Senior Business Analyst – Insurance Product Development

Senior Business Analyst Position - Nine month fixed term contract (with a possibility of extension)

Location: Dublin 18, Cherrywood, hybrid working arrangement

Please be advised that you must have valid Irish, EU or UK work rights to be considered for the position.

Aviva Ireland General Insurance are looking for a talented and experienced individual to join the project team for one the company’s key strategic initiatives. You must have substantial experience of working independently as a senior Business Analyst, in the Insurance and/or Financial services industry. The role is based in Cherrywood, Dublin office with hybrid working available. This is a great opportunity to broaden your skillset and be an integral part of the wider extensive change program at Aviva Ireland.

Duties and Responsibilities:

You’ll be performing a Business Analyst role within the Personal Lines product team, delivering business requirements for new digital product developments. You will be leading on business requirements, working closely with business stakeholders to define new products and change request deliverables. Whilst knowledge of IT language and systems is required, being able to liaise with business stakeholders to draw out business requirements is an important skill for the successful candidate to have.

Your accountabilities will be:

• Define project scope and business case.
• Identification and management of all stakeholders.
• Support the Project Manager in creation and ownership of timeline and key milestones.
• Definition of requirements/user stories with required stakeholder sign offs.
• Work closely with third party IT partner to translate business requirements to IT technical specifications and ensure accuracy of same.
• Lead and co-ordinate requirement workshops with business stakeholders including documentation of requirements and securing business sign off.
• Engaging with key internal business support team e.g. Compliance, DPO, Legal, Risk etc.
• Support technical requirements for the IT Development and Test teams.
• Adhere to agreed QA and business deployment plan.
• Support of testing and clarification of queries.
• Management of issues and risks.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

You will have experience of delivering change within General Insurance or Financial Services industry including the following:

• Strong analysis, design & solutioning experience to define business requirements & outcomes.
• Stakeholder management experience across business, IT, and support functions e.g., Compliance, Finance
• Previous experience of working with third party IT vendors.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• A strong decision-making and prioritisation skillset, with ability to operate effectively under pressure in dealing with multiple customers and timelines.
• Flexibility to work on multiple pieces of work at a time.
• Demonstrate personal ownership/responsibility for work with thorough follow through to conclusion.
• Ability to learn and up-skill quickly on customer solutions.
• Management of projects scope, delivery timeline and plans to deliver digital initiatives.

What will you get for this role? 

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Hybrid working model with minimum 2 days in Cherrywood, Dublin office location.
• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%)
• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.
• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.
• Free car parking.
• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions after six months.
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme.
• Cycle to Work benefit scheme.
• TaxSaver Travel Scheme.
• Family friendly parent’s (matching paternity and maternity leave) and carer’s leave.
• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Volunteering days.
• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans.

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