Senior Business Analyst

Michael James Associates; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support their rapidly growing Product Team. The role involves gathering stakeholder requirements, optimizing business processes, and ensuring alignment between IT and business needs during significant system migrations. Ideal candidates will have extensive insurance experience and strong analytical skills. This is a full-time, on-site position in the City of London.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst in insurance or financial services.
• Strong understanding of insurance products and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with M&A integration and system migrations.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and analyze business needs from stakeholders.
• Produce 'as-is' and 'to-be' process maps.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts for process improvements.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Data Analysis

Process Modeling

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Confluence

Power BI

Excel

Job description

3 days per week on site (City of London)

Must have Insurance experience

This is a Group level role supporting the Product Team within our client. It is an exciting time to join as they are growing rapidly and are looking to promote hardworking individuals with more responsibility quickly. The environment is fast-paced.

The Business Analyst’s role is to elicit, analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of stakeholders, including customers and end users. This involves interviewing stakeholders, gathering and compiling user requirements to understand the technology solutions needed.

The Business Analyst will apply communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help the business make appropriate technology decisions. They will also proactively work with suppliers to explore new technologies to optimize business processes.

The Business Analyst will play a key role in ensuring IT understands business requirements during several strategic migration projects from legacy systems. Responsibilities include producing “as-is” and “to-be” process maps, challenging norms, building functional and non-functional specifications, creating configuration and user guides, and collaborating with Subject Matter Experts to design improved processes.

Ideal technical skills include:

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst within the insurance or financial services sector.
• Strong understanding of insurance products, claims, underwriting, and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with M&A integration, data transformation, and system migrations.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, or Confluence.
• Proficiency in process modeling (e.g., BPMN, UML), data analysis, and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel).

Senior level: Not applicable

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Analyst, Administrative, and General Business

Industries: Insurance, Insurance Agencies and Brokerages, and Insurance Carriers

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