Business Analyst - London Market Insurance

Business Analyst - London Market Insurance DescriptionThe CompanyCognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 350,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the worldCognizant Insurance ConsultingCognizant's Insurance Consulting unit is seeking talented consultants with extensive business analysis and consultative experience of executing large scale business change and IT solutions for General Insurance UK & European Insurance clients. This role provides an opportunity to join a rapidly growing, high energy and entrepreneurial team working with leading UK & Europe based Insurance clients.Essential Skills & Experience:Performed Business Analysis roles on complex Business & Technology Transformation Programmes, within Insurance clients; assisting them achieve their business, technology, strategic and operational goalsAble to gather, prioritise, analyse, specify and validate requirements including the facilitation & co-ordination of user workshopsPrevious experience in effectively defining problem/scope, gathering/analysing data, and structuring recommendations, creating presentations, and making compelling recommendations to clientsAn appreciation for both business and technical requirements and the ability to bridge the gap between the twoFull project life-cycle experience Business Analysis experience - with demonstrable knowledge of different project life cycles: waterfall, agile; with hands on experience in agile (Scrum)Experience of working in matrix environment and able to provide examples of proactively building and winning trust of relevant business/IT stakeholdersPrevious experience of working in a similar capacity in other Consultancy or Insurance IndustryExcellent knowledge in London Market insurance covering both Lloyd's & Company market, up to date with Blueprint-2 market initiative, London Market messages, ACORD, ECF2, Subscription risk processing, Premium management, Premium & Claims settlements, Delegated Authority business, Prop & Non-Prop Treaty processing, Statutory Reporting.Personal Attributes:A 'best practice practitioner' Business Analyst (BA), with outstanding full project lifecycle Business Analysis skillsAble to work on simultaneous projectsComfortable working in a team, building strong relationships with clients and colleagues as well as on your ownComfortable facilitating workshops, e.g. to develop business requirementsOrganised and able to prioritise competing responsibilitiesExcellent engagement, communication skills (both written and verbal) and numeracy skills, able to deliver a concise messagesProficient in use of MS Visio and MS office suite, specifically excelSelf-motivated, actively seeks responsibility and driven to achieve resultsAbility to challenge the status quo and disrupt thinking, suggesting viable alternativesCreative thinker, able to quickly analyse complex problems and identify appropriate solutions underpinned by logic and analytic approachOpen-minded and pragmatic, willing to work with the tools available on assignment, or build them from scratch if requiredDemonstrable accuracy and attention to detailAbility to work independently and ensure successful delivery of assigned tasksAbility to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlinesDegree educated or have a recognised business professional qualificationWilling to Travel to client sites across UK &I Mon-FridayContribution to Development of Practice:Contribute to practice activities such as Capability Development, Knowledge Management, Proposition or Solution DevelopmentDevelop focused industry 'points of view' or 'white papers'Coach and Mentor members of the teamDesirable Skills & Experience:Experience of working within Agile delivery environmentsExperience of working in global delivery environment and with distributed teamsExperience in configuring off the shelf system and integration with the existing applicationsFormal Business Analysis (ISEB), Insurance domain accreditationIndustry Experience:Deep experience of working within the London Market Insurance and corresponding functional domains.
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