Ameriprise Financial is looking to add a Senior Manager - Business Systems Analyst to the team! The individual in this role will lead a team of UAT BSA’s to ensure work is of consistent high quality and delivers on RiverSource’s strategic initiatives. Provide effective people leadership through effective coaching, feedback, and sound performance management practices. Act as champion for the team and intervene on matters that create roadblocks to individual or organizational success.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated people leadership experience.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent with 7-10 years relevant work experience.
• Proven ability to build and maintain collaborative partnerships working across multiple departments, levels, and leaders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously. Proven skills across various projects and functions.
• Demonstrated expertise in project methodology.
• Exceptional detail, analytical abilities and problem-solving skills; ability to analyze and model a variety of outcomes and draw conclusions.
• Ability to drive sound decisions with internal business partners and peers.
• Skilled BSA perspective.
• Demonstrated skill with MS Office, particularly Excel and Visio; experienced with HLM Quality Center.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Insurance and Annuity Product Knowledge

• Responsible for providing direct people leadership to a team of project business analysts.
• Provides feedback & coaching to direct reports and may provide work direction outside direct team and with business. Routinely interacts with senior leadership across the business units.
• Gathers business information and incorporates information into project deliverables with minimal oversight of project manager or direct leader. Provides timely and accurate documents and communication to project team.
• Works with highly complex projects in analyzing business requirements, creating test documentation/deliverables and process specifications for new and/or enhanced systems changes.
• Acts as the primary liaison between technology and business units. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with business partners across the business unit and with technology partners.
• Ability to provide accurate, timely & responsive services and communication to the business unit on highly complex problems. Solves a variety of complex system and system-related problems for the business unit as it relates to business requirements and technology, in addition to helping design or implement systems.
• Identifies and implements process improvement. Drives quantifiable results through facilitating interaction with the business unit. Subject matter expert in project methodology as it relates to business analysis and testing