Business Analyst | Windsor, UK

Allianz; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz is seeking a Business Analyst to join their Specialty Team focusing on Pet Insurance. This role involves working on organizational change, stakeholder management, and applying business analysis methodologies. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working options, emphasizing a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Hybrid working

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Discounts on insurance products

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Expertise in defining business analysis approaches within Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience in the insurance industry and understanding of business models.
• High degree of organization and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to define business visions and develop strategies.
• Support the development and implementation of solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement through analysis.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

Communication

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Data Modelling

BPMN

Project Management

Job description

Role Description

Allianz have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our team working on a hybrid basis out of our Ditton Park office. You will be part of the Allianz Specialty Team, looking after the Pet Insurance.

As one of our Business Analysts, you'll play a important role in organisational change by using specialised business analysis, change management skills and disciplined business analysis approaches. This is achieved through repeated deliveries and/or specialist area of knowledge.

You will work across many functional domains, with stakeholders at many levels.

Salary:

circa £50,000

Location: Slough, Datchet Ditton Park

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package'

About you:

• Working with a series of stakeholders up to Exec and Board level in defining business visions and developing the strategies to meet these via strategic analyses, feasibility studies and business cases.
• Applying and developing analysis ways of working to any piece of change, driving continuous improvement.
• Supporting the development, systems testing, user acceptance testing and implementation of solutions by working closely with solution partners, suppliers, and business stakeholders.
• Learning from previous experience and understands how benefits have been delivered by participating in post-implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions and knowledge share/peer reviews.
• Making contributions to the continuous learning of the profession of the role.

Essential Skills:

• Expertise in defining business analysis approaches within Waterfall and Agile methodologies from change and systems development perspectives.
• Expertise in the application of recognised industry standard modelling techniques, including data modelling and BPMN.
• Experience and knowledge of change lifecycle concepts used to plan, develop, implement, operate and maintain change.
• Understanding of key drivers for change.
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge of the insurance industry including products, services and differing business models.
• High degree of organisation, task planning and time management.
• Experience of different project methods (often within the same initiative) and how these impact the work a business analyst carries out.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written - and understanding of tools used to support change management and software development.
• Experience of planning and facilitating workshops of large size and complexity.
• Is able to initiate medium to large pieces of change.
• Able to undertake business analysis in a multi-faceted change environment, involving information, technology, people, process and organisation change.
• Able to work in any functional domain, rapidly gaining an understanding of the business area, stakeholders and business needs.

Desirable Skills:

• Has an appreciation of the wider field of IT systems (architecture, hardware and software).
• Experience of working in a business analysis role on a number of high complexity change initiatives.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

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For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Joel Gardiner

We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications.

Closing date 30/05/25

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