
Business Analyst / Data Analyst – Core Insurance
EY
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Kuala Lumpur • 🇲🇾 Malaysia
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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
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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