(Senior) Business Analyst - Underwriting
Location
Fort Wayne, IN | United States
Job description
About the role
We are actively seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in our organization's journey toward becoming a data-driven powerhouse. As a key member of our dynamic global team, you will be instrumental in defining requirements, analyzing processes, and implementing cutting-edge solutions that elevate our P&C reinsurance underwriting capabilities. This role is at the forefront of our digital transformation efforts, where you will collaborate daily with stakeholders, including underwriters, data & technology professionals, and other business units.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Playing a central role in our digital transformation by identifying opportunities to leverage technology and data to enhance P&C reinsurance processes end-to-end.
- Creating comprehensive documentation for business requirements, system specifications, and process workflows.
- Streamlining underwriting processes and enhance decision-making through the analysis of workflows and data.
- Conducting thorough analysis of existing systems and processes to identify areas for improvement and optimization.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement digital solutions aligned with business unit goals and improving overall efficiency.
- Working closely with underwriting teams to gather and document business requirements, with a focus on data-driven enhancements.
- Ensuring seamless integration of systems by collaborating with IT teams and supporting the organization's digital ecosystem.
- Effectively communicating with underwriters, IT professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of requirements, project progress, and initiative benefits.
- Facilitating workshops and meetings to gather feedback and promote collaboration.
- Training business users and supporting incident and defect resolution.
This role can be either at the AVP or VP Level.
About the Team
Join our dynamic global team, a competent data & technology partner responsible for designing and implementing innovative user journeys, data, and software products with a modern user experience for Swiss Re's underwriting and operations communities. Work alongside product owners, UX designers, technology architects, data scientists and software engineers.
About You
We understand that nobody is perfect and meets 100% of requirements. If you have some of the following skills and a genuine curiosity about data-driven solutions in a dynamic reinsurance ecosystem, we want to meet you.
Key skills and Experience
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with project management methodologies and tools.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and re-prioritize around changing organizational objectives and timelines.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills; able to work independently as well as within a global team.
Additional Advantages
- Understanding of P&C reinsurance underwriting processes and digital transformation principles.
- Exposure to agile development approaches (e.g., Scrum) and familiarity with tools like Azure DevOps, Confluence.
- Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses in the business process and suggests areas of improvement.
We look forward to meeting candidates who share our passion for innovation and data-driven excellence in the P&C reinsurance landscape.
For Armonk, NY, the estimated base salary range for this position (AVP or VP) is $88,000 to $186,000. The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.
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