Senior Business Analyst, Ceded Outwards Reinsurance
About The Position
SiriusPoint is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join as an interim contractor for a 12-18 month engagement. This role will work closely with the Ceded Outwards Reinsurance Transformation team to drive technology implementation and target operating model design for the Global Ceded function, supporting the company's portfolio of business. The successful candidate will have experience throughout the full change and project lifecycle, demonstrating excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, be solution-driven, and possess the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. This individual will be an integral part of the Ceded Outwards Reinsurance Transformation team, committed to excellence and supporting an environment of continuous improvement. The role reports into the VP, Reinsurance Product Lead with a dotted line into the Business Product Owner, who is the Global Head of Ceded Reinsurance. Collaboration will be with Ceded Reinsurance SMEs, wider business stakeholders, data and enterprise architects, and dedicated delivery teams. The preferred location is New York, US, with key stakeholders in New York and London. The role requires flexibility in working hours to accommodate US and UK time zones, a minimum of 3 days per week.
Requirements
- Practitioner qualification such as BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or similar
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in business analysis, systems development, and business process management ideally within the insurance or financial services industry.
- Prior experience with Ceded outwards systems and processes would be advantageous.
- Demonstrated track record with driving process improvements and facilitating transformation initiatives.
- Strong written, verbal, and graphic communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical information to varying audiences.
- Stakeholder Management skills.
- Motivated, innovative, team-oriented, with strong problem-solving and project management skills.
- Excellent critical thinking and analytical abilities, particularly with regards to business process management.
- Ability to be a self-starter, prioritize, multi-task, and maintain flexibility in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Having a service-oriented mindset when working with individuals across the organization.
- Familiarity with business analysis tools (e.g. BPMN, UML, Miro).
Nice To Haves
- Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, DMAIC, BPM frameworks, or familiarity with APQC process classification framework an asset.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and document business processes and workflows and identify areas for improvement and optimization.
- Develop and maintain documentation for financial processes and procedures, including narratives and process maps.
- Elicit and define business and technical requirements in support of new technology implementation.
- Identify and communicate implications downstream and upstream from system and process changes.
- Develop and maintain detailed business process models, workflows, use cases, functional specifications, non-functional requirements and any other required deliverables as part of the Change Delivery Framework and SDLC.
- Manage user story development documenting requirements and success criteria clearly.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews and user sessions to gather detailed requirements and feedback.
- Conduct gap analyses and propose solutions to bridge business.
- Support change management activities including change impact assessments leveraging key business analysis artefacts.
- Work with QA teams to develop test cases and validate system performance, ensuring documentation supports activity such as traceability matrices.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for application support processes and procedures as part of transition to production.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and on the design of solutions.
- Support optimization of the wider ceded reinsurance operating model, design of transition states and new ways of working to support the transformation.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- FSA Medical and Dependent care
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- EAP
- Basic Life and AD&D (company paid)
- Basic Long-Term Disability (employer) paid-Taxable income
- Employee paid Long Term Disability(voluntary)
- Company Medical Leave, Parental leave- 8 weeks full pay after 6 months of service
- Voluntary benefits: short term disability, Critical illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
- Travel assistance programs Company paid
- 401(k) 6 % safe harbor match, fully vested after two years, pre- and post-tax contributions allowed
- Gym reimbursement
- Legal plan
- Pet Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Generous PTO
- Flexible work arrangement
- Fully stacked pantry on-site
- Team outings
- ERG Groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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