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Business Analyst, 2541

Hannover Re

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Job summary

Join a leading company as a Business Analyst to drive innovative solutions and improve operational efficiency. You will collaborate across departments, utilizing your expertise in analysis and project management to support key business change initiatives. This role offers a chance to impact the future of the organization significantly.

Benefits

Structured onboarding

Benefits superior to collective agreement

Offers for personal development and health management

Qualifications

Experience in leading business analysis throughout project lifecycle.
Track record of successful project delivery in a large organisation.
Experience with both agile and waterfall delivery methods.

Responsibilities

Support data management and ensure projects meet operational requirements.
Develop and implement KPIs for data quality monitoring.
Identify improvements in reinsurance operations processes.

Skills

Business Analysis

Data Visualization

Process Redesign

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Business Studies

BCS Business Analysis Diploma

Tools

MS Visio

SQL

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The Role

The Business Analyst will support the Branch in its commitment to innovation and efficiency. You will utilise your expertise in planning, communication, and analysis to deliver the business transformations vital to our future operating model. Incorporating your knowledge of process redesign and implementation, you will be wholly committed to the discovery and development of innovative solutions in an ever-changing business landscape.

You will collaborate with project managers, business representatives, end-users, technical teams, and experts across the business on key IT enabled business change projects to maximise the value generated from our activities.

You will work with key stakeholders to identify the technical, organisational, people, systems, and process impacts and changes, whilst providing effective consultancy to projects, advising on the Business Analysis tasks and deliverables required. You will have accountability for the scoping, planning, and subsequent delivery of Business Analysis activities within the Reinsurance Operations team and wider Branch.

Duties & Responsibilities

Provide business analysis expertise to support the efficiency and effectiveness of the Branch’s reinsurance operations, and support the wider delivery of the Branch and Group projects including:

Act as the key interface between Reinsurance Operations and the Data Management team by supporting the development and implementation of data solutions by collecting, reviewing, documenting, and communicating business requirements and managing the testing and successful implementation of solutions.
Develop query tools and rules for client data validation. Support the upskilling of the Reinsurance Operations team in using these tools and collaborate with Data Management to implement automate complex queries.
Perform ad-hoc client data validation, including large case reporting, rate checking and data consistency checks and aim to automate these processes where possible.
Develop and implement KPIs to measure client data quality and a process to ensure their effective ongoing monitoring.
Continuously review reinsurance operations processes, working with the team and wider business to identify and implement improvements in efficiency, effectiveness, and control, and deliver actionable management insights.
Drive the establishment of a robust control and governance environment within Reinsurance Operations, covering items such as documentation, testing, validations, and exception handling.
Lead the development, validation and documentation of business requirements with Subject Matter Experts for end-to-end process improvements across the wider Branch.
Act as a key interface between Reinsurance Operations, the Branch and wider Group by ensuring that local operational requirements are well understood and considered when developing new products, systems or processes and that the wider business needs are understood by the Reinsurance Operations team.
Work with Reinsurance Operations, Business Development and the wider business to onboard new business. Ensure the operational requirements are well understood and appropriately documented.
Develop a strong understanding of the Branch’s key treaties and wider UK reinsurance products and structures.
Encourage challenge, trust, accountability as well as open communication and feedback among team members and across the Branch.
Support business teams in the replacement of legacy systems with new tools and technologies to deliver greater process efficiency and stronger integration with Group standards.
Undertake impact assessments for proposed process improvements and system developments, ensuring that the operational requirements are considered, and the wider business needs are understood.
Build effective and sustainable relationships across the Branch and with Group to strengthen cross-departmental working and collaboration.

About You

Technical Skills:

A proven track record of business analysis throughout the project lifecycle, from eliciting user requirements that accurately capture user needs, through documentation in formats tailored to suit the intended audiences, to procurement, delivery and implementation of successful solutions and services.
Experience of leading successful project delivery in a large organisation as a Business Analyst.
Experience of mapping out ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ landscape and undertaking gap analysis.
Experience of creating high quality process models using appropriate techniques and software, such as MS Visio.
Experience of working with both agile and waterfall delivery methods is desirable.
Experience with collecting, organising, and analysing large data sets.
Sound understanding of IT principles, to be able to knowledgeably assess the potential business impacts of a proposed technical solution.
Knowledge of relevant database technologies, programming languages, data visualisation, and reporting systems.

Preferred Skills And Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in information technology, computer science or business studies.
BCS Business analysis diploma.
Proven ability to manage projects and user testing.
Extensive experience with data visualization.
High proficiency in technical writing.
Knowledge of insurance or reinsurance business.
SQL experience.

Person Specification

Delivery and Accountability

Accountable for individual, team, and Branch performance, fostering a culture of challenge and accountability while ensuring deadlines are consistently met.

Problem solving

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach to risk. Skilled in root cause analysis, identifying patterns, and developing effective solutions.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Designs efficient, controlled solutions for new challenges, driving impactful improvements. Encourages innovation, tests new ideas, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.

Team Player

Strong team player who fosters a positive, collaborative environment and builds effective cross-functional relationships. Brings together diverse perspectives to deliver shared goals across global project teams.

Communicating and Influencing

Effective communicator with strong presentation skills, able to translate complex ideas and data into actionable insights. Consultative, collaborative, and influential, fostering trust, accountability, and open dialogue while adapting communication to diverse audiences and securing stakeholder buy-in.

Developing Capability and Knowledge Sharing

Actively develops talent and builds capability, acting as a role model across the business. Willingness to share knowledge and to learn from peers to strengthen the performance of the team.

What We Offer

Atmosphere: You will find an international working environment with short decision channels, an open feedback culture and a sense of community shaped by mutual esteem and a readiness to help.

Benefits: Structured onboarding, benefits superior to those of the collective agreement as well as modern offers for personal development, health management and work-life balance are just some of our benefits.

Prospects: You contribute your specialist and methodological expertise and we offer you fresh input and the opportunity to further develop your potential – including room to come up with innovative ideas and act on them!

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You can find out more about our working environment, your entry options and development opportunities at www.hannover-re.com/en/career.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industries
Insurance

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