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Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

SUMMARY:
In this position you will be responsible for the day-to-day work of professional/technical staff and serve as project manager for all OLAP initiatives with broad impact to division and company results. Business Insurance Finance areas are your primary customers with expectations of providing viable business solutions in a streamlined approach to managing information.

As the lead Administrator for the Cognos TM1 application, you will model business unit partnerships for in-house staff and manage a Global Outsourcing Team, ensuring exceptional service levels are met on the development and support of the TM1 reporting application. Your technical OLAP experience combined with your strong project leadership, management and people skills are needed to continually improve reporting tools and produce robust, high quality financial and management information.

As part of the Shared Finance Data and Infrastructure team, you will be part of a fast-paced, challenging work environment where strategic development and tactical solutions are integral to effectively supporting all markets within Business Insurance.

PRIMARY DUTIES:
This position's principal responsibility is to ensure an accurate, controlled, and secured data environment to enhance our internal business customers' ability to report on a wide variety of information needed to make the daily decisions that drive growth and profitability in the insurance market. Our Data and Infrastructure team is continually improving how data is utilized, modeled, and presented to senior management with an emphasis on upgrading the use of Cognos TM1, Business Intelligence tools and other data sources.

During the execution of your technical responsibilities, you are accountable for all aspects of the project development life cycle and engineering complex integrative processes. Lead a team of Business Analysts and Application Modelers to develop functional and data requirements for initiatives and support for new and existing projects including communication, rollout and training. Implementing industry best practices are key to governing data standards and data consistencies.

As the Technical Lead for the Planning & Forecasting cycles, you often work closely with business customers, peers within Financial Reporting and other Information Technology areas. Your strong communication skills will be valued as you participate in design meetings, business reviews, testing phases and post-production issue resolution. Communication is also important to ensure the completion of ad hoc requests with abbreviated deadlines.

You will be expected to work independently with limited technical guidance, even on the more complex assignments, and you will often be managing more than one deliverable at a time with competing priorities. You are expected to continually upgrade your technical and management competencies as new tools, expectations, and staff challenges are presented.

Engage with other shared areas in driving the strategic direction of Business Insurance Finance and Middle Market Shared Finance resource planning around Data Management, Information Delivery and Analytics.

COMPETENCIES:
- BS or BA degree required; business or technology concentration.
- Minimum of seven years managing projects and people successfully.
- Proven record of accomplishments on a wide array of corporate-wide projects and/or initiatives.
- Expert knowledge of OLAP Development, ETL Tools, Business Intelligence tools.
- Experience with metadata, data management methodology and products.
- Your ability to use advanced technologies to customize the look and function of each reporting application to exceed customer expectations is a critical success factor.
- Strong relational database skills, specifically understanding SQL queries and core database structures.
- Experience extracting data from a range of sources, including DB2, SQL Server, Teradata, FOCUS, Peoplesoft, flat files.
- Expert SQL knowledge, with experience creating stored procedures and data views against relational databases.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Director-of-Management-Information-Job-CT-06101/653117/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Director-of-Management-Information-Job-CT-06101/653117/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 792026
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Mission Statement:
Through strong collaboration, deliver application solutions that provide sustainable business value, through predictable, repeatable execution practices by optimizing our extensive assets and leveraging our partnerships.

Organizational Drivers:
- Flexibility
- Optimized execution teams
- Consistent career mentorship
- Increase focus on strategic skill development

Role Description:
The successful candidate will work synergistically in a project based organization with the core delivery team in the development and implementation of business application solutions in Java architecture. This person should have knowledge of multiple programming disciplines with a minimum of 3-5 years of JEE experience. The candidate will be required to develop a high level of technical proficiency in the design and development of application services, components, and functions. Additionally, experience in the Business Process Management (BPM) domain utilizing PegaSystems PRPC tool is highly desirable.

Primary Accountabilities:
- Actively participate and contribute to the execution of large-scale delivery efforts
- Participate and contribute to agile development practices - specifically experience with continuous integration and test-first development practices.
- Candidate must use and understand iterative software development life-cycle methodologies
- Provides contributions and influence towards technical and application architecture strategies and in enterprise efforts regarding system integrations. Also, expected to assist with other aspects of the SDLC including project management, QA, and testing.
- Participate and contribute to analysis, design, and development activities based on business and system requirements and use cases
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and incorporate best practices into project deliverables
- Collaborate with technical team members to help increase overall capability and to facilitate an integrated team approach to delivering

Education:
- Required: College Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, MIS or related field.

Work Experience:
- Must have 4-6 years experience developing and integrating enterprise systems across multiple hardware and software platforms
- Desirable to have worked in the financial services industry, preferably property casualty insurance.

Technical Skills:
- Must have experience with iterative development methods such as Rational Unified Process (RUP) or Essential Unified Process (EssUP). Experience using agile development methods such as Extreme Programming or SCRUM is a plus.
- Must have a solid understanding of object-oriented, component-based, and services architectures
- Must be proficient in distributed technologies (Java and/or .NET), OOAD, UML, Design Patterns, and SOA technologies such as web services
- Must have development experience with either IBM-s or Microsoft-s technologies. This includes IBM WebSphere Application Developer (WSAD) and IBM WebSphere Server (WAS); or JBoss. Experience in Microsoft .NET technologies such as C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net is a plus.
- Must have experience with software configuration management processes and tools. Experience with Maven, JUnit, and Ant is a plus.
- Experience in the Business Process Management and Business Activity Monitoring domain is highly desired.
- Experience with EAI/ESB technologies such as Java CAPS is desired.
- Experience with Rational Software Modeler (RSM), Rational Software Architect (RSA), FileNet, and JRules is desired

Communication & Teamwork:
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to express technical details in an easy to understand language
- Ability to communicate effectively with business analysts, project leadership, architects, developers and others across the organization
- Ability to work collaboratively across the IT community by working cooperatively with others to accomplish department and project objectives
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with peers and with other departments to work as one integrated team

Personal Competencies:
- Must be seen as a team player that exhibits critical thinking and confidence and has credibility across the project team.
- Must demonstrate initiative and be results-oriented
- Ability to identify areas for continuous improvement within the technical domain and make recommendations and/or implement.
- Exhibits high levels of energy, drive, motivation, performance and personal integrity.
- Take advantage of opportunities to develop technical, business and leadership skills

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Java-J2EE-Developer-Job-CT-06101/682784/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Java-J2EE-Developer-Job-CT-06101/682784/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 790870
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Summary:
We have a rewarding opportunity for a Technical Lead within the Claim System Architecture area. The Claim Division is initiating a number of exciting major initiatives. Significant new and or replacement applications are being planned as part of our platform strategy. In addition we are creating core business capabilities supporting new application development. A Technical Lead in our organization provides leadership in detailed application design, expert level programming/analysis skills and directs the daily development activities of the developers to ensure that the development and implementation of the solution seamlessly integrates within Claims overall technical infrastructure. He or she provides complex, high-level technical support for these systems, as well as proactively researching and designing stable implementations for the future.

Candidates must have strong managerial and technical skills with experience building multi-tiered Web-based solutions utilizing ASP.NET, VB.NET, Web Services, XML, SQL, HTML, JavaScript. Mainframe experience is a plus. The candidates must have strong problem solving and organizational skills. Applicants should have experience in all stages of solution delivery including analysis, design, construction, testing, deployment, and support.

Qualifications:
6+ years experience in analysis & design

6+ years experience with Web based technologies including ASP.NET, VB.NET, Web Services, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, SQL Server, prefer .NET 3.5 frameworks experience.

* Experience with Host Technologies including COBOL, CICS, and DB2 are a plus

* Excellent written documentation skills

* Excellent communication and collaboration skills

* Excellent self management skills (task lists, status reports, and prioritization)

* Commitment to quality and timely deliverables

Primary Duties:
* Collaborate with the business subject matter experts, business analysts, functional leads, architects and technical leads from other disciplines to come up with end to end solutions to meet the assigned business requirements

* Provide rough order of magnitude estimates before the technical designs are completed and detailed estimates after the technical designs are completed

* Document detail design at an appropriate level so that it can be handed off to team members

* Manage the work of developer resources, mentoring and coaching as needed

* Provide programming direction to a team of on-shore and off-shore developers

* Perform technical walkthroughs, code reviews and test plan reviews

* Establish expectations with project members and provide timely feedback

* Collaborate with other tech leads in determining the impact of infrastructure upgrades

* Build and leverage effective alliances across the technical and business community ensuring the best utilization of resources

Other Competencies:
Technical Knowledge-

Has expert level technical analysis, design and programming skills. Ability to create and deliver an integrated technical picture of the solution and articulate how all pieces of the solution come together. Ability to develop technical specifications that can then be programmed by others. Has conceptual knowledge of varying technologies and the ability to make decisions based on that knowledge

Business Knowledge & Partnership-
Creates an atmosphere where business partner's issues are dealt with professionally, and in a timely manner. Creates solutions that make sense and optimize the value of assigned projects. Communicates openly and effectively in a manner consistent with the audience. Recognizes the importance of implementing deliverables on time with superior quality.

Problem Solving & Decision Making-
Demonstrates sound analytic and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are loosely defined and/or where information is available but must be further manipulated. Once decisions are made, is able to follow and direct action to implement intended results. Breaks a problem down to manageable pieces and implements effective, timely solutions. Openly and directly confronts conflict until resolved.

Team Orientation-
Builds relationships with peers and other departments to achieve objectives, to work as one team and to secure necessary resources not under his/her personal control. Balances team and individual responsibilities. Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views. Gives and welcomes feedback. Puts success of team above own interest.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Technical-Lead-Job-CT-06101/607247/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Technical-Lead-Job-CT-06101/607247/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS
That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

SUMMARY:
This individual will play a key role in leading the requirements phase of significantly complex project initiatives. They will also be responsible for communication of all matters pertaining to requirements and business issue to Project Sponsors and Sr. Leadership. This individual serves as an expert in one or more of the following areas:

- The requirements components of the Delivery Methodology
- Travelers enterprise business architecture
- Travelers product lines
- Travelers business processes
- Travelers supporting systems for any of the above

PRIMARY DUTIES:
-Provide input to project plans as they pertain to requirements
-Provide expertise to requirements projects on Travelers business processes, products, and/or supporting systems
-Provide expertise on Travelers enterprise business architecture
-Provide expertise to other BAs on the techniques and tools that the Delivery Methodology recommends for requirements modeling, review, documentation and management
-Provide expertise on components of the Delivery Methodology that focus on requirements
-Participate in continual improvement of the Delivery Methodology, tools and techniques as they apply to requirements
-Participate in maintaining the business enterprise architecture
-Serves as lead on small-to-large scale requirements projects, business improvement efforts, or enterprise business architecture efforts
-Provide coaching and mentoring to BAs

EDUCATION/COURSE OF STUDY:
Minimum of 8-10 years BA and/or business experience

WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Expertise in the requirements life cycle
-Expertise in requirements analysis and management techniques and tools
-Expertise in business domain knowledge
-Analytical skills
-Coaching/mentoring skills
-Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
-BS or BA degree or equivalent experience

OTHER:
Business Domain Knowledge
-Subject matter expert knowledge of the insurance industry and workflow
-Subject matter expert knowledge of Travelers business areas and/or products, and their supporting systems

Planning/Project Management
-Largely self-directed
-Ability to participate in multiple projects while meeting deadlines
-Ability to coordinate activities with others
-Ability to organize work efficiently and effectively

Mentoring/Leadership
-Ability to advocate for the Business Analyst role across the organization
-Ability to mentor/coach others
-Ability to serve as change agent for new techniques and approaches
-Ability to provide expertise to requirements projects
-Ability to manage/lead complex requirements projects
-Excellent written and oral communication skills
-Ability to influence outcomes

Problem Solving/Analytical/Decision Making
-Recognize and analyze business need
-Takes responsibility for decision and actions

Technology
-Requirements modeling/documentation/management tool expertise
-MS Office, Delivery Methodology and Requirements Specification template expertise
-Business process modeling
-Use case description and modeling
-Functional decomposition
-Context modeling
-System architecture modeling
-Conversion of use cases to test scripts
-Posting and communication of requirements to others
-Requirements management and traceability
-Project management
-Enterprise business architecture

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.

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Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Summary
The Bond & Financial Products division is looking for an experienced and self-motivated Senior Business Analyst to work on our Bond & Financial Products Systems. This position will report up to the manager in charge of our Business Analyst team, and will work closely with our Bond & Financial Products business customers, as well as with the Development, Project Management, and Quality Assurance teams within the IT organization. The Senior Business Analyst will work in a team environment analyzing business problems, devising solutions, creating supporting documents, and coordinating application development work with the overall goal of ensuring that the Bond & Financial Products systems deliver the functionality that both our internal and external customers need. This individual will be expected to become an expert on the customers business, products and workflow, and then use that knowledge by teaming up with others in the IT organization to build and maintain systems.

The major roles and responsibilities of this position will include:
- Research and analyze business problems to determine if systems solutions are advisable and available.
- Analyze business needs, design creative solutions, and construct text, spreadsheets, charts, diagrams, or other documents to describe the need and solution.
- Coordinate the definition, development, and implementation of systems-based solutions.
- Develop detailed functional specifications and other necessary systems documentation for changes, enhancements, and new systems.
- Determine impacts to workflow and assist in the development of new workflows.
- Support both large projects and ongoing system maintenance work simultaneously.
- Coordinate and assist the planning and execution of testing.
- Coordinate and work on the creation and delivery of training.
- Assist in troubleshooting application issues with the development and QA teams.
- Provide Level 3 support for business issues that come through the help desk by analyzing, prioritizing and resolving these problems. Coordinate resolution with programming staff when needed.
- Build close working relationships with both business and IT partners.

Critical Skills Required:
- BA/BS degree plus 5 or more years experience performing business systems analysis, including enterprise analysis, requirements management planning and monitoring, requirements elicitation, requirements management and communication, requirements analysis, and solution assessment and validation.
- Strong research and analysis skills in the formulation and definition of project scope and objectives.
- Superior presentation, facilitation, negotiation and escalation skills.
- Able to create effective systems documentation including specifications, use cases, system flow diagrams, etc.
- Thorough working knowledge of the various SDLC concepts and ability to apply that knowledge on a daily basis.
- Works effectively with peers and customers across multiple disciplines, locations, and levels.
- Able to manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Effective at managing competing priorities and work independently with minimal oversight.
- Strong analysis and problem solving skills. Able to develop and implement effective, timely solutions while paying close attention to detail and quality of deliverables.
- Able to coach, mentor and manage more junior employee and consultant resources.
- Must be able to quickly develop an in depth knowledge of the business, workflow, products and systems used within Bond and use that knowledge to add value to the application development process.
- Communicates actively, openly and effectively with a variety of different audiences (business and technical).
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Some project and people management experience is beneficial.

Bond & Financial Products Business Analysts work in a team environment where the Business Analyst and programmers are jointly responsible for the delivery of new functionality. Business Analysts may work solo with a group of programmers or they may work with other analysts and a project team, depending on the scope and complexity of the project.

We currently have a number of challenging and exciting initiatives planned for the coming year. If you are a self starter, willing to work hard, learn the business, and have a total commitment to providing the best service and support to your customer, then this is a position for you. Some of the exciting projects in Bond include Web Portal, Data Warehouse, and e-Commerce initiatives, Application Redesigns, Line of Business Technology Enhancements and System rewrites with the latest .Net technology.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Senior-Business-Systems-Analyst-Job-CT-06101/626113/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Senior-Business-Systems-Analyst-Job-CT-06101/626113/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 791207
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Plans at an operational level and manages the effective use of resources. Directs assigned applications systems analysis staff to develop, implement and/or maintain a medium system or multiple smaller systems and/or assigned project(s).

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

- Lead a team of Systems Analysts to develop functional and data requirements for Business Intelligence initiatives and support for new and existing Business Intelligence applications including communication, rollout and training.

- Has a thorough understanding of staff responsibilities, abilities and development and training needs

- Accountable for directing staff in order to achieve deliverables. Increase organizations effectiveness and strategic capabilities through effective management of own performance and performance of direct reports

- Manages multiple information systems and/or projects across Personal Insurance portfolios

- Develop and maintain strong partnerships between business owners and IT team; defining business technical requirements; reviewing project artifacts and project estimates.

- Candidate needs to have a detailed understanding of business intelligence (BI) tools and technologies to collect, evaluate and analyze management information.

- Must have a solid understanding of how to develop technical requirements and specifications and carry out project tasks to develop, design, automate, prepare and test reports and dashboards.

- Results driven individual oriented towards exceeding Business Partner expectations in an environment with competing priorities.

- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

- Has the ability to proactively communicate at multiple levels from executive to individual contributor

- Assist business owners and project managers in defining project estimates for reporting efforts and other initiatives that are realistic, timely, meet business needs and budget constraints.

