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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Automated Rules Analyst - **Company:** Sammons® Financial Group, Inc. - **Location:** Sioux City, IA, United States - **Salary:** $158,663.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Information Systems, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Information Technology - **Published:** August 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/automated-rules-analyst-sioux-falls-sd--c9398f01-1c7c-4400-b2a5-d48c8c3817a1 ## About the Role Title: Automated Rules Analyst Organization: Sammons Financial Group Location: Sioux Falls Description: Overview: Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of underwriting rules to drive operational efficiencies, ensuring mortality expectations are met. Collaborate with other departments and external partners, including New Business, Underwriting, Marketing, Sales, Information Technology (IT), and third-party vendors. Responsibilities: * Confidently lead and effectively take ownership of the projects to which you are assigned., * College degree or equivalent industry related work experience Required * Life Underwriting experience Preferred * Rules writing experience Required * Possess excellent organizational and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously * Strong and effective leadership, decision-making, and motivational skills * Strong interpersonal skills for relationship building * Flexible and adaptable to quickly changing deadlines within projects * Excellent communication skills, including listening, oral, presentation, and written * Strong analytical skills in assessing medical evidence and mortality data * Able to effectively use Excel * Designation or working toward completion of FALU Required, Suitability Requirements: * Due to the financial nature and level of accountability of this position, a credit and criminal background check is required - The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires Sammons Financial Group Companies to notify you that, as a routine part of processing this application for employment, Sammons Financial Group may request a consumer report on you to verify all information contained in this application. Such report may include information about work-related behaviors, performance, character, general reputation, and personal characteristics, in addition to information about your previous employment, education, credit history and criminal records, Analysis Skills, Business Services, Communication Skills, Finance, Health Plan, Homeland Security, Information Technology & Information Systems, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Life Insurance, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Requirements Management, Social Security Administration, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Team Player, Technology Sales, Test Requirements, Testing, Time Management, Underwriting, Writing Skills ## Description * Develop, update, and manage underwriting rules within the underwriting platforms, supporting efficiency and scalability initiatives aligned to life strategy goals. * Within an automated underwriting framework, lead solution design efforts by identifying gaps, defining workflows and rules, and refining requirements in collaboration with vendors and internal teams. * Work closely with outside underwriting engine and administrative system vendors to create, maintain, and alter underwriting rules as needed. * Collaborate with Mortality Management and Underwriting Research to create or adjust accelerated underwriting rules. * Work closely with existing medical and underwriting evidence vendors to ensure data is mapped appropriately to our application questions and meets our mortality assumptions and efficiency goals. * Work closely with existing medical and underwriting evidence vendors to ensure data is appropriately mapped to application questions, aligned with mortality assumptions, and supportive of application design and filing efforts as needed. * Perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing of underwriting rules as needed. * Work in partnership with Underwriting Research to update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as needed. * Lead and engage in technical tasks, including story writing, requirements definition, testing, troubleshooting, and quality assurance, to ensure the accuracy and compliance of underwriting rules and project deliverables. * Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity). * As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands. * Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary. 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