1. Job Title : Functional Analyst (ISG) 2. Job Summary : The Functional Analyst ISG role focuses on designing and optimizing insurance servicing solutions that leverage agentic artificial intelligence generative models and Claude integrated workflows. The analyst translates complex business needs in life and annuities into efficient configurations across Vantage report design business rule tables data models transactions and batch processes ensuring reliable hybrid delivery for day shift stakeholders while improving customer and operational ou 3. Experience : 6 - 10 years 4. Required Skills : Technical Skills: Agentic AI Claude Generative AI Vantage - Report Vantage - Business rule tables Vantage - DB model Vantage - Transactions Vantage-Batch Processing-Life Vantage- Life Basics Domain Skills: 5. Nice to have skills : Domain Skills:Life and Annuities Insurance 6. Technology : INS Advisory & Consulting 7. Shift : Day 8. Responsibilities : -Collaborate with business stakeholders to interpret life and annuities servicing requirements and translate them into clear functional specifications that can be implemented using Vantage configuration and advanced artificial intelligence capabilities -Define and refine agentic artificial intelligence use cases across servicing journeys to improve straight through processing decision support and exception handling while aligning with compliance and company standards -Design and document generative artificial intelligence interactions that enhance user guidance reduce manual analysis effort and support clear communication of complex policy servicing scenarios for internal users and customers -Configure and validate Vantage report structures that deliver accurate and timely insights on policy transactions batch processing status and business rule execution for operations and product teams -Shape and maintain Vantage business rule tables that capture evolving life and annuities policy logic ensuring that rules remain consistent auditable and optimized for performance across core servicing workflows -Model and refine Vantage data structures to ensure that policy party premium and benefit information is captured related and retrieved efficiently for downstream processes including reporting analytics and servicing actions -Analyze and design Vantage transaction flows for new products endorsements and servicing events so that each action follows a clear lifecycle aligns with regulatory needs and supports quality assurance checkpoints -Evaluate and optimize Vantage batch processing for life insurance operations by mapping schedules dependencies and controls that safeguard data integrity and minimize operational risk during day shift hybrid execution -Apply Vantage life basics knowledge to validate end to end flows confirm that core policy behaviors function as intended and identify configuration gaps that could impact agents service teams or customers -Partner with technical teams to specify integration patterns between Claude powered solutions agentic artificial intelligence services and Vantage components while ensuring robust error handling and traceability of automated decisions -Create and maintain functional design documents configuration inventories and test scenarios that provide transparent traceability from business requirement through system behavior and support efficient regression testing -Support user acceptance testing by preparing realistic life and annuities scenarios guiding testers through agentic and generative artificial intelligence behaviors and tracking defects to closure with clear functional explanations -Collaborate with operations teams in a hybrid work model to monitor production outcomes analyze recurring issues across Vantage and artificial intelligence solutions and recommend targeted enhancements that improve customer and societal trust in insurance solutions -Qualifications -Demonstrate substantial experience in functional analysis within insurance servicing or similar domains with a focus on mapping business requirements to system behavior and documenting clear configuration designs -Show proven hands on expertise in agentic artificial intelligence design including orchestration of automated workflows and decision steps that augment human users and improve processing quality -Exhibit practical experience using Claude and other generative artificial intelligence tools to craft conversational flows content generation patterns and knowledge retrieval designs that support operations and servicing activities -Display strong proficiency in Vantage report design by defining layouts selection criteria and output structures that meet regulatory reporting and business monitoring needs across life and annuities portfolios -Possess deep understanding of Vantage business rule tables including the ability to design rule hierarchies conditional logic and maintenance processes that keep product and servicing behavior aligned with business intent -Provide solid knowledge of Vantage data models with experience mapping policy and party data elements understanding relationships and ensuring that configurations support downstream analytics and operational reporting -Bring applied experience in configuring Vantage transactions and life batch processing with an emphasis on end to end lifecycle handling balancing performance control and transparency to users and auditors in a hybrid working environment -Offer domain familiarity in life and annuities insurance that enables effective communication with product and actuarial teams and supports accurate interpretation of coverage structures benefits and servicing events 9. Job Location : Primary Location :INTNCHNA14(ITIND Siruseri (SRZ) SDB1 2 & 3 SEZ) Alternate Location :NA NA Alternate Location 1 :NA NA 10. Job Type : Functional Analyst (ISG) [65SG00] 11. Demand Requires Travel? : No 12. Certifications Required : Preferred certifications include artificial intelligence practitioner credential and insurance systems certification such as LOMA FLMI or equivalent for life and annuities domain.
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