*job listing detail - business analyst - fs insurance - *senior*
*your key responsibilities*
- work closely with clients to understand their fundamental business challenges and bring our experience of insurance and technology to enable them to transform their business and solve their most complex problems
- coordinate client workshops, gather and document business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- support testers in defining testing coverage, validation of test scenarios and any clarifications
- analysis and reengineering of business processes, to improve efficiency and quality
- support our insurance clients through an end to end process to design, agree and deliver their future requirements, leveraging the capabilities of guidewire and other technologies that may be available to provide these needs in the most effective way possible
- leading playback sessions, scope/user story walk through’s to client stakeholders
- identify and analyse problems and issues that may affect the successful delivery and adoption of proposed solution into the business
- contribute to business case developments and proposal preparations
- create and deliver presentations to senior client stakeholders and internal leadership teams
- collaborate with colleagues through internal communities to drive quality, identify best practices and share knowledge across the team.
*skills and attributes for success*
- knowledge and experience of the sdlc and agile project management methods such as safe, scrum, kanban and scrumban
- strong understanding of the insurance value chain or a part of it (from distribution and customer management through to administration - servicing, underwriting& claims management)
- core insurance platform experience such as guidewire, fadata, duckcreek, etc.
- proficiency with microsoft suite (word, excel, ppt, visio)
- ability to comfortably work with a wide range of stakeholders across all levels of the organization including senior management at the vp level
*to qualify for the role, you must have*
- at least 4+ years of experience in insurance or technology consulting gained through a top tier consultancy, a specialist financial services consultancy and/or a top tier insurer
- experience in understanding business requirements and translating them into technical requirements
- ability to analyse and document complex business processes, user stories and functional requirements
- analytical mind set; critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources and reconcile conflicts
- appetize to take ownership of several complex initiatives with excellent time management skills
- an understanding of technology and opportunities it brings to the insurance industry
- excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audience
*ideally, you’ll also have*
- good appreciation of current market trends (cloud, data analytics, blockchain and ai) and how these are likely to impact key industry players
- technical grounding and proven experience developing technical requirements and specifications, including knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, and testing
- experience with working closely with developers, testers and stakeholders to ensure solution is implemented based on requirements