- Location
- HIH - Hyderabad, India
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Lead
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Cigna Investment Management (CIM) has overall responsibility for the over $30 billion of invested assets for Cigna's Insurance Portfolios and the Cigna Pension Plans. Cigna is a leading global health services and insurance provider and Fortune 15 company whose invested assets include public and private corporate bonds, commercial mortgages, private corporate mezzanine debt and equity, real estate equity, public equity and short-term investments.
CIM- Data Enablement Team - Business Project Lead Analyst
Position Summary:
The Business Project Lead Analyst serves as a strategic partner to Finance, Investment, and Technology stakeholders, leading business analysis, project execution, data and reporting initiatives, and testing activities across enterprise transformation programs. The role requires strong expertise in stakeholder management, requirements management, data analytics, and quality assurance, with the ability to translate complex business needs into scalable technology and data solutions that drive measurable business value.
Job Description & Responsibilities:
The Business Project Lead Analyst partners with the CIM DET and workstream owner structure. Key stakeholder partners will be Finance, Accounting, Technical Teams and Automation and AI teams.
- Collaborate with Workstream Lead, vendors, and technical team to support requirements identification, documentation and communication to technical partners.
- Support design conversations to support technical and functional requirements.
- Support review of functional design and technical design documentation as needed
- Support the identification of testing scenarios and correlated test scripts.
- Support the generation of training materials with the use of content creation technologies
- Provide support as an early tester of capabilities
- Engage with stakeholders to support requirements gathering and understanding.
- Support driving project deliverables on time, on budget with quality results
- Continuous improvement in the identification of opportunities for process improvement or process enhancements in day-to-day execution
- Familiarity with burn down chart development/management and field mapping
- UAT Plan development and execution. Assistance with test scenarios
- Assistance with defects for end-to-end testing
- Involvement in data analysis and reporting
Competencies / Skills:
- Understanding of Investment/Finance processes (GL, Subledgers, FP&A, cost allocations, forecasting, etc)
- Ability to review deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.
- Strong business acumen including ability to effectively articulate business objectives.
- Analytical skills, Highly Focused, Team player, Versatile, Resourceful
- Ability to learn and apply quickly, including ability to effectively impart knowledge to others.
- Precise communication skills, including an ability to project clarity and precision in verbal and written communication and strong presentation skills.
- Excellent negotiation, influencing, and relationship management skills with the ability to work across business, finance, accounting, and technology teams
- Requirements gathering
- Hands-on experience executing test cases, driving SIT/UAT, creating test scenarios, managing defects, coordinating business sign-offs, and ensuring quality delivery.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with Power BI/Tableau, data analysis, data quality, ETL processes, APIs, and data governance concepts
- Expert in requirements gathering, BRDs/FRDs, user stories, process mapping, stakeholder workshops, and solution design reviews.
Experience Required:
- Experience: 5 to 8 years in business or systems analysis, including writing business specifications, technical design documents and solution overviews
- Domain Knowledge: Finance / Investment Process.
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with tools like SQL (Data analysis, validation, and troubleshooting), Reporting (Power BI, Tableau), Alteryx, Dataiku, JIRA, Toad, or similar tools
- Knowledge of API and ETL Concepts
- Methodologies: Agile, SCRUM, SDLC, and Waterfall are commonly used frameworks
- Documentation: Proficiency in creating BRDs, FRDs, SRS, UAT plans, and Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) is essential
Preferred Attributes
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines independently
- Strategic and tactical thinking for high-level design reviews
- Strong analytical and structured problem‑solving skills
Good to have Skills
- Knowledge or experience in Python
- Agile/Scrum certifications.
- Experience with AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge or experience in Databricks or similar analytical platforms.
- Knowledge or experience of Airflow
- Knowledge or experience in data management, governance, and quality.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
