Job Description

202503456 Ipswich, England, United Kingdom London, England, United Kingdom Bevorzugt

Description

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A Business Analyst is required to work with a variety of business stakeholders across R&B, to translate their business needs into actionable technology solutions. The role will need you to integrate your customer service, technical knowledge, analytical skills, and business expertise to support the business by helping to identify business benefits, define requirements for systems projects, and ensure profitable business solutions.

It's a relaxed hybrid work style, offering flexibility on work location, with the option to work from either the Ipswich or London office as needed.

The Role

The Business Analyst sits within Risk & Broking Technology and responsibilities include -


Facilitate requirements gathering and define functional and non-functional business requirements Translate business requirements into User Stories, providing acceptance criteria, technical and functional specifications, and other project artifacts, as needed, to engage technical staff and partners in solution development and quality assurance Document agreed prioritisation of work items in DevOps, ensuring content and information is kept up to date and organised appropriately Work with vendor(s) and/or development teams to plan and deliver new requirements The analysis and improvement of core business processes and procedures The development of process documentation for both current and future desired processes The provision of business process skills to the business units in order to help enable readiness for new business processes and systems Support the business through the change life cycle, both BAU and as we transform our servicing technology platforms The interrogation of databases to extract data, conduct analysis and provide recommendations Support the Business with system and process related queries providing solutions where possible Gathering input about what features / functionality should be produced, and understanding the relative value of that functionality Effectively communicate strategy, technology roadmaps, options and trade-offs of technical solutions, and project progress and risks to project stakeholders Collaborate with the development team to plan and execute the work

Qualifications

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The Requirements

Experience: Essential

Educated to degree level, or equivalent (Preference is in a business or systems-related subject) Knowledge of General Insurance (London Market / Lloyd's and Industry) products and services Highly articulate and able to communicate and influence with confidence and credibility at all levels Prior experience in supporting existing systems and implementing and rolling out new systems Able to collect data, analyse business problems, make recommendations/proposals & resolve complex problems Actively promotes ideas, proposals, and influences strategy Ability to work within a team to high standards in tight timelines Ability to react quickly to changing priorities and tight deadlines Prior experience working in a technology function and using agile delivery practices as part of a team

Experience: Preferable

Technical skills with Excel, VBA, XML may be beneficial Basic / intermediate level understanding and experience of working with relational databases and SQL in order to query and analyse data

Skills/other

Proficient in data analysis to identify root causes of problems and to propose appropriate solutions Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, and written communication with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, including senior level management Applies a high level of accuracy to written communications and presentations Excellent presentation of plans, reports and proposals for business stakeholder consumption Ability to participate on multi-disciplinary work teams to achieve successful execution of initiatives Ability to set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals and report status Delivery focused Ability to manage multiple priorities with stakeholder groups and adapt to changing circumstances Proficient in MS office including SharePoint, PowerPoint creation and good knowledge of excel functions to analyse and synthesise data

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible to work in the UK Travel to different UK offices as required

Willis Towers Watson believes that effectively managing a diverse workforce is vital to our business strategy. We have an obligation to our organization, ourselves and our clients to hire and develop the best people we can find. We will continually review our policies and practices to ensure that all areas of the employment process (including recruiting, hiring, work assignments, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, company-sponsored development programs and overall workplace experience) are free from discriminatory practices. We are committed to equal employment opportunities at Willis Towers Watson.