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Job Description

My client is an international general insurance and reinsurance group specialising in commercial insurance.

They are undergoing a major programme of technology transformation. This includes modernising their IT estate, migrating their data warehouses and applications to Azure, building a cloud based Data Lake and moving into a Product/DevOps model.

About the Role

The MI Business Analyst will be primarily responsible for capturing and analysing all data and reporting requirements for the business. Part of this would require process modelling (AS-IS/TO-BE), building business cases and completing impact analysis of external factors.

Based in their central London offices, the role forms an integral part of the IT Reporting team, sitting within the CIO's department of Data and Reporting.

Principal Accountabilities:

  • Key contact for reporting community to help shape and realize business opportunities, and response to critical business needs
  • Capture & analyze MI data and reporting business requirements and convert these into Epics, Features, Prototypes and User Stories with clear acceptance criteria
  • Document business requirements to support strategic objectives and end to end process flows
  • Develop mock-ups, prototypes and POC to support business requirements
  • Ability to support the development of a business case with agreed benefits and costs
  • Conduct and analyse feasibility studies/impact assessments arising from a change to technology, business and/or external factors
  • Help drive the design of reporting solutions and UI to maximise user experience
  • Complete data analysis (e.g. impact, quality, migration & reconciliation)
  • Define, model and document reporting solutions and data integrations when required
  • Analyse and document "as is" business processes. Evaluate the current state of business process and model the "to be" business processes
  • Develop, deliver and evaluate process and technology training and supplemental materials
  • Prepare and deliver presentations on behalf of the team or project
  • Recognize opportunities for business or valid applications across a very broad technical front and take actions and exploit such opportunities
  • Plan, arrange and control meetings, workshops, and relations with client/user staff during system investigations and throughout subsequent development work
  • Develop close business working relationships

About You

Experience:

  • Multiple experiences acting as an analyst in a commercial environment, especially in the delivery of MI Reporting solutions
  • 2+ years' experience within the Insurance space is a must - general and Lloyds markets
  • End to end experience in the project lifecycle
  • Familiar with Project Management principles and Agile methodologies
  • Experience of working with external third-party suppliers to achieve goals aligned to the corporate strategy
  • Experience in developing reconciliation reports based on SQL, Excel and PowerBI

Skills and Knowledge:

  • Broad knowledge of insurance industry processes and functions: Including General Insurance, Lloyds and Company Markets
  • Great analytical skills with good business acumen
  • Ability to gather business requirements and produce documentation to a high standard, including prototyping, diagram, word documents and Excel samples
  • Ability to recognise potential assignments outside areas of specialisation, challenge current processes and willing to suggest new ideas and change
  • Effective communicator with all levels of the business from senior management downwards and fully experienced at dealing with client/users
  • Team player, pro-active, confident, logical and tenacious
  • Ability to identify issues and solve problems in a logical manner
  • Take initiative to keep skills up to date and maintain awareness of developments in the ICT industry
  • Able to see the bigger picture and challenge the status quo

Required Toolsets:

  • Experience of Microsoft SQL Server, TSQL, Excel, MS Word, MS Visio and PowerPoint

Qualifications:

  • Degree Level or above in Science, Maths, Computing, Engineering or related subject
  • LLMIT (the Lloyd's and London Market Introductory Test) Certificate or CII equivalent

The above qualifications are preferred but not essential as my client uses its own adaptations and will train as necessary.

What to Expect

This is a permenent role. My client offers all their permenent employees a full benefits package. This includes the following:

Bonus, Discretionary Bonus, dependent on how well the Group achieves financial targets and objectives, 27 days of Holiday per annum, with opportunity to purchase additional days up to 30 Non-contributory Group Personal Pension, Private Medical Insurance, covers pre-existing conditions, Life Assurance at 10X Salary, Income Protection in event unable to work due to ill health, Dental cover options, Employee Share Ownership Plan, Season Ticket options available, Employee Assistance Programme - Free 24-hour confidential counseling service, Up to 2 additional days leave per calendar year to volunteer with our community partners, Payroll giving and Employee Matching Scheme for registered charity work, Annual eye test

Interested? Get in touch ASAP by applying directly or get in touch with me for more information.

Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.