RenaissanceRe is a leading writer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance. For over 25 years, we have helped customers and communities recover and build resilience through our industry-leading ability to understand risk, source efficient capital and rapidly pay claims.Our global team shares a passion for solving our customers’ biggest problems through a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that empowers employees and rewards creative thinking.
POSITION SUMMARY:
A Senior Business Analyst works with the Product Owner on a Squad, or may work directly with the business as a Proxy Product Owner, to specify requirements, gather information from the business and clarify any ambiguities in requirements, they interact extensively with the development team to build a shared understanding, they also help to upskill other members of the team.
Core Responsibilities
- Have a deep knowledge of business domain, internal systems.
- Be fully aware of internal and external business life cycles.
- Use best practises and knowledge of internal and external business issues to improve products and processes.
- May lead projects or phases with a broader project and be accountable for ongoing activities and objectives.
- Help drive direction of business systems by solving complex problems and taking new perspectives on existing solutions.
- Assist in mentoring/ training junior staff and acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
- Gather requirements from diverse sets of stakeholders, builds consensus around priorities.
- Adapt latest best practice BA thinking, how to use as a basis for Share Data processes.
- Work on complex system changes and functionality, including resolves complex problems or problems where precedent may not exist.
- Work closely with squads, including product management, ownership and engineering and 3rd party software suppliers.
- Work independently, or with guidance in complex situations.
- Possess strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to tailor messaging appropriately to difference audiences.
- Ensure all changes/processes/systems are fully documented, for both Business and IT.
- Understand business processes and collaborates with business users, stakeholders, management and other staff to determine business needs and drive consensus on requirements and priorities.
Essential Skills
- 5 years business analyst or equivalent related experience, such as software development, required.
- Experience in Reinsurance/Insurance companies for Operations and Claims, ideally Transformation projects.
- Qualification in Business, or a technical/scientific area such as Mathematics, Software Development, Science or Engineering.
- Have a deep knowledge of business analysis.
What to Expect
- A flat team structure and a highly collaborative culture that values progress over perfection and encourages creativity, innovation and diversity.
- A highly motivated global team of colleagues.
- A supportive environment where team members work closely together to achieve shared goals.
- A flexible working style.
Our people are our most valuable resource and core to our success. This is a fast-paced business environment, demanding a strong work ethic and a results-oriented approach. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a comprehensive talent development program, and a reward system in which employees share in the success of the company. We are an engaged member of the communities in which we live and work and have a locally-led giving philosophy with generous employee matching program, global and local community grants and employee volunteerism.We seek diversity, create equity, and practice inclusion. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military status or other legally protected categories.