Senior Business Analyst - General Insurance

Allura Partners; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily rate up to AUD 1000 incl super

12-month contract

Hybrid work in Sydney CBD

Ground-up growth opportunity

Offshore BA delivery team

Job summary

Allura Partners is recruiting a Senior Business Analyst for a General Insurance role based in Sydney. You will bridge local stakeholders and an offshore BA team, shaping requirements for new product launches while mentoring a junior team member.

The position is a 12-month contract with hybrid work, roughly three days per week in the Sydney CBD office. You will work across underwriting, claims, finance and operations to deliver value.

Qualifications

• Senior Business Analyst with experience in general insurance, preferably commercial lines.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specs and user stories.
• Experience supporting product launches or operating model change.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria with offshore IT BA teams.
• Facilitate workshops across business and technology groups and support roadmap prioritisation.
• Plan and support testing of releases (UAT, defect triage, hypercare).
• Liaise with offshore teams and vendors on change requests and scope.
• Mentor junior BA and update procedures, maps and training.

Skills

Senior BA

General insurance

Requirements translation

Testing & UAT

Agile delivery

Offshore collaboration

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Visio

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - General Insurance

About the Company

Our client is an established insurer that has recently launched in Australia, specialising in commercial insurance products. The local team is in a strong growth phase, with new products launching over the next 12 months. This is a newly created role to provide hands on support locally on the ground.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you’ll be the link between local stakeholders across underwriting, claims, finance and operations and an offshore technology and business analysis team. You’ll shape requirements for upcoming product launches and mentor a junior team member.

Benefits

• Up to $1,000 per day including super


• 12-month contract opportunity


• Hybrid working, with around 3 days a week in the Sydney CBD office


• Be part of building a growing business from the ground up


• Work alongside an experienced offshore BA team with established delivery standards and tools

Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, working with an offshore IT BA team to translate them into technical specifications


• Facilitate workshops across business and technology teams and support prioritisation of the roadmap and backlog


• Plan and support testing of system releases, including UAT, defect triage and post go-live hypercare


• Liaise with offshore teams and technology vendors on change requests and release scope


• Mentor a junior team member and embed change into BAU through updated procedures, process maps and training

Skills and Experience

• Senior Business Analyst experience within general insurance, ideally commercial lines


• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technology specifications


• Experience supporting new product launches or operating model change


• Exposure to underwriting, policy administration, claims and finance processes, with policy administration platform experience is required


• Strong testing background, including UAT and defect management


• Comfortable working autonomously and getting up to speed quickly


• Flexibility to work across time zones, with occasional early or late calls to offshore teams around once or twice a week, and more around go-lives


• Familiarity with Agile delivery and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps and Visio

About Allura Partners

Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we’ve become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.