- Manages to the operational plan for assigned business systems and/or projects

- Oversees the development of business user specifications into cost-effective applications systems specifications

- Responsible for resource/staffing plans, work priorities and project management within established budget objectives

- Provides the division and business areas management with timely and accurate information regarding the performance of the assigned system(s)

- Responsible for all aspects of human resource management of staff

Work Experience

- College degree or equivalent work experience.

- Knowledge of Property &Casualty products and Financial Metrics

- 5+ years of experience working with data management systems and information delivery tools.

- Demonstrated experience leading teams and individuals including all aspects of performance management

- Strong communication and documentation skills

- Experience in managing business analysts and in leading the development of systems requirements for large, complex project/program

- Proven track record working in matrix organization

Other

Technical Knowledge

- Has thorough working knowledge of the business that the assigned systems are supporting.

- Has full technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis.

- Has thorough understanding of staff responsibilities, abilities and development needs

- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of application systems analysis and of the systems area supporting the business functions

- Has a broad understanding of the development methodology for MI driven projects

- Has working knowledge or better of the following: ETL Tools, Data Warehousing concepts, Business Intelligence tools and reporting, data modeling and use cases

Business Knowledge & Partnership

- Creates an atmosphere where business partner's issues are dealt with professionally, and in a timely manner.

- Suggests solutions that make sense and optimize the value of systems resources.

- Communicates openly and effectively in a manner consistent with the audience.

- Recognizes the importance of superior quality in providing a competitive edge.

- Demonstrates understanding of capabilities and direction of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

- Has an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.

- Effectively contributes to, and communicates with the immediate team, systems staff, other business units, and customers through a collaborative style.

- Demonstrates ability to adjust priorities based on changing situations.

- Able to handle several priority projects at once

- Provides direction and effectively leads by example to ensure that all are meeting the stated business objectives on a timely basis with excellent quality.

- Demonstrates flexibility, anticipates customer needs, and effectively communicates in a manner consistent with the audience.

Problem Solving & Decision Making

- Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with information that is available but must be further manipulated and with issues that are loosely defined.

- Once decisions are made, is able to follow the management plan and direct action to implement intended results.

- Breaks a problem down to manageable pieces and implements effective, timely solutions.

- Takes input from several sources, decides if all the information needed is available and moves to a decision.

- Openly and directly confronts conflict until resolved.

- Knows how to execute to get things done.

Team Orientation

- Maintains effective partnerships across the organization and is able to influence senior management, peers and subordinates through a collaborative style and recognition of their abilities and knowledge.

- Balances team and individual responsibilities.

- Exhibits objectivity and openness to others views. Gives and welcomes feedback. Puts success of team above own interest

- Builds relationships with peers to achieve objectives.

- Builds relationships with other departments to work as one team.

- Builds relationships to secure necessary resources not under his/her personal control.

Leadership

- Manages cross-functional objectives and/or priorities supporting an assigned business area(s).

- Responsibilities are assigned with considerable latitude for decision making.

- Sets level of risk taking, and gathers/synthesizes information to all appropriate levels of the organization

Planning and Project Management

Identifies project tasks that are most important, and maintains a clear sense of priorities. Anticipates and effectively responds to changes in workload and resources

Financial Awareness

Develops a portion of an overall divisional budget, subject to review, and is responsible for cost-effective expense control for assigned units. Readjusts resources and/or staff to avoid delays and inefficiencies, and prevent failure to achieve results. Is responsible for important and confidential information

Human Resource Management

- Maintains a work environment that stimulates the professional growth of all direct/indirect reports.

- Effectively motivates subordinates to exert the effort necessary to attain organizational goals.

- Regularly assesses the effective use of staff.

- Provides feedback on a regular basis for direct and indirect reports.

- Responsible for the accurate and timely completion of all staff performance evaluations.

- Recruits and retains effective staff members.

- Able to balance the workload of team members and supervise individuals of varying abilities.

- Able to identify the talents of others and effectively match them to meet both the project goals and those of the individual.

