Why USAA?
We are currently seeking a dedicated Business Application Analyst Intermediate-HOH Military Fellowship Cohort 23-3 to participate with USAA at the following locations - San Antonio, TX; Plano, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Charlotte, NC; Colorado Springs, CO or Tampa, FL.
USAA values a culture that is highly collaborative, and we have found that a hybrid work type helps employees gain the best of both worlds - collaborating in-person in the office and working from home when needed to achieve focused results. The actual days onsite are resolved between each employee and the employee's manager.
The Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Fellowship Program provides an extraordinary experience for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses that increase competitiveness and improve opportunities to find significant employment by providing development, skills, and exposure to corporate working environment and private sector business operations. The HOH Fellowship Programs are best-in-class workforce development programs that are cohort based and are twelve weeks in duration.
Provides analysis and business information related to specific business functions, processes, and applications/IT platforms. Works at a developing skill-level to create, implement and maintain application solutions to meet the needs of a business or organization.
The Pricing Modernization team within the Product & Pricing Analytics organization is seeking a Business Applications Analyst II. This individual contributor position will work primarily with the Earnix Price-It software which will house the Property & Casualty (P&C) rating rules for USAA going forward. In this role, you will be expected to:
- Quickly get up to speed on the Earnix tool and its inherent capabilities. Work with business partners and developers to understand business needs and pain points to deliver future capabilities for the tool.
- Implement Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) principles to support sustainable coding practices within the Earnix Price-It environment. Implement scalable processes for development within Earnix that simplify and expedite expansion to new product lines.
- Find innovative ways to leverage Earnix functionality to support Pricing capability automation. This includes writing Python code within Earnix to automate processes and reduce manual dependencies that exist in today's environment.
- Apply experience in software development to find efficiencies in existing Python scripts within the platform and to extend Earnix functionality.
The Opportunity
What you'll do:
Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.
Ensures risks associated with business activities are optimally identified, measured, supervised, and controlled.
Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and procedures for business activities.
Collaborates with internal team members to understand business needs and opportunities specifically related to application/IT platform solutions.
Provides analysis for planning and implementation of low to medium complexity systems and upgrades and process changes.
Reviews new or upgraded application functionality with business partners (including training) to help them prepare appropriate training and procedures updates for their teams.
Performs and coordinates business and application/IT platform support; analyzes discrepancies and system failures.
Facilitates and performs application/IT platform resolution activities to minimize business impact and avoid future exposure; advises team leadership and business partners of business implications associated with those events and develops recommendations to mitigate future impact.
Maintains understanding of business processes, supporting applications/IT platform, and strategic direction.
Collaborates and exchanges information with team members, partners, and information services to ensure dependencies, risks, and opportunities are identified.
What you have:
Bachelor's degree: OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
2 years' work experience in analyzing IT business processes, software application/IT platform design and/or IT documentation, with an understanding of application/IT platform data systems and operations.
Developing knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
Successful completion of an analyst assessment may be required.
What sets you apart:
Current participant in one of the Hiring Our Heroes Fellowship Programs 23-3.
Degree in Computer Science and/or related Application Development experience.
Strong programming skills (Python, R, VBA).
Proven ability to learn new tools and coding languages.
Experience applying testing procedures/pressure testing assumptions.
Experience analyzing data or performing analytics.
The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.
What we offer:
Hiring Our Heroes Fellows are paid by the HOH program.
If selected for a full-time role, USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The hiring range for this position is: $59,070 - $112,920 .
Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.
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Find your purpose. Join our mission.
USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.
USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself - you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.
USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
