Business Analyst/Project Manager

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Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to join our London City office as a Business Analyst/Project Manager on a permanent basis.

The role entails working on the rollout of a new state-of-the-art Commercial Broking platform around the business. The platform has already been piloted with one team, with the intention of deploying to further teams one-by-one.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about their work, and cares about delivering quality. The ideal candidate will have at least 3-4 years’ experience as a business analyst, ideally with insurance knowledge. If your insurance knowledge includes commercial insurance and broking, that would be ideal.

You will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and be able to play a key role in a small delivery team.

This role is a perfect opportunity for someone looking to further their career with a young, rapidly expanding and progressive company in the heart of the City.

Responsibilities

- Collating and defining the business requirements for the project, and translating these into user stories

- Assisting with design work

- Analysing and documenting business processes

- Running/facilitating of workshops

- Working with the software partner/supplier

- Providing day-to-day support to live users of the platform

- Prioritising and managing enhancements

- Resolution of defects

- Working with the offshore development team

- Assisting with, or owning, the design and execution of user acceptance test scenarios and test scripts.

- Contributing to and shaping sprint planning

Skills/Attributes

- Experience of the Insurance industry, preferably commercial.

- A proven track record in Software Development.

- Conscientious/thorough with an ambition to deliver quality software solutions.

- Able to organise, manage and prioritise own workload to ensure tight deadlines are met.

- Experienced in Agile with strong knowledge of user stories.

- Results orientated with good communication and interpersonal skills.

- Able to communicate at all levels: from CEO to End User.

- Able to facilitate stakeholder workshops and chair meetings efficiently.

- Able to play a significant role in a small team

- Dealing with ambiguity and turning it into something clear

- Experience of working with software suppliers

- Ability to be innovative

- SQL skills (desirable)

What We Offer

The salary and benefits relating to this role are as follows:

- Salary - up to £60,000

- Holiday - 22 days rising by 1 day per annum up to a maximum of 27 days

- Holiday purchase - You may, subject to not exceeding a maximum of 30 days holiday per annum, purchase up to 3 days additional holiday per annum (or the pro rata equivalent thereof for part time employees) subject to approval.

- MyPlan Bonus (discretionary)

- Life Assurance Cover - 4 times annual salary

- Income Protection Insurance - Provide you with 75% of your current income should you be unable to work as a result of a long-term illness or injury; and shall provide you with access to an employee assistance programme. This benefit is subject to you satisfying normal underwriting requirements.

- Private Medical Insurance - You will be invited to join the Private Medical Insurance scheme after you have successfully completed your probationary period. You will also have the opportunity to pay for your spouse and dependents to be added to your personal scheme.

- Pension - Our pension scheme is with Aegon which complies with the government set rules relating to auto enrolment. The minimum combined contribution 5% of which we contribute 3% and the balance is the employee contribution.

- Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave and Pay - Statutory Minimum

- Childcare vouchers

- Cycle to work

- Sick pay - During probationary period Statutory Sick Pay ("SSP") only, 7 to end of 9 months service you will receive 2 weeks full pay then SSP thereafter, 10 to end of 12 months service you will receive 3 weeks full pay and over 12 months service you will receive 4 weeks full pay then SSP.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Experience:

- Business Analyst: 3 years

- Insurance: 1 year