Senior Business Analyst

Munich Re Specialty - Global Markets; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Insurance provider is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Manchester. This role involves managing stakeholder requirements for complex projects in the Data and Analytics Platform. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in delivering IT projects within Commercial Insurance and strong analytical skills. Join the team to contribute to strategic solutions while collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in delivering IT or digital projects in Commercial Insurance.
• Experience with Insurance Core Insurance Platform installations, including greenfield and migration projects.
• Proven ability to document requirements and produce detailed mapping and data transformation specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop partnerships with business units to deliver quality solutions.
• Conduct analysis across the value chain and document IT system requirements.
• Lead requirement gathering and translate into mapping specifications.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Tools

Guidewire

Azure data factory

Databricks

Job description

About us

At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinnedby an effective and adaptablestrategy,superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environmentto achieve this.

At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.

Senior Business Analyst

We are currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst to be based in Manchester on a full-time basis, reporting into the Head of Subsection – Data and Analytics.

As a Senior IT Business Analyst you will be accountable for identifying, documenting, and managing explicit and implicit stakeholder requirements for complex projects, as well as handling change requests and contributing to solution component descriptions. This role involves selecting the most effective methods for representing business requirements and defining expected functional test outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop a partnership with assigned business units to gain a thorough understanding of short- and long-term goals of the business strategy to deliver quality and strategic solutions in Data and Analytics Platform to the business clients that support business strategy.
• Undertake the analysis requirements and demands across the value chain, providing key analytical skills that will enable business problems to be understood and the subsequent requirements for IT systems documented, tested and delivered
• Lead requirement gathering and translate into comprehensive mapping specification for all data layers within the medallion architecture.
• Analyse and document data sources, performing source-to-target mapping including logic for data transformation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, data modelers and data architects to ensure mapping logic meets analytics, regulatory and data governance requirements
• Support the IT system implementation by taking on the lead role in Agile, Iterative and Waterfall system implementation projects
• Supporting the Project Manager in delivering the project plan on time and on budget. Follow project methodologies – One Essentials – as applicable
• Analyse business demand for IT system support, automation, and digitalisation of business processes
• Derive system requirements from business demands and translate into specifications – both on architectural and detail level

Knowledge and Skills

• 10+ years of experience in delivering IT or digital projects in Commercial Insurance.
• Experience with Insurance Core Insurance Platform installations, including greenfield and migration projects. Knowledge of Guidewire is a plus
• Proven ability to document requirements and produce detailed mapping and data transformation specifications
• Understanding of MGA and Lloyd's Market operating models, including their unique challenges and requirements
• Functional knowledge of cloud data platforms (Azure data factory, Databricks) can be advantageous
• Recognised as proactive with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex business and technical problems and develop creative solutions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• The ability to influence, including negotiating solutions, deadlines and commitments
• Strong leadership skills managing, coaching, and mentoring business analysts. The ability to motivate and guide business analysts on complex programs of work

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!