Senior Technical Business Analyst supporting delivery of an underwriting workbench platform. The role translates business and technical needs into requirements, process models, data mappings, system interaction definitions, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Responsibilities include API and integration analysis, policy lifecycle data flows, test planning and execution support, defect triage, controls documentation, and collaboration with architects, developers, and testing teams across insurance and London Market environments.
We are seeking an experienced, technical Senior Business Analyst to support delivery of a new underwriting workbench platform. The successful candidate will translate business and technical needs into solution-ready BA artefacts that enable design, build, integration and test teams to deliver against a clear, well-defined set of requirements.
Key Focus Areas:
- APIs and system-to-system interactions
- Data mapping, data definitions and mapping rules
- Integration requirements across underwriting and policy systems
- Policy lifecycle data movement and downstream data flows
- Definition of data quality rules, mandatory fields, data ownership and validation points/controls to ensure accurate, complete and usable underwriting data
- Gap analysis between source and target data, and definition of data transformation rules
Key Deliverables:
- Process models covering current and target-state underwriting workflows
- Functional requirements specifications that are clear, testable and traceable
- Data flow diagrams and system handoff definitions
- Controls documentation and policy-lifecycle data movement mapping
- User stories, acceptance criteria and other DevOps backlog updates
- Input into, and maintenance of, the technical delivery plan
- Growing working knowledge of the client's underwriting systems to support end-user training, enhancements and adoption
Requirements
- Proven track record as a technical/solution-focused Senior Business Analyst on underwriting or policy workbench implementation programmes.
- Experience of workbench implementations with a data/system feed into a policy administration platform is essential.
- Strong grounding in APIs, system interactions, and data mapping/definition work within an insurance or London Market context.
- Comfortable operating across both business and technical stakeholder groups, and able to work directly with architects, developers and test teams.
- Experience collaborating directly with external vendor delivery teams as part of a wider project team
Benefits
Length: initial 12 month contract
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