Senior Business Analyst - Insurance

Play a pivotal role in the transformation of Insurance services of a leading Speciality Insurance firm in the City.

• Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 + bonus + excellent benefits

This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst with an established background in insurance, to play a pivotal role in the transformation of Insurance services of a leading specialty insurance firm in the City. The successful candidate will have a compelling background working as the interface between business users and technical development teams and be passionate about realising business change through digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Build close and lasting relationships with business users, business change, and IT teams to achieve company technology goals.
• Work hand in hand with end users to build comprehensive and concise documentation for change proposals and new initiatives, ensuring full traceability back to the businesses processes.
• Lead the gathering of requirements, run workshops/meetings with key stakeholders and third-party vendors to ensure outcomes are well defined and understood.
• Document As Is/To Be of business processes to identify future possibility for business change.
• Be the interface between end users and technology teams to ensure accurate and timely development of technology changes/advancements.
• Be a Product Owner for digital applications/services - accountable for the current running, backlog, optimisation and future state of the solution.
• Be confident in challenging end users and stakeholders on ideas/proposals to achieve utmost clarity.
• Ensure best practice and delivery of E2E business analysis services, as well as propose new ideas to Head of Business Change to enhance best practice.

Required Skills and Experience

• Insurance domain knowledge, ideally with specific exposure to the London Insurance Market.
• Strong Business Analysis experience, capable of delivering independent E2E BA services to drive digital transformation.
• Experience working closely with business users, understanding their needs and exploring opportunities for business change through workshops, then seeing them through to delivery.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and fantastic relationship building skills; the successful candidate will be personable, dynamic and will be able to work effectively as part of a close-knit team, as well as independently.
• Appreciation for technology and ability to work alongside development teams to achieve future state IT goals.
• Previous experience acting as a Product Owner within a scaled agile environment.
• Previous experience/exposure to low code application development solutions such as Pega, MS Power Platform or Salesforce.
• A passion for transformational change in the insurance sector.

Additional Information

• Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site in the City of London
• Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 (based on experience) + bonus + excellent benefits package
• All applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK