Donna Osteen
Columbia, SC *9223
ac1qwj@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
Business Analyst / Project Manager
Personal Lines (Auto/HO/Inland Marine/Umbrella) – 28 years
Workers’ Comp – 4 years
Commercial Automobile, Commercial General Liability, Commercial Workers’ Comp – 6 years
Watercraft – 2 years
Package Policy – 2 years
Extensive Billing, Collections and Commission / 1099 experience
Direct bill, Agent Bill, Account Bill and Customer Bill
Policy Admin, Rating, Claims
Automated Functional Testing
Data Conversions, Interfaces, ISO
Specification Documentation
Matrix Testing
Custom Implementations including Customer Specific Requirements
Configuration Maintenance
Mainframe, CICS, DB2, Series II, Series III, Point, Point In, Exceed, ISCS Sure Power, Sharepoint, AFT and Quality Center
Forms and Reports
Donna is a hands-on Business Analyst and Project Manager with 28 years of experience and expertise in the development, implementation and support of strategic application systems across a variety of platforms and technologies. Her 25 years of insurance experience covers P&C Personal Lines and Workers’ Compensation, along with Package Policy.
She has led the selection and implementation of numerous software packages for Billing, Policy Administration, Rating, Claims, and other business areas. She is also capable of managing and developing custom systems on multiple platforms, including interfaces, data conversion programs, and has used multiple software tools for creating forms and reports. Donna’s extensive Billing knowledge has resulted in several new enhancements that have saved her customers both time and money.
Donna has a proven record for exceeding project expectations within budgetary and time constraints. She also has an excellent record of building and maintaining strong teams through communications, coaching and personal development. Whether primarily acting in the role of Project Manager or Lead Business Analyst, Donna is quick to address any issues needing attention.
Insurance Professional Experience
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia June 2016 – Present
ITS Data Services Sr Consultant
Created test cases for Virginia Dwelling and Fire
Executed testing for Virginia Homeowners
Wisconsin Reinsurance March 2016 – June 2016
ITS Data Services Sr Consultant
Created and executed test scripts implementing Wisconsin Personal Auto
Developed a rating spreadsheet to assist the customer with rating testing
Developed and executed Automated Functional Testing for Policy, Claims and Billing
Crestbrook Insurance January 2015 – February 2016
ITS Data Services Sr Consultant
Created and executed test scripts implementing California Personal Auto
Created and executed test scripts implementing Auto, Homeowners, Inland Marine and Umbrella for various states
Executed Inland Marine rating testing for various states
Worked backlog items against Sprint deliveries
Assisted the customer with various projects as needed
Southern Farm Bureau July 2013 – December 2014
ITS Data Services Consultant
Worked with client to implement a new rating structure based on general criteria rather than a tier structure within Exceed. Created and executed test cases, identified issues and worked with technical staff to resolve.
Implemented late fee processing
Tested Billing enhancements and code fixes
Created function lists for and tested a new Customer Online Quoting tool
Western Heritage (Nationwide) November 2012 – March 2013
ITS Data Services Consultant
Assisted with the creation of rating spreadsheets to validate rates pertaining to Auto, Homeowners and Dwelling Fire.
Created and executed test scripts to validate that rating was working correctly.
Tracked and reported progress to client using Sharepoint.
Madison Mutual Insurance Company June 2012 – November 2012
ITS Data Services Consultant
Worked with client to identify issues within their ISCS Billing processing.
Created and executed test scripts to validate current Billing issues within Auto, Homeowners, Dwelling Fire and Umbrella.
Created a set of regression Billing test scripts that can be executed individually or as a group based on enhancements or updates to current Billing functionality.
Worked one and one with the client to teach them how to execute test scripts including managing the system cycles so that they could support their own testing
Computer Sciences Corporation 2010 – June 2012
Project Manager
Served as the Project Manager and Business Analyst on a custom development project for a new Personal and Specialty Auto Implementation.
