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Summary
Northwestern Mutual's Wealth Management space is seeking a Business Analyst to dig deep into a specific business area and help define the details of how to drive business results through technology. Work on a cross-functional team of product managers, engineers, designers and subject matter authorities in an agile methodology to deliver on outcomes and be influential!
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 sophisticated 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 proficiency in role specific competencies.
• Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments.
• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgment and precedents

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