Senior Business Analyst

Eliassen Group; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to act as a liaison between business units and IT, translating needs into clear requirements and designs for technology solutions. The role focuses on claims insurance, with Guidewire Claims Center experience highly desired, and is a remote contract-to-hire opportunity.

Responsibilities include capturing and analyzing requirements, facilitating IT/business meetings, and understanding the domain to deliver quality project artifacts.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of business analysis experience supporting medium-sized initiatives.
• Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Experience with eliciting requirements and writing clear documentation.

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyze, and document business and user requirements.
• Facilitate meetings with IT and business unit management and staff.
• Understand the business domain, processes, systems, data, and linkages to create project deliverables.
• Participate in, or lead, business process analysis to identify requirements.
• Partner with test teams to prepare testing strategies and execution plans that map to requirements.
• Provide guidance for reporting documentation and how-to requirements.
• Engage in all project lifecycle phases to ensure requirements are understood and met.
• Define or refine business needs for new or enhanced products, services, or processes.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships and consult to understand goals and objectives.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

Stakeholder Facilitation

Process Modeling

Technical Documentation

Testing & QA

Agile Methods

Guidewire Claims Center

Education

University degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Business Analyst

Anywhere

Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Business Analysis

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-108858

Date Posted: 09/30/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/u5rZ7f

Description

Remote

Our client requires a senior Business Analyst to serve as the liaison between business units and IT, translating business needs into clear requirements and conceptual designs for technology solutions. The role focuses on claims insurance, with Guidewire Claims Center experience highly desired.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $55.00 to $65.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyze, and document business and user requirements.
• Facilitate meetings with IT and business unit management and staff.
• Understand the business domain, processes, systems, data, and linkages to create project deliverables.
• Participate in or lead business process analysis to identify requirements.
• Partner with test teams to prepare testing strategies and execution plans, ensuring test cases map to requirements.
• Provide guidance for reporting documentation and how-to requirements.
• Participate in Business Analysis Center of Excellence activities and adhere to best practices.
• Engage in all project lifecycle phases to ensure business requirements are understood, documented, and met.
• Define or refine business needs for new or enhanced products, services, or optimized processes.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and consult to understand goals and objectives.

Experience Requirements

• Three or more years of business analysis experience supporting medium-sized initiatives.
• Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective meeting facilitation.
• Clear and effective writing with experience creating technical documentation.
• Experience eliciting requirements.
• Skilled in collaborative facilitation methods.
• Advanced knowledge of business modeling tools, including process and workflow modeling.
• Knowledge of writing test cases and test plans.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Insurance domain experience preferred, with Guidewire Claims Center background highly desired.
• Experience with agile methods preferred.

Education Requirements

University degree, college diploma, or equivalent business experience.

About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and  Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.