Strategic Business Analyst (Information Technology)

As one of the largest premium finance companies in the country, FIRST Insurance Funding provides full premium finance services, plus additional services built specifically for agencies. We pride ourselves on the variety of incentive programs, services, and technology we offer. This not only helps grow the agents, brokers, and companies we partner with, but also helps them better serve their clients. FIRST Insurance Funding is a subsidiary of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $62 billion in assets.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Family-friendly work hours
• With 200+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We have a culture that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit
• We offer multiple opportunities for development and upward mobility

Job Description Summary

The Business Strategy Analyst will serve as a subject matter contributor for organizing and coordinating strategic business analysis services to business partners. The focus of this position is to work closely with the business units to gain in-depth understanding of the processes, services, roadmap, and the context in which the business team operates. The Business Strategy Analyst will look for opportunities to increase efficiency in the various business units. They will also work on projects that will deliver value to the company's strategic plan.  This role will be key to understanding and documenting capabilities and business, functional and technical requirements needed to address business challenges. Business Strategy Analysts work closely with business resources and stakeholders, technology teams, various vendors, third-party consultants, and implementers.

What You'll Do

• Distill and analyze complex, enterprise level business challenges and to transform those challenges into succinct, written business, functional and technical requirements.
• Review business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial, and technological risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency of business or technical processes.
• Able to communicate high level technology requirements and specifications that meet current and future business needs.
• Participate in small to mid-size enterprise level projects working with cross functional teams in planning, development, and implementation of solutions.
• Facilitate design sessions for business solutions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing capabilities in Business Line portfolio to solve business challenges.
• This position supports multiple business units, projects, programs, and software applications.
• Execute quantitative analyses that translate data into actionable insights.
• Formulate data-driven recommendations to business outcomes.
• Review and analyze data to uncover trends and identify key insights that will propel strategy.

Knowledge/Skills/Background/Experience

• 3-5 years working in a financial services environment with special emphasis on coordinating business, functional and technical requirements and/or project management across large cross functional teams, programs, or projects.
• Basic knowledge of general IT, and Business Operations
• Must possess basic leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Basic knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes
• Must have basic knowledge of business productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, and Visio.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical people.
• Ability to be creative and think outside of the box to see the whole business picture while maintaining an exceptional eye for detail.
• Ability to work on multiple projects and programs simultaneously.
• Able to work with strict deadlines and time pressure.
• Excellent attitude and positive demeanor
• B.S, B.A. in Computer Science or Business preferred.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $71,000 - $92,000, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills and experience.

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago's Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.