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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 Consultant is responsible for supporting the implementation modifications and deployment of e-business order entry solutions in the Life and Annuity insurance domain. This role works on Zinnia Exchange productsAnnuityNet LifeSpeed - and iPipelines AFFIRMfor US-based clients. Zinnias client base includes over 65 major insurance carriers as well as distributors such as broker-dealers captive agents and banks. Engagements range from small production enhancements to large-scale complex digital transformations.
WHAT YOULL DO:
You will be responsible for developing coding and maintaining software modules/systems and required to modify existing software products or develop entirely new modules as per technical specifications in response to business requirements. The Consultant will support one or both of the following project types. Experience in both is a plus.
1) Annuity & Life Product Modeling
- Gather and analyze business requirements.
- Develop and maintain supporting documentation.
- Translate business requirements into product build specifications.
- Model and maintain carrier products in accordance with IRI/ACORD standards including:
- PPfA / PPfL
- DPfA / DPfL
- VTXml or manual XML modeling
- Configure products features distribution agreements commissions funds ownerships and complex product rules.
- Test product functionality on order entry platforms.
- Support deployments to test and production environments.
- Analyze and resolve production issues.
- Provide ongoing support to carriers distributors and internal teams on product modeling questions and
2) Forms & Carrier Questions Enablement
- Gather and analyze requirements related to forms and carrier questions.
- Develop and maintain supporting documentation.
- Perform form gap analysis and identify required carrier question builds.
- Create configure and activate custom carrier or distributor questions.
- Maintain carrier and distributor forms including tagging and generation rules.
- Support implementation of e-Signature functionality.
- Edit or create Forms XML using XMLSpy for forms libraries and generation rules.
- Tag forms using Adobe Acrobat Named Items or iPipeline AFFIRM XPath.
- Create and maintain Common Maps for AFFIRM using XML macro language.
- Test forms and carrier questions across order entry platforms.
- Support deployments to test and production environments.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
- Provide support to carriers distributors and internal teams on forms and carrier question issues
WHAT YOULL NEED:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work effectively with clients colleagues and subject matter experts.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and consulting skills with the ability to understand the why behind client needs
- Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivery timelines
- Ability to translate business needs into application and operational requirements
- Strong Business Analyst capabilities including:
- Requirements gathering
- Documentation
- Needs analysis
- Test creation and execution
- Familiarity with life insurance or annuity operations including origination distribution and/or in-force policy administration.
BONUS POINTS:
- Experience with annuity order entry platforms (e.g. Zinnia AnnuityNet iPipeline AFFIRM) or life insurance eApp platforms (e.g. Zinnia LifeSpeed).
- Knowledge of ACORD standards XML forms management VTXml and XML product modeling.
- Hands-on experience with:
- PPfA PPfL DPfA DPfL
- XMLSpy XPath XML macro language
- Adobe Acrobat PDF form tagging and editing
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 PF 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 cutting-edge technologies deeper data insights and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done.
Visit our website 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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About Company
Zinnia offers comprehensive technology solutions for insurance carriers and distributors across the full lifecycle of insurance policy administration.
