Business Analyst

Advisor Group; Remote; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Business Analyst to join their remote team. The role involves leading an agile development team to enhance the digital experience for insurance advisors. Responsibilities include backlog management, collaboration with Product Management, and facilitating Scrum ceremonies. Candidates should have 3-5 years of professional experience, preferably in an agile environment. A Bachelor's degree is preferred. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $65,000 to $75,000 per year, plus an annual bonus.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience.
• Experience working within an agile delivery team.
• Ability to drive requirement definition and solution design.

Responsibilities

• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of user stories.
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value.
• Lead Scrum ceremonies.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Backlog management

Scrum ceremonies

Product management collaboration

Technical impact analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Osaic Careers

Remote IT Opportunity in Insurance Industry

Business Analyst, Highland Capital Brokerage

Location(s): All Locations/Remote

Role Type: Full time

Salary: $65,000 - $75,000 per year + annual bonus

Actual compensation offered will be determined individually, based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, licensure, experience, and education.

Summary

We currently have an opening for a Business Analyst at Highland Capital Brokerage. This position may be a remote position or work in one of our many brick‑and‑mortar offices throughout the country as a part of a highly collaborative team to hire top‑quality insurance wholesalers.

The Business Analyst role will lead an agile development team on providing a best‑in‑class digital experience for advisors. The role will be a key delivery point of contact and be involved in the strategic planning of the product and assist product management and customers make decisions about its direction. The role serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, high school diploma (or equivalent) in combination with significant practical experience will be considered in lieu of degree. Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of user stories
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value
• Lead Scrum ceremonies
• Gather feature requests, develop and maintain well planned backlog and roadmap
• Act as the key liaison among product, technology, and operations partners to define product strategies and vision to bring them on the journey of building the product
• Provide vision and direction on priorities to the agile delivery team
• Play an active role in mitigating issues and blockers to meet release and sprint goals
• Prepare and participate in sprint planning, iteration execution, demos, testing, and retrospectives
• Lead the team to refine, prioritize, and manage the backlog to achieve the goals and vision
• Identify and estimate anticipated work efforts based on priority using program increment (PI) and sprint planning
• Define and resolve dependencies, issues, and risks along with identification of impacted areas through team collaboration

Basic Requirements

• Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience
• Experience working within an agile delivery team
• Ability to drive requirement definition and solution design
• Ability to identify technical impacts, recommend best practices, or alternatives

Preferred Requirements

• Licenses or certifications