Job Responsibilities
-Writing business requirements;
-Testing;
-Creating workflow documents;
-Developing new systems;
-Working with business partners, including IT professionals;
-Supporting existing applications.
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Job Requirements
-Minimum requirements include an undergraduate degree, preferably
from a local university (e.g., Boston College, Boston University,
Babson, Bentley, Northeastern, etc.);
-For Senior Business Analysts, an MBA is preferred but by no means
required.
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Uppers
-Working with other people, solving problems, and creating new solutions.
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Downers
-Overall lack of skill within the company;
-Many parts of the job can be tedious and do not challenge an
intelligent, motivated individual.
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Lifestyle
-Limited travel opportunities;
-Company social events are almost non-existent;
-Dress code is business (unnecessarily);
-Diversity is poor, mostly caucasian males, especially in management;
-Work hours and work-life balance is very good - the standard workday is 7.5
hours.
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Compensation
-Base salary ranges from $65,000 to $80,000;
-Bonus potential up to 15% of base salary per year;
-No stock options (mutually owned company);
-Benefits are good, especially vacation time, which is 20 days per
year with three or four personal days.
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Advice to Jobseekers
The job outlook for this position is good, but at Liberty Mutual,
the Business Analyst position has very little to do with actual
systems and is not based in technology.
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