EY

Business Analyst / Data Analyst – Core Insurance

EY

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Kuala Lumpur • 🇲🇾 Malaysia

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

PMPSDLCSQLTableau

About the role

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to define, analyse, and document business requirements (i.e. BRD)
  • Develop process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria for new or enhanced system functionality
  • Support requirements traceability across the SDLC, ensuring business value is delivered
  • Assist in gap analysis between legacy and target systems during migration planning
  • Facilitate workshops, walkthroughs, and sprint ceremonies (if using Agile)
  • Analyse source and target system data models, data dictionaries, and mapping documents
  • Collaborate with data migration team to ensure data accuracy and consistency
  • Assist in defining and validating data quality rules, reconciliation reports, and lineage tracking
  • Help identify master and reference data sources, and support metadata documentation
  • Support business stakeholders in defining reporting and analytics requirements
  • Perform data extraction and analysis to support insights, testing, and validation
  • Ensure alignment of data requirements with regulatory and operational reporting obligations
  • Serve as the liaison between business, data, and technical teams
  • Document business/data requirements, source-to-target mappings, test cases, and user guides
  • Present findings, recommendations, and impact assessments to senior stakeholders

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in Business Analyst or Data Analyst role in the financial services industry, with at least one end-to-end system transformation or modernisation project
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, detail-oriented mindset
  • Hands-on skills in data analysis using SQL, Excel, or data profiling tools
  • Understanding of data governance, quality, and privacy principles
  • Understanding of financial services core modules, such as: Insurance (e.g. Policy administration, Underwriting, Claims Management, Payments, Re-insurance)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical content for non-technical audiences
  • Data analysis certifications (e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or DAMA)
  • Agile/Scrum certifications
  • PMP (Project Management Professional) or PRINCE2 Practitioner
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Flexible work hours
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Inclusive culture

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
data analysisSQLExceldata profilingdata governancedata qualitydata privacybusiness requirements documentationprocess flowsuser stories
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsdetail-oriented mindsetcommunication skillscollaborationfacilitationpresentation skillsstakeholder managementstructured thinkingadaptability
Certifications
data analysis certificationsMicrosoft Power BITableauSQLDAMAAgile certificationScrum certificationPMPPRINCE2 Practitioner