Underwriting Rules Maintenance, Testing Specialist & SME

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The team will be responsible for rule bases in respect of the Core Rules and also help deliver Local rules to new BU's as they onboard to the platform. They will also act as Level 2 SME support for local BU underwriting teams.

A critical deliverable is the underwriting rules base which combines Core rules owned and managed by GO plus local rules owned by BU's. Responsibility for management of these rules needs to shift from Swiss Re (the vendor of Magnum) to AIA and a new FusionX Centre of Excellence (COE) team is being created for this purpose.

The team will be responsible for rulebases in respect of the Core Rules and also help deliver Local rules to new BU's as they onboard to the platform. They will also act as Level 2 SME support for local BU underwriting teams.

This role will deliver the team's rule building activities ensuring quality deliveries that enable key new business metric improvements in our BU's aligned to Ascend 200.

This role will lead the team's activities and include the following:

• Review business requirements, clarify and confirm solution design and produce a development plan.

• Development of a clear and concise rulebase testing plan.

• Partner with stakeholders to review the development plan, solution design, test plan and test scenarios.

• Liaise with COE colleagues to ensure readiness for development and then for testing execution.

• Execute development of rules according to specification, execute testing and analyze test outputs for accuracy and completeness, follow up with respective stakeholders to solve any defects and issues.

• To provide regular updates on development and testing progress, and to flag out any delays, issues and area of risks and concerns

• To ensure execution of development, testing and sign off are within the stipulated timelines and quality.

• Assist in producing documents including testing results.

• Provide training for colleagues and BU rule writing and testing staff.

Minimum job requirement

• 3-5 years life underwriting experience

• Some understanding of how underwriting engines operate in the AIA underwriting processes.

• The ability to prepare clear business requirement documents and interpret them

• Good knowledge of life and health products

• Experience of projects and change management

• Self-directed learner, who prefers a hands-on approach to acquiring skills

• Ability to create structure in ambiguous spaces

• Confidently use advanced features of Word/Excel/Access and preferably experience of Visio.

• Show true teamwork, have a flexible and team-based approach to working with the ability to be able to carry out research and work independently and take personal accountability

• Experience with the deployment of new technologies

• Familiarity with data analytics / reporting tools an advantage

• Effective coaching and mentoring skills including previous experience of delivering training