Senior Business Analyst

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Senior Business Analyst

London, UK

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DISCOVER your opportunity

Senior Business Analysts bridge the gap between business and IT by being able to communicate effectively with all stakeholders. The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for supporting an application or multiple applications within a Delivery Team (or at times across teams ). 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 in Waterfall, or generate a set of Features, Epics & User stories in Agile Scrum.
• Validate the overall IT solution to ensure alignment to business requirements, review requirements and/or specifications with the development and test teams to ensure understanding.
• Using process, system and business knowledge / experience assess the feasibility & benefits of proposed projects.
• 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.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing and provide support for issues/changes in production.

The Senior Business Analyst will report to the Business Analyst Lead.

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SHARE your talent

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

• Extensive domain knowledge of (Re)Insurance & Ceded Reinsurance is mandatory, with Lloyd's and Genius experience preferable.
• Ability to extract and document business requirements, to support the delivery of a technical solution.
• Must have familiarity with various Business Analyst techniques e.g., User interviewing / Workshop facilitation / Business Process Modelling / Use Case, As-Is and To-Be Business Process Analysis / Writing business requirements documents or set of Epics & User Stories.
• Significant experience of supporting all phases of the software development life cycle, including UAT support & oversight.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, create accurate estimates and identify project risks through the project lifecycle.
• Demonstrate superior stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build trusting relationships with the business.
• Ability to present information in an influencing manner to leadership and all business stakeholders.
• A team-oriented individual with strong communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills are essential.
• Proven planning and organization skills, with an ability to work independently, planning their analysis work, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales.
• Ability to work with data and complex systems.
• Significant proven experience of business analysis within the insurance market.
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile Scrum.
• Must be detail conscious, technically motivated, creative and user oriented.
• Able to determine and communicate impacts of system functionality and technical approach on performance, scalability and maintainability.
• 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.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

Inclusion & Diversity

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. It's about helping one another - and our business - to move forward and succeed.

• 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

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity . AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sustainability

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. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called "Roots of resilience", focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We're committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We're training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action : We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL's "Hearts in Action" programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability