Job Description
Workforce Management Analyst
Remote
SageSure, the insurance first, tech-forward, capital-lite managing general underwriter that focuses on the underserved, preferred homeowners middle-market, is seeking a Workforce Management Analyst. This position is responsible for all aspects of workforce planning: Forecasting, scheduling, capacity planning, exception management, and intra-day management which includes monitoring queues, reallocating resources, making last minute schedule adjustments, and reforecasting call volumes.
What you’d be doing:
- Real Time Management Activities Identify and coordinate real-time phone/non-phone activities such as overtime, meetings, training, and special projects. Plan all training, project time, and off-phone activities, and special events and input into WFM tool to ensure an accurate view of staffing availability. Coordinate with other departments, on a regular basis and as needed, to manage outages, special campaigns, etc. and to assure required non-phone activities are properly prioritized and scheduled within acceptable time frames.
- RTM Schedules Ability to identify changes in call volume and adjust resources according to meet the service level goals. Optimize scheduled breaks and lunches as resource requirements change, determine need for extra hours and/or leave early, assess availability for offline functions and approve/deny as required. Recommend real-time schedule changes and identify efficiency opportunities. Assist site leaders with creating schedules for new hires and to reallocate resources when workload requires. Review and respond to all schedule change requests. Update schedules with last minute changes. Assist with the creation of all schedule runs and schedule bids/changes.
- Time Off Administrator Process preplanned time off requests based on the needs of the business. Administer the call center’s vacation and personal day allocation including annual and month-to-month management of allotments and approvals.
- Reporting Provide reporting on absenteeism and schedule deviation while identifying trends and potential resolutions. Provide ad-hoc reporting as requested.
- Analysis Determine appropriate time for re-forecasts throughout the day to allow for appropriate shifts in workload and calls based upon volume, available staff, and other business influences. Assist with analysis to interpret operational trends and aid in creating recommendations for possible improvement strategies based upon customer satisfaction trends.
- Technology Administration Assist Policy Services leadership in old maintaining WFM software tool (system access, agent set up, archiving reports, deleting runs, etc.). Assist with documentation and workflows for IVR routing and telephony routing and setups.
- Capacity Planning Ability to create and manage capacity plans for multiple lines of business with a focus on accuracy.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- 2-3 years of experience in Workforce Management, supporting contact centers
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or 3+ years relevant work experience
- Experience with Workforce Management software (scheduling, performance tracking, reporting)
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills, with emphasis on forecasting
- Ability and willingness to learn new software applications
- Skills in complex problem solving, judgment, critical thinking and decision making
- Ability to be highly organized with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
- Ability to organize information and have attention to detail and accurately follow procedures
- Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment, occasionally under time pressure and on several tasks at the same time
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with co-workers, management team, other Departments, vendors, and outside agencies, including being sensitive to professional ethics
- Ability to work occasionally evenings and weekends to meet deadlines
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building, listening, and questioning skills
*The Policy Services Team is only open to hiring remote candidates who are residents in the following states: Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
About the Policy Services Team at SageSure:
Helping customers and a service mindset are at the core of SageSure’s Policy Services team approach. Policy Services roles are directly responsible for building the brand, and we take that very seriously at SageSure. Our Policy Services team is the voice of SageSurehaving frequent connections with our customers. Serving the customer is fulfilling and a great way to learn about the insurance industry. Policy Services roles have career progression paths built-in, and with all the industry knowledge you’ve gained, you’ll be primed for advancement within the department or across the company. The nature of the work requires constant interfacing with other teams, including underwriting, sales and marketing. As a part of this growing team, you’ll experience a fast-paced environment that requires dynamic involvement and provides accelerated learning.
About SageSure:
If shaping the future of an industry sounds exciting, you’ll love working at SageSure! A Best Places to Work in Insurance Recipient for three years in a row (2020-2022), SageSure is a managing general underwriter leader and insurance technology innovator serving disaster-prone areas. That means we sell insurance through our proprietary technology platform in places other insurance companies won’t do business. Our success in delivering coverage in America’s most challenging markets is the result of our strategic focus to understand and adequately price risk. We offer 50+ products in 14 states, serving over 400,000 policyholders while managing more than $800 million in written premium. We have eight office locationsJersey City, NJ; Mountain View, CA; Chicago, IL; Tallahassee, FL; Cincinnati, OH; Houston, TX; Mt. Laurel, NJ; and Cheshire, CTas well as numerous remote employees across the country.