Senior Business Operations Associate

Position Summary

The Senior Business Operations Associate is a key member of the operations team supporting data management, client reporting, trade processes, and problem resolution. This person will work closely with the Business Operations Manager and the operations team to ensure the integrity of the data systems. This position requires strong computer skills, attention to detail, a positive professional attitude, and ability to work in a team environment.

What will your job entail?

Job Responsibilities:

• Build relationships and partnerships with key business stakeholders, staying current on their needs, challenges and strategies.
• Gather, synthesize, and analyze complex data to recognize trends and extract insights across the business to support your own informed decisions or to assist other team members and leadership in making decisions.
• Develop and maintain expertise in relevant RT business processes and systems to define support requirements, design workflows, and provide guidance to shared service teams.
  • Understand the current state, the future state and be able to articulate the impact by role.
• Define operational support requirements and inputs by working with system solution owners and implementation teams to understand workflow strategic design and processes.
• Collaborate with Shared Service strategic and process teams to stand up new process support and projects.
• Coordinate with Shared Service teams to review feedback from front office teams and monitor performance of supported processes.
• Help diagnose and develop recommendations to resolve and prevent issues across Shared Service supported front office processes.
• Assist in maintenance of documentation related to workflows and handoffs across technical solutions, systems, and front- and back-office teams.
  • Documentation may include business requirements, system and process inputs, use cases, future state proposals, etc.
• Identify best practices and improvement opportunities, propose new or optimized solutions and develop execution strategies.
• Facilitate change management initiatives by developing communications, collecting feedback to understand user pain points and identify ways to increase adoption and user satisfaction across business processes and solutions, ultimately improving the customer experience.
• Lead or participate in multiple initiatives simultaneously, adapt to competing demands, organizational changes and new responsibilities.
• Provide leadership to junior members through active collaboration.

Work Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS) and 2 - 5+ years of relevant experience required, preferably with consultative or business process outsourcing experience in a complex business environment.
• Prior experience in the property and casualty insurance industry is desirable.
• Experience with insurance policy management/administration systems is desirable.
• Basic knowledge of Organizational Change Management standards and procedures.
• Experience in analyzing data to draw business-relevant conclusions.
• Experience handling multiple deliverables and moving adeptly between internal and external issues and interactions while meeting designated deadlines.
• Ability to cultivate interpersonal client, partner, co-worker and executive relationships.
• Ability to perform job duties and manage workload with limited supervision.
• Project management skills such as defining scope, maintaining project plans and driving project teams is desirable.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and take on new responsibilities
• Demonstrating a strong work ethic and setting an example of excellence
• Able to work in a dynamic, fast-moving company environment
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and handle sensitive material concerning employees, the company, company partners, and end-customer

Technical/Functional Skills:

• Knowledge of Insurance Industry preferred, not required
• Knowledge of Business Shared Services teams/ organization
• Knowledge of Excel advanced functions, VLOOKUP, Pivot tables preferred
• Process improvement integration

Location:

• Open to remote candidates, with strong preference to be in the vicinity to one of our RT offices across the US for visibility

Behavioral Skills:
· Effective Communication
· Interpersonal Skills
· Attention to Detail
· Decision Making
· Problem-Solving
· Continuous Learning

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates 

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.

The target salary range for this position is $71,225.00 - $80,000.00 annually.

The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/. 

 

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at [email protected] 

 

The above is intended to describe this job's general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.