The Senior Business Analyst plays a leadership role in analyzing, documenting, and translating complex insurance business requirements into technology solutions that enable enterprise-scale outcomes.
Acting as a bridge between executives, underwriters, actuaries, and technology teams, the Senior Business Analyst drives solution design, mentors junior analysts, and ensures systems reflect the unique operational and compliance needs of the insurance industry.
Lead requirements discovery and documentation across insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims, billing, and reinsurance.
Serve as the primary liaison between business units (underwriting, actuarial, claims, reinsurance) and technology delivery teams.
Analyze state and regulatory filings, specialty product rules, and reinsurance contract terms to translate them into system requirements.
Evaluate and recommend scope changes, balancing compliance, business value, and operational risk.
Write and validate SQL queries; analyze structured and unstructured insurance data to support actuarial, underwriting, and claims decisions.
Mentor junior analysts on insurance processes, regulatory standards, and requirements management best practices.
Partner with regulatory, compliance, and finance teams to ensure solutions meet external reporting and audit needs.
Facilitate workshops to align stakeholders on tradeoffs between usability, performance, and compliance.
Support user acceptance testing (UAT), validate requirements, and ensure solutions align with business rules and regulatory timelines.
Represent business analysis in governance and change control boards, influencing enterprise insurance systems architecture.
Provide leadership in the Agile development process, ensuring backlog items are well-defined, prioritized, and aligned to insurance business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education and relevant enterprise-level experience.
5+ years of relevant experience in the Insurance industry, including some level of exposure to the underlying technology supporting insurance systems
2-5 years Guidewire Datahub experience
2-5 SQL Server/T-SQL experience
Intermediate SQL proficiency, experience with BI tools, familiarity with API integrations and insurance core systems.
Preferred: CBAP, PMI-PBA, or SAFe Agilist. Insurance: CPCU, AINS, or ARM coursework highly desirable. Specialty-line training (e.g., cyber liability, reinsurance structures) beneficial.

Benefits

Annual incentive compensation
Medical, dental, vision & life insurance
Accident, critical illness & short-term disability insurance
Retirement plans with employer contributions
Generous time-off program
Programs designed to support the employee well-being and financial security.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLT-SQLGuidewire Datahubbusiness requirements analysisrequirements documentationuser acceptance testingdata analysisAPI integrationsbusiness intelligence toolsAgile development

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationstakeholder alignmentproblem-solvingcollaborationinfluencingfacilitationorganizational skillsanalytical thinking

Certifications

CBAPPMI-PBASAFe AgilistCPCUAINSARM