Lead Business Analyst

About us

At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinned by an effective and adaptable strategy, superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environment to achieve this.

At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.

Lead Business Analyst

We are looking for a Lead Business Analyst for a 6 month fixed term contract (FTC) to manage all aspects of the business analysis function within Operations.

The role requires a clear understanding of business analytics best practise to coach and lead a team of business analysis professionals, delivering against a variety of digital and business transformation projects.

The role requires a strong ability to adopt a variety of communication and engagement styles with internal and external parties.

This role reports to and works closely with the Head of Change, to support effective delivery across the MRS-GM

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of specialist business and testing analysts with a range of professional backgrounds and experience
• Line management of business and test analysts ensuring training, coaching and oversight provided as required
• Manage hiring process to ensure a strong team of business and test analysts able to support transformational and digital initiatives
• Use flexible analytics tools to enable easy collaboration and process mapping between project stakeholders
• Establish appropriate requirement templates and mechanisms to support documentation of business, systems or technical requirements
• Establish close collaboration with the Head of Change and Lead Project Manager to ensure unified delivery approach
• Ensure appropriate assignment of resources
• Mandatory participation in team wide change forum to manage BAU and operational changes to existing propositions
• Establish effective relationships with Munich Re Group IT to ensure successful in-project collaboration
• Business analysis workstream lead across higher profile partner projects;
• Capture, define, prioritise, document and explain business requirements based on project objectives
• Evaluate, analyse and manage in-project tech vendors
• Provide expertise across policy administration system build including any technical integrations
• Contribute to product roadmaps and backlog refinement
• Ensure the interfaces between service providers and internal stakeholders work seamlessly
• Produce and manage requirements/user stories and acceptance criteria from undefined and unstructured information on strategic projects
• Identify issues and provide solutions in a timely manner
• Help drive forward good Conduct for the business to deliver the best outcomes for customers / policyholders.

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management and time management skills
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation & negotiation skills
• Ability to nurture and build a cohesive team structure and spirit
• Ability to coach and develop business analysts with varying backgrounds
• Understanding of wider business goals and the impact business analytics has on them
• Knowledge of insurance policy administration, policy lifecycles and workflows
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Ability to work independently and take responsibility for delivery of requirements

Desirable

• Experience of test analytics
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Experience with Story Mapping
• Understanding of Restful APIs
• Experience conforming product definition to regulatory compliance requirements
• Experience of working at an InsurTech or setup on start-up
• Experience/Knowledge of structured or un-structured database architecture

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Munich Re, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.

All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.

Learning and innovating today, striving for sustainable societies and business tomorrow

At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets our approach to ESG is underpinned by our desire to seize business opportunities and to nurture a stimulating and inclusive work environment. Our ESG strategy aims to deliver holistic impacts across environmental, social and governance topics including supporting a number of local initiatives within our community and offering volunteering opportunities for colleagues.

Benefits

• 25 days Annual Leave + bank holidays

• 10% Non-contributory Pension

• Eligibility for an Annual Bonus

• Private Medical + Dental Insurance

• Critical illness insurance + Life Assurance + Permanent Health Insurance

• Wellbeing and Development Scheme + EAP + Health Assessments (subject to scheme eligibility)

• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Study & continuing Professional Development Support

• Hybrid Working + IT Home Set-up Support

#BePresent #BeBold #BeCurious