Business Analyst
Posted 1 week ago by Cornwallis Elt
Negotiable
Undetermined
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Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Business Analyst role involves supporting strategic business initiatives within a Specialty Insurance organization in Manchester on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, document business processes, and assess solutions across various transformation projects. This position requires proven experience in the London Insurance market or financial services, along with strong communication and analytical skills. The role is integral to the Change Team, reporting to the Business Analyst Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the delivery of strategic business initiatives across a major Lloyd’s Managing Agent.
- Gather and analyze requirements from stakeholders.
- Document current and future business processes.
- Assess proposed solutions for regulatory, operating model, and technology transformation projects.
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels to ensure effective communication.
- Utilize business process modeling tools for documentation.
- Participate in project/programme implementation and software delivery.
- Conduct business process re-engineering activities.
- Assess system impacts, data, reporting, and analytics considerations.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst within the London Insurance market or financial services.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in project/programme implementation and software delivery.
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and practices.
- Core BA skills: stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, critical thinking, problem solving, prioritisation.
- Expertise in eliciting and documenting requirements, including ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ process mapping.
- Familiarity with business process modeling tools (e.g. Visio, Lucidchart).
- Experience with requirements management and Agile tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Business Analyst - As-Is / To-Be, Process Mapping, Business Change, Insurance - Manchester FIXED TERM CONTRACT / COMPETITIVE SALARY A Speciality Insurance organisation are seeking a Business Analyst to join the Change Team on a 12-month FTC. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of strategic business initiatives across a major Lloyd’s Managing Agent. Reporting to the Business Analyst Manager, you will work closely with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements, document current and future business processes, and assess proposed solutions. Your work will span regulatory, operating model, and technology transformation projects within the company’s change portfolio.
Skills Proven experience as a Business Analyst within the London Insurance market or financial services Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels Experience in project/programme implementation, software delivery, and business process re-engineering Proficiency in Agile methodologies and practices Core BA skills: stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, critical thinking, problem solving, prioritisation Expertise in eliciting and documenting requirements, including ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ process mapping Experience in assessing system impacts, data, reporting, and analytics considerations Software/Tools Business process modelling tools (e.g. Visio, Lucidchart) Requirements management and Agile tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) This is an excellent opportunity to join a well respected Insurance business in their growing Manchester office.