Senior Business Analyst - London Market

Guidewire; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in the insurance sector is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support London Market insurance projects. Responsibilities include acting as a subject matter expert, collaborating with stakeholders, and documenting business requirements. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in London Market insurance and a strong IT background, along with excellent communication and analytical skills. This role provides an opportunity to engage with industry initiatives and support key technological decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on the London Market insurance, Lloyd’s or Company markets.
• 3+ years of IT experience in the P&C insurance industry.
• Experience with delegated authority systems in the London Market.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert on London Market insurance.
• Elicit and validate business needs of stakeholders.
• Collaborate with project sponsors to determine project scope.

Skills

London Market insurance expertise

IT knowledge in P&C insurance

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Technical understanding

Job description

As a Senior Business Analyst at Guidewire, your responsibilities will include :

• Acting as a subject matter expert on London Market insurance, open market, delegated authority and reinsurance.
• Providing context and perspective to the Product Managers designing and prioritizing enhancements to our products.
• Attending conferences / seminars to stay current with market modernisation initiatives, understanding their relevance and influence on company strategy.
• Research of insurance industry questions, including interpretation and summarization of insurance manuals, regulatory filings, and publications from professional organizations or regulatory bodies.
• Helping implementation teams and Partners to understand and interpret the requirements being given to them by insurance carriers.
• Being the insurance expert who can help customers, prospective customers, engineering, QA, support, sales, and other groups with questions.
• Eliciting, analyzing, specifying, and validating the business needs of stakeholders, be they customers or end users.
• Collaborating with project sponsors to determine project scope and vision.
• Creating sample policies and validating test results to support application feature design.
• Diagnosing and reporting issues, following issues to resolution, and working with the development and services teams on workarounds.
• Documenting known issues and workaround for release notes
• Participating to Guidewire events as SME

Desired skills / experience :

• 5+ years of experience on the London Market insurance, Lloyd’s or Company markets
• 3+ years of experience on the IT side of the P&C insurance industry.
• Experience working with London Market delegated authority systems for coverholder reporting or data standardization
• Reinsurance experience, including ceded reinsurance solution capabilities and assumed reinsurance requirements
• Technical capacity - you should feel comfortable understanding specifications and be able to communicate with the engineering team on technical decisions.
• Experience with market placing platformsFamiliarity with modern, rules-based, configurable software applications.
• Ability to translate high level requirements into actionable product features via user stories.
• Ability to manage complex initiatives with limited supervision.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Good decision-making and analytical skills.
• Ability to excel in a team-oriented environment.
• Experience with agile software development is a plus.
• A real passion for insurance, software systems and problem solving.