Senior Business Analyst- Whitehouse Station, NJ or Philadelphia

Senior Business Analyst

Duration: 6+ Months (CTH) Location: Whitehouse Station, NJ or Philadelphia, PA Job schedule- Hybrid (minimum 3 days a week except Friday Job hours=8:00am-5:pm EST) Interview process-Virtual

Summary: Client is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to aid the delivery of best-in-class data analytics solutions across Client's North American Insurance operations. The successful candidate will be highly collaborative, creative, and intellectually curious; able to work well in a team; adaptable and able to work with complexity and ambiguity; is a self-starter and motivated to learn and succeed; is analytics-driven and can identify problems and interconnections as they arise; has keen business acumen; and is familiar with agile project management.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with NA Data and Analytics stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements for insurance products, processes, and services.
• Analyze and document complex business systems and processes, identifying gaps and potential solutions for improvement.
• Develop business cases and project proposals, outlining business benefits, costs, and risks.
• Collaborate with business owners and technology teams to decompose high-level business requirements to detailed functional requirements.
• Has a technical mindset and background who embraces and thrives to learn and adopt new technology. i.e. GenAI/ChatGPT, Advanced AI/ML
• Assess and define business impact of proposed solution changes, and lead impact analysis activities for proposed solution changes.
• Work with Global Analytics and/or IT teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and designs for insurance systems and interfaces.
• Participate in user acceptance testing, develop test scenarios, cases, and scripts, support user testing, evaluate test results, and track issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Develop training documentation, user manuals, and end-user documentation for applications or systems.
• Work effectively with portfolio managers, data scientists, developers, testers, and stakeholders to manage project scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Collaborate with PMO team members to monitor and report progress of NA portfolio of analytics projects.

Skills

• Understanding of insurance products, processes, and regulations, with practical experience in property and casualty insurance preferred
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets and make recommendations to business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and manage expectations.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in an agile environment.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite; expert in power point presentations and with Microsoft excel.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience with JIRA, Confluence, and other project management tools is a plus.

Education / Experience

• 7+ years of experience in business analysis, strategy, change management, transformation, and business process management (within data analytics space preferred)
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, or a related field
• Experience with insurance domain and/or inclination to learn the insurance business.
• Stays in touch with technical advancements in the data and analytics field.