Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 165+ years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and leading-edge technology to best serve our clients. To help guide the collaborative effort, we are in search of a Business Analyst to join our team.

In this role you will dig deep into a specific business area and help define the details of how to drive business results through technology. Working on a cross-functional team of product managers, engineers, designers and subject matter experts in an agile methodology to deliver on outcomes.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Business Expertise: Partner with peer group, business partners and product management to learn business area/domain, while continuing to learn and grow knowledge across the enterprise.

• Current State, Future State and Gap Analysis: Document and assess current state in a few processes, or single business area / domain.

• Assist with task-based work items in more complex situations.

• Gather Requirements: Responsible for fact-based requirement gathering, including all system, technical and intake requests.

• Author User Stories and/or Features: Author user stories and/or features independently with low to medium complexity while participating in some task-based work in higher complexity situations.

• Assist throughout the development process as needs arise.

• Test Plan Review: Assist with coordinating and reviewing test plans for smaller or non-complex efforts.

• Independently provide execution on testing as needed (UAT, checkouts, etc.).

• Project Management: Use project management principles to successfully complete and advance work.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.

• 1-3 Years Prior Experience in industry or business.

• Ability to lean on strong communication skills to influence outcomes while approaching conflict with organizational savviness.

• Domain expertise via previous internships or similar roles in the past.

• Certifications demonstrating mastery of role specific competencies.

• Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments.

• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgment and precedents.

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off

• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus

• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program

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Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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