Senior Business Analyst

Job Summary:

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). Core responsibilities include eliciting and documenting 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 for projects that impact the application(s) they support.

Key Responsibilities:

- 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 with business requirements; review requirements and/or specifications with the development and test teams to ensure understanding.

- Utilize process, system, and business knowledge/experience to assess the feasibility and benefits of proposed projects.

- Collaborate with Business Engagement and Delivery Team process resources to ensure requirements and solutions fit into the process flow and do not create gaps and/or breakages.

- Coordinate project delivery by participating in design reviews and functionality walkthroughs.

- Ensure the functionality developed aligns with business requirements.

- Identify areas for functional enhancements: reducing cycle times, improving system efficiency, developing systems to improve analytics, reporting, and organizational efficiency.

- Facilitate user acceptance testing and provide support for issues/changes in production.

Required Skills and Abilities:

- Relevant years of experience as an IT Business Analyst or equivalent role and a minimum education of a 4-year college/university degree.

- Ability to extract and document business requirements to support the delivery of a technical solution.

- Familiarity with various Business Analyst techniques e.g., User interviewing, Workshop facilitation, Business Process Modelling, Use cases, As-Is and To-Be Business Process Analysis, Writing business requirements documents or set of Epics & User Stories.

- Significant experience in supporting all phases of the software development life cycle, including UAT support & oversight.

- Ability to manage ambiguity, create accurate estimates, and identify project risks throughout the project lifecycle.

- Excellent 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 effective communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills is essential.

- Proven planning and organization skills, with an ability to work resiliently, planning their analysis work, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance, and setting realistic timescales.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

- Ability to work with data and complex systems.

- Significant proven experience in business analysis.

- Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile Scrum.

- Detail-conscious, technically motivated, creative, and user-oriented.

- Ability to determine and communicate the impacts of system functionality and technical approach on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

- Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, and cultures. Comfortable with change and able to make transitions easily.

- Domain knowledge of Insurance is mandatory, with Reinsurance experience preferable.

Company Overview:

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. Combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, we are 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.

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, creating an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.

Sustainability:

At AXA XL, sustainability is integral to our business strategy. We focus on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations. Our 2023-26 sustainability strategy, "Roots of Resilience," aims to build a more resilient future through key pillars such as valuing nature, addressing climate change, and integrating ESG considerations into our processes.

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