Business Analyst With GuideWire

Business Analyst

The Senior Business Analyst be responsible for leading the business and functional requirements definition for Claims Center administration as well as downstream systems and reporting. The senior business analyst will also be responsible for planning and facilitating user acceptance testing and managing business relationships.

Lead requirements definition for complex projects and multi-year strategic initiatives

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

Plan, facilitate, and conduct requirements gathering sessions, meetings, and presentations

Lead review sessions for completed business/functional requirements with key business users focused on gaining consensus and final business approval

Build strong relationships within the business units and support functions to understand the business needs

Collaborate with development and testing teams to provide subject matter expertise, ensure that out of the box functionality is leveraged and assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues

Facilitate UAT execution phase and work with business lead and project manager to obtain user acceptance test signoff

Qualification/Skills Required

Certified Business Analyst Professional with min of 5 years of business analysis experience.

Experienced with Agile Scrum methodology and business analysis methodologies; working knowledge of business analysis documentation standards

Hands-on experience writing user stories is required.

Knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and business process improvement.

Strong initiative; able to self-manage; comfortable with ambiguity and able to work through it to get the right things done.

Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.

Experience using standard project and business tools including TFS, Rally, Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and SharePoint