- Demonstrates a capacity to recognize, value and respect differences across a diverse work force

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Business-Systems-Manager-Job-CT-06101/623100/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Business-Systems-Manager-Job-CT-06101/623100/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 791543
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

SUMMARY:
This individual serves in a senior level as a master or guru in one or more of the following areas:
The requirements components of the Delivery Methodology
Travelers enterprise business architecture
Travelers product lines
Travelers business processes
Travelers supporting systems for any of the above

PRIMARY DUTIES:
-Provide input to project plans as they pertain to requirements
-Provide expertise to requirements projects on Travelers business processes, products, and/or supporting systems
-Provide expertise on Travelers enterprise business architecture
-Provide expertise to other BAs on the techniques and tools that the Delivery Methodology recommends for requirements modeling, review, documentation and management
-Provide expertise on components of the Delivery Methodology that focus on requirements
-Participate in continual improvement of the Delivery Methodology, tools and techniques as they apply to requirements
-Participate in maintaining the business enterprise architecture
-From time-to-time, serve as manager/lead on small-to-large scale requirements projects, business improvement efforts, or enterprise business architecture efforts
-Provide coaching and mentoring to BAs

EDUCATION/COURSE OF STUDY:
Minimum of 8-10 years BA and/or business experience

WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Expertise in the requirements life cycle
-Expertise in requirements analysis and management techniques and tools
-Expertise in business domain knowledge
-Analytical skills
-Coaching/mentoring skills
-Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
-BS or BA degree or equivalent experience

OTHER:
Business Domain Knowledge
-Subject matter expert knowledge of the insurance industry and workflow
-Subject matter expert knowledge of Travelers business areas and/or products, and their supporting systems
Planning/Project Management
-Largely self-directed
-Ability to participate in multiple projects while meeting deadlines
-Ability to coordinate activities with others
-Ability to organize work efficiently and effectively
Mentoring/Leadership
-Ability to advocate for the Business Analyst role across the organization
-Ability to mentor/coach others
-Ability to serve as change agent for new techniques and approaches
-Ability to provide expertise to requirements projects
-Ability to manage/lead complex requirements projects
-Excellent written and oral communication skills
-Ability to influence outcomes
Problem Solving/Analytical/Decision Making
-Recognize and analyze business need
-Takes responsibility for decision and actions
technology
-Requirements modeling/documentation/management tool expertise
-MS Office, Delivery Methodology and Requirements Specification template expertise
-Business process modeling
-Use case description and modeling
-Functional decomposition
-Context modeling
-System architecture modeling
-Conversion of use cases to test scripts
-Posting and communication of requirements to others
-Requirements management and traceability
-Project management
-Enterprise business architecture

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Sr_-Business-Consultant-Job-CT-06101/647578/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-Sr_-Business-Consultant-Job-CT-06101/647578/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 791916
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

SUMMARY:
This position offers an exciting opportunity for the right individual to join a progressive organization responsible for supporting the future analytic needs within the Business Insurance division. The data to support these growing analytic needs will be stored in the Commercial Management Information (CMI) Warehouse. The CMI Warehouse project is a multi year, multi phase development effort that will build the information foundation to support numerous informational and analytical capabilities.

The CMI Business Production team is a business team responsible for the operational support of the CMI warehouse. This team is responsible for guaranteeing the business community properly understands how to harness the power of the data contained within the warehouse. This team serves as data subject matter experts and is responsible for partnering with IT to ensure the success of our monthly production versions. The ratemaking database, which collects data for actuarial analysis, is supported by this team.

The CMI Warehouse Production Lead position is a leadership role responsible for the daily direction of the CMI Business Production team. This leadership role reports to the 2nd VP of Shared Business Intelligence and works closely with our CMI Development teams, IT teams and VP of Shared Business Intelligence Data Management.

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The focus of this position will be to support the business community-s analytic needs, specifically making sure they understand how to leverage the potential of the CMI Warehouse. Additionally, this position will lead a team responsible for production and enhancements of the CMI Warehouse. The CMI Business Production team responsibilities will grow as more and more deliverables move from development to production. This position will:

- Work with business/MI community to understand how CMI Warehouse can satisfy their current and future business intelligence needs.
- Work with business and IT to create and maintain CMI Warehouse data training and user documentation libraries.
- Drive specifications and issue resolution in support of monthly production versions. Partner with IT in the analysis and design of solutions to ensure requirements are met.
- Identify, analyze and/or resolve CMI Warehouse related data issues.
- Partner with IT QA group in the signoff of deliverables.
- Participate in monitoring controls for ongoing data loads into the warehouse.
- Manage Ratemaking database production and enhancement responsibilities.
- Identify and help prioritize enhancements for scheduled versions for both CMI Warehouse and Ratemaking.
- Manage or participate in complex data related projects as needed
- Lead, coordinate and facilitate various business user groups

WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 5+ years background as a data analyst, business analyst, management information analyst or equivalent position in the insurance industry required.
- Exposure or familiarity with commercial insurance, both claim and policy data is desired but not required.
- Exposure or familiarity legacy Travelers and/or St. Paul claim or management information systems or data is desired but not required.
- Experience with data warehouse structures, initiatives and terminology desired
- Demonstrated experience with SQL, Access or similar software
- Management experience desired but not required.

