director of Business Systems Analysis - Financial Reporting & Data Management
Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Info

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Title:
Director of Business Systems Analysis - Financial Reporting & Data Management

Company:
Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:
Technology

Job Description:

About Everest:

Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in the Europe, Bermuda, Canada, Singapore, US, and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.

Everest is a growth company offering Property, Casualty and specialty products among others, through its various operating subsidiaries located in key markets around the world. Everest has been a global leader in reinsurance with a broad footprint, deep client relationships, underwriting excellence, responsive service and customized solutions. Our insurance arm draws upon impressive global resources and financial strength to tailor each policy to meet the individual needs of our customers.

About the role:

We are in the beginning of a data transformation journey, including modernizing foundational data platforms and advanced analytics capabilities. We are looking for an individual to manage a team of Business System Analysts focusing on financial data initiatives and business intelligence solutions. The Director of Business Systems Analysis for Financial Reporting & Data Management is a leadership position within the Everest Technology Services division working closely with various functional areas of the Reinsurance, Insurance and Corporate business units. The role is accountable for the performance and results of his/her team. Sets team objectives, priorities and assigns work to team members. The individual will be responsible for hiring, developing their team, managing business stakeholder relationships, and contributing to annual budget planning.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead liaison between the client area, technical organization, and other affected areas in planning, directing, and supporting the analysis of complex business problems
  
• Work closely with business partners to understand the business needs and challenges and support the development of project proposals
  
• Manage and provide leadership to a team of Business Analysts on the proper elicitation techniques to ensure requirements are appropriately and efficiently identified, analyzed, and documented using industry standard analysis techniques
  
• Accountable for providing project leadership including facilitating requirements gathering and presenting findings to all levels of management
  
• Provide insights and recommendations to help verify that the solution/technology is meeting business requirements
  
• Proactively manages and prioritizes the product backlog, release plans, and sprint backlogs according to business value, complexity, and expectations. Ensure business needs are conveyed to the Scrum team
  
• Conforms to Company standards and practices to comply with Internal Audit and SOX controls
  

Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressive experience
  
• 10+ Years Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst Experience
  
• 5+ Years managing staff both onshore and offshore.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments
  
• Strong critical thinking & problem-solving competency with the ability to researches complex data-oriented problems
  
• Experience working with financial data systems that interface with the General Ledger, familiar with month-end processing.
  
• Proactive and results driven with a positive can-do attitude
  
• Excels in a team environment (distributed)
  

Skills and Experience:

• Agile Product Owner
  
• Strong SQL skills
  
• Commercial Insurance and Financial principles preferred
  
• Proficient in MS Excel and Visio
  
• Technical experience with BI Tools and/or the MS BI Stack a plus
  
• Exposure to APIs and understanding of XML and JSON language nice to have
  

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
  
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.
  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at everestbenefits@everestglobal.com.

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