Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst

Kinsale Management • Richmond, VA

2d • $80,000 - $112,000

About The Position

Kinsale Insurance is hiring Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts to support business applications, process improvement initiatives, and SQL-based analysis. The role partners with business operations stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to translate business needs into effective solutions. The company is hiring across experience levels, offering opportunities for developing analysts and seasoned professionals to contribute and influence decisions.

The position involves learning business applications, workflows, and constraints; gathering requirements; analyzing data; improving processes; supporting product rollouts and enhancements; resolving defects; and maintaining production solutions through a defined change management process. It also contributes to testing, documentation, training, and third-party software selection and implementation. Senior-level analysts take on more complex analysis and measurement, consult across teams, and help deliver solutions while considering downstream effects.

Salary ranges are $80,000–$92,000 for Business Analysts and $100,000–$112,000 for Senior Business Analysts. Starting salary depends on experience. The posted ranges cover base salary only and exclude bonuses, benefits, and reimbursements. A credit check will be conducted as part of the selection process for roles requiring sound judgment, trustworthiness, or access to sensitive information.

Requirements

• Strong collaboration, customer focus, and innovative thinking.
• An analytical, problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus as needs change.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Ability to write and execute basic SQL queries.
• Familiarity with JSON.
• Familiarity with business process documentation (BPM).
• Aptitude for leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity and decision-making.
• For senior-level candidates: 4+ years of business analyst experience.
• For senior-level candidates: ability to write code in JSON and write and execute complex SQL queries.
• For senior-level candidates: Jira expertise and demonstrated business process documentation experience.
• For senior-level candidates: experience performing complex analysis and measurement.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of business applications, workflows, and constraints to elicit clear business requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to identify process improvements and drive efficiencies across people, process, and technology.
• Conduct data analysis to support requirements gathering and defect resolution.
• Support new product and enhancement rollouts using configuration utilities and SQL scripts.
• Triage defect root causes and collaborate with technical teams to ensure system designs meet business needs.
• Create proofs of concept demonstrating potential solutions and work closely with product owners on complex projects.
• Serve as a primary point of contact on how products and technology support business processes.
• Maintain production solutions through a defined change management process.
• Support testing and post-deployment verification.
• Develop documentation and training materials.
• Contribute to third-party software selection and implementation.
• For senior-level analysts: consult across teams and stakeholders, including data and internal audit, on work of varying complexity and scope.
• For senior-level analysts: partner with the Product Owner, Team Coach, and stakeholders to contribute to team goals.
• For senior-level analysts: perform complex analysis and measurement, such as product valuations.
• For senior-level analysts: deliver creative solutions to complex requirements while anticipating downstream implications.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and bonus opportunities.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Annual HSA contributions of up to $3,600 for individual coverage or $7,000 for family coverage.
• Generous paid time off, including 22 days of PTO and 10 paid company holidays.
• Clear promotion paths, mentorship, and ongoing professional development.
• 401(k) matching contributions of up to 6% on base salary and bonus.
• Standard life insurance and disability coverage.
• Annual $3,000 reimbursement for educational training and certifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level