OTHER:
- Ability to effectively direct the work of others
- Ability to forge strong working relationships
- Ability to work well under pressure and independently
- Clearly demonstrates sense of urgency
- Takes ownership of problems and develops sound solutions
- Able to research business situations, identify areas of concern and present solutions
- Sound knowledge of business/financial systems and processes
- Sound knowledge in business/financial analysis, accounting and or statistical reporting
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple customers in multiple locations.
- Experience in developing new and improving existing procedures, policies and ensure compliance with approved standards.
- Good written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated ability to present subjects clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrates advanced analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are not readily defined.
- Able to concisely present complex systems issues.
- Develops strong staff that is technically competent and characterized by a high level of coordination and trust.
- Has a broad understanding of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.
- Bases decisions on an accurate understanding of the situation, is able to infer future needs of known and unprecedented situations based on an advanced understanding of technology and business objectives
- College degree in actuarial science, mathematics, economics, finance, statistics, computer science or equivalent in experience.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-CMI-Warehouse-Production-Lead-Job-CT-06101/677664/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-CMI-Warehouse-Production-Lead-Job-CT-06101/677664/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 791917
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

SUMMARY:
This position offers an exciting opportunity for the right individual to join a progressive organization responsible for supporting the future analytic needs within the Business Insurance division. The data to support these growing analytic needs will be stored in the Commercial Management Information (CMI) Warehouse. The CMI Warehouse project is a multi year, multi phase development effort that will build the information foundation to support numerous informational and analytical capabilities.

The CMI Business Production team is a business team responsible for the operational support of the CMI warehouse. This team is responsible for guaranteeing the business community properly understands how to harness the power of the data contained within the warehouse. This team serves as data subject matter experts and is responsible for partnering with IT to ensure the success of our monthly production versions. The ratemaking database, which collects data for actuarial analysis, is supported by this team.

The CMI Warehouse Production Lead position is a leadership role responsible for the daily direction of the CMI Business Production team. This leadership role reports to the 2nd VP of Shared Business Intelligence and works closely with our CMI Development teams, IT teams and VP of Shared Business Intelligence Data Management.

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The focus of this position will be to support the business community-s analytic needs, specifically making sure they understand how to leverage the potential of the CMI Warehouse. Additionally, this position will lead a team responsible for production and enhancements of the CMI Warehouse. The CMI Business Production team responsibilities will grow as more and more deliverables move from development to production. This position will:

- Work with business/MI community to understand how CMI Warehouse can satisfy their current and future business intelligence needs.
- Work with business and IT to create and maintain CMI Warehouse data training and user documentation libraries.
- Drive specifications and issue resolution in support of monthly production versions. Partner with IT in the analysis and design of solutions to ensure requirements are met.
- Identify, analyze and/or resolve CMI Warehouse related data issues.
- Partner with IT QA group in the signoff of deliverables.
- Participate in monitoring controls for ongoing data loads into the warehouse.
- Manage Ratemaking database production and enhancement responsibilities.
- Identify and help prioritize enhancements for scheduled versions for both CMI Warehouse and Ratemaking.
- Manage or participate in complex data related projects as needed
- Lead, coordinate and facilitate various business user groups

WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 5+ years background as a data analyst, business analyst, management information analyst or equivalent position in the insurance industry required.
- Exposure or familiarity with commercial insurance, both claim and policy data
- Exposure or familiarity legacy Travelers and/or St. Paul claim or management information systems or data.
- Experience with data warehouse structures, initiatives and terminology
- Demonstrated experience with SQL, Access or similar software
- Management experience.

