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SummaryNorthwestern Mutual is looking to bring on a business analyst who demonstrates outstanding initiative and innovation. If you're looking for a role where you can have exposure to a variety of functions, support those areas along with bringing your voice to the table, this role is for you! We will focus on developing your skills in an entry level Business Analyst role, dig deep into specific business areas and help define the details of how to drive business results through technology and will work 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 and standard methodology analysis.
- Current State, Future State and Gap Analysis: Focus on learning current state in business area/ domain and assist with task-based work items while learning standard processes.
- Capture Requirements: Learn and implement requirement gathering standard processes.
- Author User Stories and/or Features: Participate in authoring user stories and/or features.
- Test Plan Review: Participate in test planning and may provide the execution on some testing (UAT, checkout, etc.).
- Project Management: Apply fundamental project management skills.
- Rotational Experience: Adapt to new situations and products to gain enterprise wide business and product knowledge.
- Ability to demonstrate as the entrepreneurial mindset and looking to build strong relationships that will last a life time
- Willingness to learn on the job and voracious appetite to obtain knowledge quickly. Keen ability to multi-task and leverage organization skills to stay on top of the work.
- Domain expertise via previous internships or similar roles in the past.
- Certifications demonstrating proficiency in role specific competencies.
- Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments a plus
- Uses existing procedures to solve standard problems; analyzes information and standard practices to make judgments.
- Bachelor's degree preferred