Senior Business Analyst

at  Allianz UK

WHO WE ARE

Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Allianz Speciality offers specialist cover for your Musical Instruments, Pet and Equine insurance.
Within our Pet and Equine insurance we’re all about pets. Big or small, young or old – we know you want the best for them. The health of animals and the joy they bring to their owners has always been at the heart of what we do. In fact, it is the reason we exist.
Allianz Specialty have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join our family of talented people in the Transformation Change Team.
As the Senior Business Analyst you will enable organisational change by using specialised business analysis, change management skills and a disciplined business analysis approach. In addition you will guide and challenge the business to identify, the need for change by defining requirements and recommending solutions that will maximise the value delivered by the business to its customers.

You focus:

• Works with senior stakeholders in defining business visions and developing the strategies to meet these via strategic analyses, feasibility studies and business cases.
• Sets up, scopes and initiates change programmes, projects and initiatives to deliver business benefits.
• Defining, owning and agreeing the business analysis approach to be applied, for the analysis activities required on the programme, project or initiative. Ensuring that all activities align with change governance and quality standards.
• Works to understand existing business environment, business needs and elicit business requirements from stakeholders at all levels of seniority. Manages end-to-end clear traceability, maintenance, prioritisation, change control and approval mechanisms of analysis activity.
• Recommends potential business solutions in line with business objectives, data needs and requirements. Supports the development of solutions by working closely with solution partners and suppliers.
• Develops and applies business analysis best practice tools, techniques and standards.
• Leads, mentors and coaches others on the business analysis career path and/or a programme, project or initiative.
• Learns from previous experience and understands how benefits have been delivered by participating in post-implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions and knowledge share/peer reviews.
• Seeks feedback and learnings from other more experienced Business Analysts, as well as contribution to the continuous learning of the profession.

To be successful for the role you will have an understanding of General Insurance end to end process and products with the ability to work alongside cross-functional experienced teams.

• You will have experience in defining and leading business analysis approaches within Waterfall and Agile methodologies from change and systems development perspectives.
• You will have knowledge/experience with recognised industry standard modelling techniques, including data modelling and BPMN
• Experience and knowledge of systems lifecycle concepts used to plan, develop, implement, operate and maintain IT systems/services
• Experience of different project methods and how these impact the work a business analyst carries out.
• Previous experience of working in a business analysis role on a number of high complexity change initiatives/projects.
• You will have a good appreciation of the wider field of IT systems (architecture, hardware and software), their use in relevant business processes and how they are implemented to meet business objectives.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written – and MS Office, MS Visio and understanding of tools used to support change management and software development.
• Experience of planning and facilitating workshops of varying size.
• Leadership, mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Experience influencing and managing stakeholders up to board level.
• You will have excellent organisation, task planning and time management