OTHER:
- Ability to effectively direct the work of others
- Ability to forge strong working relationships
- Ability to work well under pressure and independently
- Clearly demonstrates sense of urgency
- Takes ownership of problems and develops sound solutions
- Able to fully research business situations, identify areas of concern and present solutions
- Comprehensive knowledge of in business/financial systems and processes
- Demonstrated expertise in business/financial analysis, accounting and or statistical reporting
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple customers in multiple locations.
- Experience in developing new and improving existing procedures, policies and ensure compliance with approved standards.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated ability to present subjects clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrates advanced analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are not readily defined.
- Able to concisely present complex systems issues.
- Develops strong staff that is technically competent and characterized by a high level of coordination and trust.
- Has a broad understanding of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.
- Bases decisions on an accurate understanding of the situation, is able to infer future needs of known and unprecedented situations based on an advanced understanding of technology and business objectives
- College degree in actuarial science, mathematics, economics, finance, statistics, computer science or equivalent in experience.

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We actively promote a drug-free workplace.]]> http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-CMI-Warehouse-Production-Lead-Job-CT-06101/677665/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS http://travelers.jobs2web.com/job/HARTFORD-CMI-Warehouse-Production-Lead-Job-CT-06101/677665/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W_RSS Job ID: 791187
Location: CT-Hartford

Available Openings: 1

Committed. Competitive. Constructing our Future.

That's Travelers. We are one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees. You will find Travelers to be full of energy, and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.

Summary
The Bond & Financial Products division is looking for an experienced and self-motivated Business Systems Consultant to work on our Bond & Financial Products Systems. This position will report up to the manager in charge of our Business Analyst team, and will work closely with our Bond & Financial Products business customers, as well as with the Development, Project Management, and Quality Assurance teams within the IT organization. The Business Systems Consultant will work in a team environment analyzing business problems, devising solutions, creating supporting documents, and coordinating application development work with the overall goal of ensuring that the Bond & Financial Products systems deliver the functionality that both our internal and external customers need. This individual will be expected to become an expert on the customers business, products and workflow, and then use that knowledge by teaming up with others in the IT organization to build and maintain systems.

The major roles and responsibilities of this position will include:
- Research and analyze business problems to determine if systems solutions are advisable and available.
- Analyze business needs, design creative solutions, and construct text, spreadsheets, charts, diagrams, or other documents to describe the need and solution.
- Coordinate the definition, development, and implementation of systems-based solutions.
- Develop detailed functional specifications and other necessary systems documentation for changes, enhancements, and new systems.
- Determine impacts to workflow and assist in the development of new workflows.
- Support both large projects and ongoing system maintenance work simultaneously.
- Coordinate and assist the planning and execution of testing.
- Coordinate and work on the creation and delivery of training.
- Assist in troubleshooting application issues with the development and QA teams.
- Provide Level 3 support for business issues that come through the help desk by analyzing, prioritizing and resolving these problems. Coordinate resolution with programming staff when needed.
- Build close working relationships with both business and IT partners.

Critical Skills Required:
- BA/BS degree plus 5 or more years experience performing business systems analysis, including enterprise analysis, requirements management planning and monitoring, requirements elicitation, requirements management and communication, requirements analysis, and solution assessment and validation.
- Strong research and analysis skills in the formulation and definition of project scope and objectives.
- Superior presentation, facilitation, negotiation and escalation skills.
- Able to create effective systems documentation including specifications, use cases, system flow diagrams, etc.
- Thorough working knowledge of the various SDLC concepts and ability to apply that knowledge on a daily basis.
- Works effectively with peers and customers across multiple disciplines, locations, and levels.
- Able to manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Effective at managing competing priorities and work independently with minimal oversight.
- Strong analysis and problem solving skills. Able to develop and implement effective, timely solutions while paying close attention to detail and quality of deliverables.
- Able to coach, mentor and manage more junior employee and consultant resources.
- Must be able to quickly develop an in depth knowledge of the business, workflow, products and systems used within Bond and use that knowledge to add value to the application development process.
- Communicates actively, openly and effectively with a variety of different audiences (business and technical).
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Some project and people management experience is beneficial.

Bond & Financial Products Business Analysts work in a team environment where the Business Analyst and programmers are jointly responsible for the delivery of new functionality. Business Analysts may work solo with a group of programmers or they may work with other analysts and a project team, depending on the scope and complexity of the project.

We currently have a number of challenging and exciting initiatives planned for the coming year. If you are a self starter, willing to work hard, learn the business, and have a total commitment to providing the best service and support to your customer, then this is a position for you. Some of the exciting projects in Bond include Web Portal, Data Warehouse, and e-Commerce initiatives, Application Redesigns, Line of Business Technology Enhancements and System rewrites with the latest .Net technology.

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