Business Analyst
Xceedance · Worcester, MA · 1 mo ago
Analyst$136k/yrFull-time
Job Duties
- Gather, analyze, and translate complex business requirements into functional and technical specifications for insurance/reinsurance systems, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational objectives.
- Lead the design and implementation of business intelligence and reinsurance platforms, supporting system modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, QA, middleware, and vendor partners to define infrastructure needs, support integrations, and optimize end-to-end solution delivery.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and JAD sessions to define current-state and future-state process flows, and develop supporting artifacts such as user stories, process maps, and activity diagrams.
- Conduct advanced data analysis, data mapping, and migration planning to support accurate reporting, analytics, and system upgrades in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Develop and execute system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT), including test planning, defect triaging, and business validation to ensure delivery quality.
- Maintain business analysis documentation, process standards, and compliance reporting in adherence to internal governance and industry regulations.
- Mentor junior analysts and contribute to business intelligence best practices, ensuring knowledge transfer across onshore and offshore teams.
Requirements
- Master of Science degree in Insurance, Computer Science, Engineering (Any Branch), Information Technology, Computer Applications/Applied Computer Science or Computer/Management Information Systems plus two (2) years of experience as System/Programmer Analyst, Software Engineer/Developer, Project Lead/Manager or related position.
- Foreign educational equivalent accepted.
Skills
- P&C Insurance Domain Specialization: Commercial lines, Reinsurance - US market
- Policy Administration Systems: Duck Creek, (Re)Eclipse
- ISO, NCCI, NAIC
- MS Visio, Balsamiq
- Project Discovery, Requirement Workshops, Documentation, Stakeholder Management, BRD, FRD, PL101, User Stories, Agile, Waterfall
Benefits
- Major Medical
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plan 401K
- Vacation Leave
- Sick Leave
- Bonuses
- Education Cost Reimbursement
- Paid Holidays
- Subsidized Skill Development (e.g. ESL, Adult Ed, etc)