Job Description - Senior Business Analyst - Guidewire ()

Senior Business Analyst - Guidewire

Hartford, US

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The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for supporting a product or multiple products within the Middle Markets Delivery Team. Her/his core responsibilities include eliciting and documenting both business, functional, non-functional, and technical requirements, supporting quality assurance testing and UAT, and triaging incoming issues, defects, and enhancement requests. Senior Business Analysts will also provide senior level support of projects that impact the application(s) s/he supports.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

Collect, challenge, facilitate, and document business requirements/features in an agile environment.
Validate the overall IT solution to ensure alignment to business requirements, review requirements and/or specifications with the development and test teams.
Extensive experience working in an Agile environment including creation and management of user stories.
Extensive experience working on Guidewire Policy Center implementation.
Experience in Commercial Insurance preferred.
Experience working with senior stakeholders reviewing product epics/user stories and getting sign-offs in a timely manner.
Provide adequate technical and functional support on triage and resolution of any defects/control issues within Middle Markets.
Extensive working knowledge on Policy Admin systems supporting Insurance P&C products.
Responsible for assisting with project vision through product delivery by maintaining requirements traceability.
Perform deliverable reviews and manage measurement of deliverable quality.
Work with the business users to facilitate user demos, testing, and sign-offs following the standard Agile process.
Collaborate with Transformation & Change Delivery process resources to ensure requirements and solution fit into the process flow and do not create gaps and/or breakages.
Help identify how requirements can help make the process more efficient.
Participate in daily scrums with technical teams and work in a Global environment.

The Senior Business Analyst reports to the Release Train Engineer - Middle Markets.

We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science, information systems, business management, or a related field preferred.
Great and detailed knowledge of Guidewire policy admin system.
Ability to understand general business requirements and implement corresponding technical solutions.
Established technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis.
Effective technical knowledge including ability to create and execute SQL queries in support of incident and problem analysis.
Ability to work with data and complex systems.
Significant experience in a P&C insurance field.
Knowledge of Middle Markets Underwriting process is preferred.
Experience with leading and owning financial control process across systems.
Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile principles.
Experience creating business process workflows and supporting product owners with integrated roadmap reviews.
Must have familiarity with Analyst methodologies e.g. Use Cases; Business Rule Development; User Interface Specs; Functional Specs.
Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills (written and verbal), and be team-oriented.
Must be detail conscious, technically motivated, creative, and user-oriented.
Able to determine and expertly communicate impacts of system functionality and technical approach on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Ability to present information in an influencing manner to leadership and all business stakeholders.
Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance, and setting realistic timescales.
Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals, and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines, and specialty.

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance, and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential.

Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements.
Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits.
Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index.
Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter.

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities.

Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us.
Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant.
Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future.
AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs.

The U.S. pay range for this position is ($95,000 low range of low-cost location - $135,000 high range of ultra-high cost city). Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual's skills, experience, and location.

At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits.

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Location

US-CT-Hartford

Work Locations

US CT Hartford 100 Constitution Plaza 06103

Job Field

Information Technology

Schedule

Full-time

Job Type

Standard

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