Business Analyst

My client an Insurance business is looking for a permanent Business Analyst to join their business transformation programme.

Key responsibilities

• Understand the business issue that needs to be resolved, gathering evidence to feed into the cost / benefits analysis
• Analyse and map the "As Is" process
• Elicit requirements / objectives
• Model the "To Be" business process
• Assess the impact of the proposed change to the whole of the business, not just the functional area requesting the change
• Document the requirements including acceptance criteria
• Obtain formal sign-off of requirements from stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Contribute to the cost/benefits analysis.
• Support the implementation of changes, through regular liaison with the development and testing teams as well as end users and stakeholders.
• Assist the testing teams to identify the root cause of a defect and help with identifying the correct resolver group.
• As and when required, work as part of the existing test team to validate and verify that changes are working as specified.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrable experience of business analysis and requirements management in the UK insurance market, using an agile framework such as Scrum is critical.
• Database expertise sufficient to enable the creation of SQL queries
• Working with web based technologies

• Demonstrable knowledge of Price Comparison sites such as Go Compare and Confused.
• Ability to communicate effectively, assertively and comfortably with technology partners.

Next steps

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