Digital Business Analyst - Hybrid Working - Outside IR35
Our client, a global Insurance broker, are currently looking to hire a Digital Business Analyst with London Markets Insurance sector experience to join the team on a hybrid working contract basis. This role would Outside IR35.
In this role on the clients digital trading capabilities, you will be responsible for gathering, clarifying, and documenting requirements from various stakeholders, including business users, technology teams, and external partners.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into deliveries, ensuring that the product meets the needs of our users and the business. In addition, you will have end-to-end responsibility communication with business stakeholders, and contributing toward continuous improvement of team health.
Key Accountabilities
Requirements Lifecycle:
* Work with internal and insurer stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into business requirements
* Document key business logic in a way which;
* Supports understanding of the requirements
* Provides a reference of the intended behaviour or functionality
* Break requirements down in the backlog as user stories and acceptance criteria
* Work with the engineering team to estimate the effort / cost of requirements in support of client business case development
* Refine the backlog collaboratively with the engineering team to ensure requirements are understood and uncover any gaps that need to be addressed to achieve the ‘Definition of Ready’
* Ensure sufficient requirements are refined prior to sprint planning to ensure engineering capacity is being used effectively
Client and user engagement:
* Build trusted relationships with key clients and stakeholders
* Communicate regularly with business stakeholders to:
* Gather feedback and discuss changes, new features or functionalities required
* Keep them informed of the progress of new functionality and enhancements
* Address any concerns or issues
* Conduct user acceptance testing to ensure that the product meets the requirements and expectations of our customers
* Update and maintain accurate release notes
* Produce and provide supporting information and education with new functionality to all impacted user types to aid user understanding
Team Management:
* Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure that the team is aligned and working towards common goals
* Work with the development team to ensure that user stories are properly groomed, estimated, and delivered within the agreed-upon sprint timelines
* Acts as a role model to drive a high-performance work environment focused on agreed deliverables
Knowledge / Experience:
* Proven experience of working as a business analyst through the whole lifecycle of projects from initiation to benefits realisation
* Experience of working in an Agile project environment
* Experience with Agile tools such as Confluence, Azure DevOps etc.
* Experience of planning and facilitating workshops and managing discussions with confidence and leadership
* Previous experience of working in the insurance industry is advantageous, particularly in the London Market
Skills / Behaviours
* Strong leadership qualities to bring clarity and guidance to the development team in a fast-moving environment
* Ability to perform detailed analysis and apply creative problem solving to deliver efficient and effective solutions
* Demonstrate the ability to elicit and articulate complex user and workflow requirements in a variety of ways to enable shared understanding across the development team
* Strong written and spoken communication with the ability influence others
* Ability to build productive working relationships across the team and with key stakeholders
Please apply!