Business Analyst - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Portfolio Group

Description

Business Analyst - Commercial and Speciality insurance SME will be responsible for translating multiple stakeholder business requirements into specific process designs and solutions that align the business case with the capabilities of the current trading platform.

Identifies areas for operational cost saving through automation and data enhancement.

Determines technical feasibility of business requests/requirements, conducts impact analysis of the proposed solutions to other parts of the application/system components, and identifies alternative technical solutions to satisfy business needs.

Essential Job Functions

Works on a cross-functional team that analyses, designs, and implements architecture of projects in order to meet solution needs; leverages resources from different teams to ensure business needs are met.

Analyses new and existing architectures, researches solutions, specifies long term direction, and ensures trading platforms meet reliability expectations in line with business KPI's
Designs solution architecture, system integration, and implementation strategy to deliver an integrated solution which meets business needs
Communicates vision and strategy during meetings and presentations to appropriate parties. Ensures that the technical aspects of the program are accepted by the stakeholders
Generates conceptual, and physical architectures, system documents, testing analyses, test plans, and risk assessments to ensure sound architecture to meet business needs
Ensures the components of the solution aligns with business KPI's
Identifies existing and potential issues and design matters in overall system and solution architecture; implements solutions to ensure that best practices and processes are followed and enhanced
Researches technological advancements to ensure that solutions are continuously improved, supported, and aligned with industry and company standards
Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel

Basic Qualifications

BCS / ITIL or similar BA qualification
Experience working on a business transformation program
Experience with commercial insurance business processes
Experience working with company products and/or client or vendor-related technology
Experience with technical data transfer solutions between multiple platformsINDMANS