
Business Analyst – Life Insurance
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Antonio • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $118,000 - $138,059 per year
About the role
- Lead requirements elicitation via workshops, interviews, and data analysis
- Translate business needs into BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Perform gap analysis, impact assessments, and feasibility studies
- Maintain requirements traceability across the lifecycle
- Work across products: Term, Whole Life, UL, VUL, Annuities, Riders, and Underwriting/Policy Servicing
- Interpret product rules, actuarial guidelines, and regulatory requirements (NAIC, IRDAI)
- Support product configuration, PAS upgrades, and rate/fee calculations
- Partner with leaders across Product, Operations, Compliance, Finance, and Technology
- Serve as the key liaison between business and IT
- Provide solution recommendations and decision‑support analysis
- Mentor junior BAs and offshore teams
- Lead process reviews (new business, underwriting, claims, billing, commissions)
- Identify automation and optimization opportunities using Lean/Six Sigma
- Support modernization, digital onboarding, and workflow automation programs
- Experience with major PAS platforms such as Guidewire Life, Vantage, Ingenium, Life400, ALIP, Oracle Insurance, FAST, etc.
- Work with integration, workflow, document management, and data platforms
- Support SIT/UAT, defect management, and validation of business rules
- Understanding of APIs, data mapping, and downstream impacts.
Requirements
- 13–14 years of experience, including 10+ years in Life Insurance
- Strong functional knowledge of Life products, processes, and regulations
- Proven ability to lead multi‑stakeholder programs
- Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Azure DevOps
- Excellent analytical, documentation, communication, and facilitation skills
- Experience in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall
- Preferred Certifications: LOMA (ALMI/FLMI), CSPO / CBAP / IIBA, Agile certifications
- Preferred Experience (Nice to Have): Digital transformation projects in Life Insurance, Exposure to AWS/Azure and API‑driven ecosystems, Knowledge of actuarial concepts, Experience with PAS migration initiatives.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
- Company paid holidays
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
requirements elicitationbusiness requirements documents (BRDs)functional requirements documents (FRDs)gap analysisimpact assessmentsfeasibility studiesdata mappingautomationLeanSix Sigma
Soft Skills
analytical skillsdocumentation skillscommunication skillsfacilitation skillsleadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementdecision support
Certifications
LOMA (ALMI/FLMI)CSPOCBAPIIBAAgile certifications