Senior Business Analyst - London Market

Guidewire; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software firm in London is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to act as a subject matter expert in London Market insurance. The candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to elicit and validate business needs. This role demands strong analytical skills and communication know-how, along with 5+ years of experience in the London insurance market and a passion for problem-solving.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the London Market insurance.
• 3+ years of experience in the IT side of the P&C insurance industry.
• Experience with delegated authority systems for coverholder reporting.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

London Market insurance expertise

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Experience with agile software development

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Senior Business Analyst - London Market, London

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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 workarounds for release notes.
• Participating in Guidewire events as SME.

Desired skills/experience:

• 5+ years of experience in 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 platforms. Familiarity 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 passion for insurance, software systems, and problem solving.