Responsible for project plans for 4 project size change controls delivered to the customer within a 2 month window.
Managed the custom development team through detailed design, programming, unit testing, system testing, integration testing with the existing policy management system, and user acceptance testing. The team consisted of offshore programming resources, IT personnel, and several independent contractors in multiple locations.
Led Envisioning sessions with customer to identify potential gaps in the current base system.
Created teams to research identified gaps and create requirements if needed.
Managed and identified risks for Customer using Sharepoint
Worked with customer to identify system requirements needed to implement package policy.
Created and updated system documentation to reflect new and changed configurations.
Reviewed and approved billing and policy test matrixes.
Provided post-implementation support, resolved issues, and revised procedure documents.
Created a Phase II, Phase III and Phase IV project plan to incorporate anticipated requirements from future lines of business.
Computer Science Corporation 2002 to 2010
Lead Business Analyst
Served as the Lead Business Analyst on several auto, homeowners, water craft, workers’ comp implementations, commercial auto, commercial general liability and commercial workers’ comp. Several implementations required focus on billing, one focused on policy. Billing type implementations include direct bill, agency bill and customer bill.
Met with customers to determine their business needs and provide demos.
Met with customers to identify gaps and then provide approaches, specifications and detailed estimate to address.
Created extensive and detailed billing matrixes, executed before delivery to customer and after delivery with the customer.
Worked with technical staff to resolve codes issues
Extensively regression test base system confirmation to ensure new modifications did not result in system issues.
Created, tracked and assigned issues using both Quality Center and Track Record.
Worked with customers to plan data conversions.
Developed, tested and delivered a modification to address Moratorium and Catastrophe processing. This modification stops non-payment processing in the event of a hurricane or catastrophe based on date, state and zip code.
Developed, tested and delivered a modification to skip holidays and weekends when scheduling and processing EFT payments.
Developed, tested and delivered a Collections processing enhancement for the base Exceed system.
Assisted customers in setting up a process to balance both their billing and their commission system.
Provided on site customer support during implementation and production.
Computer Sciences Corporation 1994 - 2002
BPO Billing and Accounting Supervisor
Managed a staff of 13 and a budget of $5 million for multiple assigned risk insurance companies.
Managed daily receivables, weekly client cash transfers, monthly bank reconciliations and general ledger for 23 clients.
Daily system balancing for customers on Series II, CABILS, BCMS and Point platforms.
Manually balanced commissions monthly for clients based on their system gaps.
Handled quarterly claims reporting for multiple clients.
Responsible for yearly 1099 processing.
Handled DOI, insured and agent inquiries
Manually entered endorsements and reconciled premium for a large commercial account that used Series II as a repository rather than using the rating feature.
Documented internal procedure for each client.
Created billing matrixes and executed for new customer enhancements
Responsible for the implementation of new outsourcing contracts and their data conversion into Series II, CABILS, BCMS, Point or Point In.
Computer Sciences Corporation 1989 - 1994
Billing Clerk
Daily entry of cash receipts, balancing and reporting for 20 customers.
Processed weekly customer cash transfers.
Responsible for monthly bank reconciliations and general ledger balancing
Handled daily system balancing for Series II, CABILS, Point and Point In.
Handled DOI, insured and agent inquires.
Other Professional Experience
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Baptist Hospital Columbia, SC Collections Department
Office Assistant
King’s Laboratory Blythewood, SC Payroll
Systems and Software Experience
Insurance Systems: Series II, Series III, BCMS, CABILS, Point, Point In, Exceed, ISCS
Languages: XML, HTML, C++, Java, SQL, COBOL II
Environments/Tools: Web, Windows, Client/Server, AS/400, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office suite, Crystal Reports, Share Point, Quality Center
Databases: DB2, SQL Server, Access, CICS, DB2
Methodologies: UML (Unified Modeling Language), Six Sigma
Project Management: MS Project, SuperProject, Project Workbench