Senior Business Analyst

Experis; London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with deep expertise in the London Insurance Market. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in driving business transformation through data-driven insights. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders, providing business requirements, and mentoring other analysts.

Qualifications

• Detailed experience in the London Market is critical.
• Ability to drive business transformation through data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and challenge SMEs to drive new thinking.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Utilise advanced data analysis techniques for business insights.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Critical Thinking

Technical Competency

Job description

Job Title - Senior Business Analyst

Contract: 9 months

Location: London

Rate: 700 - Umbrella company

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Business Analyst with deep expertise in the London Insurance Market. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong analytical capabilities, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to drive business transformation through data-driven insights and process optimisation.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Provide your expertise knowledge and challenge SMEs and Business colleagues to drive new thinking.
2. Collaborate as part of the programme structures, workstreams, as well as work independently, and engage with stakeholders at all levels to drive outcomes.
3. Utilise your skills and experience in structured problem solving, business analysis, data analytics, design thinking, lean process improvement, and undertake process design and process re-engineering to support performance excellence and identify strategic initiatives.
4. Use advanced data analysis techniques to provide insights into business performance and volumes data to support strategic initiatives in prioritising specific lines of business, processes, and trading partnerships.
5. Collaborate with policy, business, and technology stakeholders to deliver business requirements that drive changes in business processes, policies, or systems.
6. Assist in defining success metrics and support mechanisms for monitoring throughout the service life cycles.
7. Facilitate the implementation of new business strategies, systems, or processes by providing training and/or procedure documentation to ensure teams are well-prepared to execute changes.
8. Proactively identify potential risks and issues related to business requirements, process changes, or project lifecycle.
9. Provide expertise as an experienced practitioner and mentor within the Business Analyst community, overseeing and coordinating the efforts of multiple Business Analysts.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Insurance Experience
   • Detailed experience of the London Market is critical to success in this role.
   • Detailed understanding of both the Broker and Carrier placement journeys is required.
2. Excellent communicator
   • Initiates, grows and maintains strong working relationships at all levels including business leaders, subject matter experts, and other key stakeholders across the business.
   • Adapts content, style, and level of detail of written and verbal communications to fit diverse audiences, selecting the most effective method in each case.
3. Critical thinker
   • Understands, articulates, and translates complex business problems to define clear activities resulting in desired solutions.
   • Effective in identifying problems, performing analysis to determine root causes.
   • Persuades internal and external stakeholders of the benefits or downsides of new technology or strategies.
4. Technical competency
   • Solid understanding of analysis methodologies and development life cycles, demonstrating pragmatic application suitable to the audience and situation.
   • Analyzes the structure of the business, its goals, and how process, technology, and people influence current performance.
   • Independent, self-motivated, and organized.
   • Manages own time to ensure tasks are completed.
   • Responsible for own learning.