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Must reside in OKC metro area.

• Direct and oversee management of the implementation, ongoing development and execution of American Fidelity's Business Analysis discipline.
• Lead the Business Analysis Team to develop, establish, and maintain effective programs, knowledge areas, policies, processes, procedures, and controls that ensure excellence in the successful implementation of American Fidelity’s technology programs and projects.  Maintain a Business Analysis Center of Excellence proficiency and competency model that can provide thought leadership, knowledge sharing, and support to other areas within American Fidelity. Manage and coordinate the assignment of business analysis resources across the organization’s technical priorities in collaboration with the internal business sponsors and technical development teams to ensure adequate, appropriately experienced business analysis coverage.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business or other related field
• 12 years of experience in a business analyst role with noted and visible proof that experience can be in lieu of a bachelor's degree
• 10 plus years of business analysis related experience

• 5 plus years of management experience in the business analysis discipline

• Expert relationship management skills

• Strong understanding of both technology and business

• Strong working knowledge and expert capability for the execution of business analysis techniques, knowledge areas and competencies.

• Strong understanding of system development life cycles, technology and business

• Expert requirements elicitation, strategic and requirements analysis, communication, verification and validation and proven ability on the use of business analyst tools such as modeling, forecasting, mapping etc.

• Strong understanding of Business Analysis Body of Knowledge form the IIBA

• Excellent leadership skills including visioning, conflict management and resolution, decision making, motivational and directness with care and humility.

• Strong technical knowledge, business acumen and relationship management skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office projects, SharePoint and an understanding of various technologies and strong business acumen

• Excellent oral and written skills, presentation skills, interpersonal and consultative skills

• Proficient in change guidance

• Expertly think creatively, systematically and visually in order to effectively analyze issues and describe solutions

• Insurance background (not P&C) knowledge a plus

• Expert mentoring of others in the execution of Business Analysis Best Practices including official training sessions

• Strong skills in strategic and creative thinking with an ability to define a change strategy for associated solutions
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) strongly preferred
• Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus
• Insurance industry coursework or designations strongly preferred

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