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Life & Group Transformation Technical Consultant - Financial Services - Insurance - Senior Manager - Consulting: Primary location for this role is in NY.
EY is a leader in serving the global Financial Services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the Financial Services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management and Insurance. Our purpose is to help build a Financial Services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing, and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team!
The opportunity
Our Life Insurance Transformation practice is currently hiring for a Senior Manager Technology Consultant to advise our life insurance clients on transforming their life insurance, annuity, group benefits, and retirement operations and systems. This includes the transformation of business processes, systems, and technology improvements.
In this role, you will help our clients achieve their desired goals and business objectives and in return, you can expect to learn leading practices in technology transformation, delivery, and exposure to a wide variety of business challenges that are solved using digital and transformational technologies. There are also opportunities to collaborate with market leading technology product platforms in shaping their roadmap and helping our clients implement their platform.
Your key responsibilities
Manage large, multi-phase projects, communicate with and manage client expectations, build the project team, and manage scope, risk, budget, and timeline activities
Provide high-level technology assessments, planning, recommendations, and project management with a focus on developing and achieving client goals and objectives
Identify key client risks and opportunities, determine client needs utilizing standard assessment techniques and tools, use innovative approaches to evaluate and validate needs, analyze and develop recommendations for the client in the context of the engagement
Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables and effectively manage the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance
Participate in business development and presentation of proposal activities
Provide project status reporting, metrics, billing, and client progress reports
Ensure engagements are clearly documented
To qualify for this role you must have
A bachelor's degree and approximately 15 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 12 years of related work experience
Insurance industry (preferably Life & annuities, group benefits, individual life, or retirement services) experience
10+ years of consulting experiencing working on a strategy, transformation, or solution delivery project with diverse teams and roles
Strong oral and written communication skills including executive presentation skills
Experience assessing and improving business processes, systems, and associated technologies
Understanding of Insurance and Annuities products and life cycle processes
Experience with one or more of the following policy administration systems: FINEOS AdminSuite, ALIP, GIAS, DXC wmA/CyberLife, LifePRO, FAST, Infosys McCamish, InsPro, Majesco, OIPA, Alis, V3, Wyde, Andesa
Experience with one or more of the following new business, claims, and underwriting systems: Limelight Health, FINEOS AdminSuite, iPipeline, nbaccelerator, Concentrix, Insurance Technologies, Vitech, ClaimVantage, Vue
Experience supporting client relationships, business development and sales activities (e.g. pursuits, proposals, presentations)
Development of thought leadership, points of view and/or industry perspectives
Actively involved in developing our people through coaching and mentorship
Travel to client site as necessary
Ideally, you'll also have
Master's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related disciplines
Program/Project/Workstream management experience in an on-shore/off-shore model working with clients and third-party vendors
Experience leading Agile projects, on-premise/hosted technology transformation programs, legacy migration, and Life Insurance IT vendor package implementation projects
Some experience or exposure to one or more of the following: application servers, database, development tools, middleware and integration technologies.
Experience in roles such as IT or Business Architect, Business Analyst, Developer (preferably Java / J2EE or Java based languages)
What we look for
We're interested in passionate leaders with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the life insurance, annuities, and retirement industry. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve the full potential, this role is for you.
What we offer
We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Plus, we offer:
Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
What we offer
We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The salary range for this job in most geographic locations in the US is $146,000 to $333,500. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $175,200 to $379,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.
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