• The Lead Analyst has overall accountability for the technology work (System Analysis, Configuration, and Quality Assurance) of Alight's proprietary benefits system for a single service/product line-Defined Benefit (DB), Defined Contribution (DC) or Health Management (HM).
• The Lead Analyst has deep technical knowledge and is responsible for creating high-level analysis; coaching service aligned analysts; and approving all analysis, system configuration, technical documentation, and testing.
• The Lead Analyst is also responsible for coordinating production migration, signing off on the stability of all newly released projects into production, and completing a transition to operations for ongoing support.
• A Lead Analyst can be aligned to one or many clients.
• The Lead Analyst is also responsible for project management and workload management of his/her team members (depending on business need, might also have to take up people management responsibilities).

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with client to discuss all technical requirements, set client expectations, and manage client involvement in analysis activities
• Develops and executes integrated systems and testing strategy for aligned service (and common).
• Creatively reconciles client needs/demands with project timelines, resources, quality, and budget.
• Reviews client requirements, performs gap and/or impact analysis, and delegates as appropriate data, foundation, and systems analysis in preparation for service specific cloning and configuration; focuses on high-level and complex analysis.
• Flexible and adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Promotes a conducive environment with the other team members to achieve results
• Develop team members by forging healthy relationships amongst teams.
• Coaches team (Sr Analyst and Analyst) on quality, technology, and client-specific aspects.
• Works with PTM to identify and manage unplanned work in the current iteration
• Mentor/Coach colleagues in the team by having regular review of their individual development plans.
• Data Conversion and Interface Strategy (CIG).
• Precise Technical documentation including Gap analysis
• Integration of Test Execution and Quality
• Maintenance and up-to-date Regression Test Plans
• Deployment Plan Execution (for aligned service and common)
• Smooth transition to production
• System abend monitoring and production cleanup
• Integration with Shared Services

• Bachelor's degree computer science, math or equivalent work experience in an analytical area.
• Tech (any specialization), BCA, MCA is preferred.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in US HW domain.
• Experience in the development and implementation of software solutions.
• Strong project management skills.