Sr Client Account Services Manager
Sr Client Account Services Manager
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Job Description
WHO WE ARE:
Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying selling and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold team up deliver value and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration serves 100 carrier clients 2500 distributors and partners and over 2 million policyholders.
WHO YOU ARE:
The Sr. Client Implementation Services Manager as a member of the Client Implementation Services team provides the full software platform and business support to L&A Exchanges customers. The Sr. Client Implementation Services Manager maintains a high degree of interaction with customers and is the key contact for daily operations personnel at each company. The Sr. Client Implementation Services Manager works with clients at all levels from individual contributors to senior management and is the client champion to internal departments and advocates L&A Exchanges policies and positions to the customer. The Sr. Client Implementation Services Manager is regularly involved in managing and developing effective working client relationships.
This position takes responsibility for understanding and meeting client requirements; Document Solution design approval effort estimation seeks interprets and responds to client feedback and contributes to developing standards and feedback methods; manages client expectations; advocates L&A Exchanges policies and positions to the customer; and deals effectively with conflict situations. This position is with our L&A Exchange division based in Atlanta GA. No relocation package will be provided.
WHAT YOULL DO:
- Manage all communications internal and external related to assigned client accounts
- Learn the details of business objectives practices and processes of L&A Exchange business to support detailed analysis of client requests
- Identifies client requirements defines the scope of project and solutions overview to create Statement of Work or Software Requirements Specification as applicable establishes timeframes for completion develops specifications and prepares the necessary documentation
- Responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of the project implementation and supporting Work Requests
- Develop workspecific deliverables to enable successful delivery of the work in production
- Manage and track business prioritization deployment support and billing via Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- Coordinate with different teams involved in the project across countries and time zones to develop the project requirements
- Trains clients on the use of the system and other services may assist with developing training materials
- Handle multiple clients and relevant projects simultaneously
- Manage projects that require crossteam and crossfunctional coordination
- Identify and assist clients in necessary preparations for all project pre and postlaunch requirements
- Issue/Risk tracking and resolution
- Support clients with their testing of change requests and platform enhancements including investigating and resolving issues
- Debug product profiles (PPfL/PPfA) and forms (PDF) issues both in production and in test
- Respond promptly to clients questions about their platform via emails and telephone calls
- Provide regular status reports to major accounts and to any customer that has open unresolved issues or questions
- Maintain working knowledge of L&A Exchange operating systems; must continue to stay apprised of changes to these systems and how they may impact particular clients
- Knowledge of client contracts. Handle client billing and inquiries.
- Refer to the senior management team for client escalations and approval for scheduling clients professional services in a release
- Manage the build configuration testing and deployment of a new distributor/carrier clients platform. All functionality sold and described in the contract plus any additional work that may be identified during the implementation process is included in the project deliverables. The Sr. Client Implementation Services Manager champions the customers project internally to the product development team sales and marketing development QA and Production Support.
WHAT YOULL NEED:
- 4year college degree required
- 6 years of relevant work experience with 4 years in a project management position
- Methodical critical thinking analytical problem solving and organization skills
- Excellent communication both inperson and on the telephone as well as in written correspondence
- An appropriate blend of project management knowledge experience coursework and credentials
- Good interpersonal skills and team leadership with a customerfocused relationshipdriven attitude
- Ability to identify client requirements and to write Business Requirements Documents and Software Requirement Documents with no secondary support
- Must have strong aptitudes to learn new technical skills
- Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office
- Should be able to take effective minutes of meeting and follow up on action items
- Ability to travel as required up to 15 travel may be required
- Meet established attendance work and performance standards
- Mastery of scheduling and time management skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Knowledge of XML JavaScript and SQL preferred
BONUS POINTS:
- Insurance/financial services (Life and Annuity) industry knowledge
- Experience with Webbased software as a service (SaaS) applications
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU
Zinnia offers excellent career progression and competitive compensation. We offer great benefits including health/dental insurance parental leave profit sharing 401(k) incentive/bonus opportunity tuition reimbursement and so much more. Were looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia you collaborate with smart creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cuttingedge technologies deeper data insights and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability.
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Manager
Employment Type
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