Cno Financial Group Work Values

Daily Duties at Cno Financial Group:

• Reporting to Sr. Project Manager, involved in setting up the offshore team to cater to the offshore development needs of the BLC Marketing system, • Working closely with AVP, Sr. Project Managers to set the project on smooth sailing, to define and implement strategies for smooth project execution, • Working closely with SMEs, US Clients to guide the projects for successful completion, • Involved in Project Planning, Resource Planning, Estimating, Developing Schedules, • Involved in Tracking Schedules, Performing Quality Check, Managing risks, issues and change control of project in terms of scope, schedule, cost and quality, • Led Project team to diagnose and overcome barriers to project progress, • Involved in Planning, Estimation, Allocation, Tracking of work for the release work, • Prepared the checklists for analysis, coding, testing, deployment, estimation models, Unit Test results Framework to ensure smooth development and delivery of application change requests for releases, • Involved in analyzing requirements, Communicating with Business Users, Subject Matter Experts, Performing Analysis, Impact Analysis, Preparing Understanding document, Tech Specs, • Involved in Allocating Writing of Programs, JCLs, online screens, Unit Test Plan, • Involved in Tracking the progress of Application Change Request, Peer Review and Testing of Deliverables, Preparing Unit Test Results, • Involved in the Co-ordination of UAT Testing, Filling of SAFE (Enterprise Repository for Release Management) forms for Code Promotion to System Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Production Environments, • Involved in Endevor Code Preparation, Movement of Elements from one stage to another in Endevor Environments, Package Creation, Casting, Promotion of Package to different Environments, Stages, • Performing Capacity Planning to identify and accept the no of changes for the release, • Negotiating Release contents, Prod Dates with the customer, • Involved in planning, coordination and support Enterprise software releases, coordination and development of processes, • Involved in analyzing the Application Information documents to document the system design, flow, • Performing System Study and providing presentations, • Resolve internal and external conflicts to bring adherence to project schedule, budget, • Perform Risk Planning, Mitigation, • Implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans for the project, • Develop common understanding of project timelines, milestones and reporting to align project stakeholders and team members. • Plan projects to accomplish goals within time, cost, and agreed quality standards. • Establish project budgets and maintain expectations. • Define and document resource estimation, project scope, return on investment and develop and maintain a project plan that lists milestones, resources, dependencies and target dates. • Execute implementation plan and monitor progress, perform project review and create summary document to include standard operating procedures. • Assess business needs, define functional requirements, research and evaluate business opportunities, systems and software to meet the business needs. • Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve systems issues. • Provide guidance and/or instruction to junior staff members. • Performing Requirements Gathering, Analysis, Preparing Understanding docs, Tech Specs, • Performing Estimations, Prioritization,Task Allocation, Tracking, • Resource Monitoring, Agile Management, • Quality Assurance and Testing of programs, • Performing User Acceptance Testing, Delivering software to end-users, • Guiding the development of programs, testing throughout the SDLC, • Performing Endevor Packaging and promoting code through production pipeline, • Performing Production Support, Software Desk Tickets Resolution, • Evaluating CRM, Enterprise Vendor Packages, Recommending Solutions, • Working with sr. technical design team, • Performed system study for the 2 subsystems (ACS, PAL) of the BLC Marketing, • Gave Demo of the CICS subsystem for PAL, • Mentoring junior resources to understand the application and prepare for the offshoring work, • Preparing production support team, • Conducting Team meetings, client conferences, • Allocating work, following up, reviewing and delivering using agile methodology, • Co-ordinating Knowledge Transfer Sessions with the SMEs from BLC Marketing, Infosys conducted from offshore via conference calls, • Co-ordinating the preparation of Reverse KT Sessions with the client, • Conducting additional analysis to update the Application Knowledge Documents, • Conducting programming analysis to acquire system knowledge, prepare Inventory Analysis documents, • Guiding the collection of Inventory of Programs, • Guiding the analysis of System Flow, Online Flow, Batch Flow Information, • Analyzing, Gathering, Preparing Tools, • Managing team of 20 or more members to perform smooth system knowledge acquisition.

What they like about Cno Financial Group:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

DB2, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Advantage Gen, CA Gen, IEF, DFSORT, FILE-AID, SPUFI, INTERTEST, XPEDITOR, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Annuity Products Knowledge, Investment Management, Financial Industry Knowledge, DB2, COBOL, CICS, JCL, File-Aid, ENDEVOR, MS-ACCESS, Java, Servlets, IBM Websphere, Salesforce

Skills

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