Business Programmer III - Documentation Mgmt

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide:

• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Development (30%)

• Design, code, test and troubleshoot programs utilizing the appropriate hardware, database, and programming technology.
• Develop moderate to complex applications utilizing the appropriate hardware, database, and programming technology.
• Maintain and modify existing programs; make approved changes.
• Test and develop programming modifications.
• Write new program code using prescribed specifications.
• Write and maintain programming documentation.

Analysis (20%)

• Evaluate complex interrelationships between programs.
• Apply critical analysis, the way in which information is interpreted and evaluated, which will identify key issues, pose additional questions for further research, make sense of conflicting pieces of information, challenge opinions and develop alternative solutions to problems.
• Analyze performance of programs and take actions to correct deficiencies based on consultations with users and approval of supervisor.

Consulting (25%)

• Confer with users to gain understanding of needed changes or modifications of existing programs. Resolve questions of program intent, data input, output requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls.
• Lead or participate in departmental, cross-functional or corporate projects.

Management Reporting (20%)

• Conduct or support complex analysis and research of data to support management decision making.

Other (5%)

• Maintain confidentiality with regard to the information being processed, stored or accessed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

Educational/Work Experience

• Bachelor degree is required.
• 5 - 10 years experience with business or financial analysis, management reporting, or related work experience is required.

Technical Experience

• Advanced experience with query, reporting and analysis tools in a mainframe environment, such as QlikView, SAS and Easytrieve Plus, is required.
• Expert PC skills required (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Significant experience working with a data Warehouse or relational databases is required.
• Must possess strong understanding and experience interpreting logical and physical designs of different relational database structures.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, extraction, transformation and batch load processing is required.
• Knowledge of systems is preferred.
• Experience with DW/BI development projects and data mining techniques is preferred.

Business Experience

• Insurance industry knowledge is highly desirable.
• Cross-functional and in-depth knowledge of multiple business processes and operational processes is highly desirable.

Additional Skill-Set Requirements

• Highly motivated and self-directed.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to prioritize work under the pressure of deadlines.
• Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills. Ability to document technical issues and analysis results at the appropriate detail, for the appropriate audience.
• Strong collaborative skills with functional area management, business analysts and IT staff.
• Ability to proactively seek analysis opportunities and needs.
• Ability to work/communicate with all levels of management – must be comfortable interacting with senior management

Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.