Programmer/Analyst
Job ID #: 50497
Location: DE-Wilmington (downtown)
Functional Area: Information Technology
Company Name: Alico
Employment Type: Full Time - Regular
Education Preferred: Bachelors
Experience Required: 3-5 years
Relocation Provided: No


Position Description
• Must be capable of modifying or enhancing applications in accordance with business requirements in a time frame appropriate to meet the needs of a Production environment.
• Document all modifications, enhancements and analysis.
• Review and evaluate business specifications to determine their feasibility, the time they will require, and their compatibility with current systems and architecture standards.
• Prepare definition of functional problems and make recommendations for enhancements or modifications to deliver effective solutions
• Produce technical specifications and test plans/test scripts as well as proposals.
• Identify tasks required to complete an assignment and estimate the duration of those tasks for accurate project plan reporting.
• Prepare project life cycle and deliverables within expected time frame as specified by the project plan.
• Effectively and professionally communicate with the Corporate Actuarial Department to identify and obtain requirements for financial reporting.
• Work closely with existing IT Actuarial Support Staff.


This position is located in Wilmington, Delaware. Relocation will be considered on a case by case basis.

Position Requirements
• 5 Years progressive experience in Information Technology (mindframe, mid-range, Intel platform)
• 5 years SAS development, design and analysis
• 3 years experience with relational databases and the use of Structured Query Language
• A proficient level of knowledge and experience with SAS programming is critical.
• Proficient skills in the handling of multiple file types, such as EBCDIC and ASCII file types.
• High level of experience with data scrubbing, data cleansing, data modeling, data extraction, transformation and loading of data is desired.
• Experience in development of project documentation, testing materials and execution, training materials, requirement gathering including downstream and upstream interface requirements and adhering to a project management methodology is a must.
• Must be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite of applications and possess the capability of producing professional-looking documentation, flowcharts, and proposals.
• Basic understanding of international actuarial valuation processing and knowledge of various life insurance products is desirable.
• Knowledge of basic actuarial valuation standards and processes inclusive of first principles and tabular basis methodologies is extremely helpful.
• Knowledge and experience with Software Development Life Cycle is expected.
• Strong analytical background is required.

About Us
Alico is a leading international life insurer with a unique heritage of serving customers across the globe for over 85 years. The company provides consumers and businesses with products and services for life insurance, accident and health insurance, retirement planning, and wealth management solutions. Through an extensive network of over 40,000 agents, brokers and financial institutions and 11,000 employees across 54 countries, Alico services 19 million customers worldwide.

Alico has branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliates in emerging, developing and developed markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Alico is domiciled in Wilmington, Delaware and has regional headquarters in Tokyo, Paris, Athens, Dubai, and Santiago, Chile.