Guidewire Business Analyst with P&C

Description

Main areas of responsibility Lead requirements definition for complex projects and multiyear strategic initiatives. Identify and translate business needs into clearly defined requirements, and create documentation inclusive of business use cases, process flows, data flows, traceability matrices and report mockups.
Plan, facilitate, and conduct requirements gathering sessions, meetings, and presentations.
Lead review sessions for completed business/functional requirements with key business users focused on gaining consensus and final business approval.
Build strong relationships within the business units and support functions to understand the business needs.
Collaborate with development and testing teams to provide subject matter expertise, ensure that out of the box functionality is leveraged and assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues.
Ensure that proposed solutions are focused on improving efficiency and effectiveness of the business processes, and are consistent across products where possible.
Participate in the development and planning of the User Acceptance Testing activities, including test plans and scripts, based on requirements.
Facilitate UAT execution phase and work with business lead and project manager to obtain user acceptance test signoff.
Provide direction and leadership to one or more IT Business Analysts.
Travel as required, approximately 10%.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience 7+ years of business analysis or underwriting experience in Commercial Property & Casualty insurance, including General Liability, Inland Marine, Property, Auto, and Workers Compensation.
Strong experience with policy administration solutions. Experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter preferred.
Expert understanding of Commercial Lines products (e.g. WC, GL, Commerical Auto, Property) and underwriting processes, including risk selection, pricing, exposure recognition, application of controls, hazard group identification, and frequency and severity management.
Exposure to insurance functions, including Claims, Premium Audit, and Loss Control
Experienced preferred with Agile SCRUM methodology and business analysis methodologies; working knowledge of both SDLC & PMLC processes.
Experience with business process analysis and improvement is helpful, but not required.
Handson experience writing Highlevel Business requirements documents and user stories is preferred.
Knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and business process improvements.
Experience operating and interfacing with business management, including negotiation and presentation skills.
Proven track record of creating clear, concise deliverables that reflect a deep understanding of business needs and the out of the box software functionality.
Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Understands communication channels and escalates appropriately.
Proficiency with process modeling tools (e.g., Visio) and other visualization tools is beneficial.
Experience supervising small teams.
Strong initiative; able to selfmanage. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to work through it to get the right things done.
Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.
Personal time management skills and ability to meet individual and team deadlines.
Experience using standard project and business tools including, Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint.
Team player who works well with technical and business resources.
Keyword Guidewire, Business Analyst and Property & Casualty