Remote Insurance BA - Test & Requirements (Contract)

Eliassen Group; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 190,550,000 - 194,848,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Business Analyst to support a NexGen / Guidewire program in a remote W2-capable role. You will work on Release 1 SIT/UAT and Release 2 specifications, partnering with product and engineering to validate requirements and ensure traceability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in personal lines P&C insurance, strong requirements elicitation, and experience with Jira/Excel. Guidewire experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of personal lines P&C insurance experience across auto, homeowners, renters, property, or umbrella.
• Understanding of product rules, rating logic, coverage structures, underwriting workflows, billing, and claims implications.
• 3+ years as a BA, business systems analyst, QA analyst, or similar role focused on requirements and testing.
• Hands-on experience with requirements elicitation, documentation, test case development, SIT/UAT execution, and defect triage.
• Proficiency with traceability and documentation tools such as Jira, SmartSheets, or Excel.
• Ability to convert business intent into clear, unambiguous, and testable specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication with a collaborative approach across product, engineering, and QA.
• Guidewire experience is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support R1 SIT/UAT by developing and executing test cases, validating business rules, and triaging defects.
• Perform defect root-cause analysis to determine development errors versus specification gaps or misunderstood requirements.
• Map business requirements to test cases and ensure comprehensive requirements traceability and coverage.
• Collaborate with product owners to clarify ambiguous requirements and document complete, testable specifications.
• Translate R2 product specifications into development-ready requirements including mandatory fields, rules, and edge cases.
• Partner with Guidewire delivery teams to review requirements, designs, and testing sign-offs.
• Contribute to pricing validation and Earnix testing in partnership with the Pricing/Earnings SME.
• Continuously improve specification quality based on lessons learned from R1 defects to reduce issues in R2.

Skills

5+ years P&C insurance experience

BA / QA / analysis

Required elicitation & testing

Strong communication

Guidewire exp (nice-to-have)

Tools

Jira

SmartSheets

Excel

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Business Analyst to support a NexGen / Guidewire program in a remote W2-capable role. You will work on Release 1 SIT/UAT and Release 2 specifications, partnering with product and engineering to validate requirements and ensure traceability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in personal lines P&C insurance, strong requirements elicitation, and experience with Jira/Excel. Guidewire experience is a plus.