Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst – 12 month FTC
Role Description
In an exciting time of change at Allianz Personal, where collaboration is key! As a Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst, you will be an integral part of this evolution, keeping our customer‑centric approach and putting the heart back into insurance as we develop our new propositions from idea through to customer launch.
Working in an agile environment, you will bring energy to our strategies on key change for the business. This is a dynamic and fast‑moving place to work, and with so many moving parts, you will need to be engaging, persuasive and the glue that holds different teams together.
A hands‑on approach is needed as in this role you will be the bridge between the business functions and technical teams, working with stakeholders to ensure we achieve our vision.
Salary Information
* Business Analyst: Circa £46,000
* Senior Business Analyst: Circa £60,000
Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.
About You
* Looking to make a difference and effect real change.
* Can take a loose brief and shape it into the business‑required outcome.
* Collaborative, yet autonomous with trust to manage your time and deliver outcomes.
* Curious and insightful, getting to the bottom of problems stakeholders haven’t considered.
* Excellent communicator, translating for colleagues across operational, strategic, technical and IT domains.
* Experience in the General Insurance sector and strategic thinking for new product or service ideas.
* Any previous agile experience is a benefit but not essential.
* Will be attached to either our Croydon or Bournemouth office, with occasional remote work.
Key Accountabilities
* Support the scoping of change initiatives required for the Transformation Programme, working within the Business Analysis Framework.
* Assist other Programme Business Analysts to ensure quality and delivery excellence in analysis.
* Work with stakeholders at all levels to elicit, define, and manage business requirements, ensuring clear end‑to‑end traceability.
* Ensure requirements are fully understood and approved by stakeholders, supporting Change Control and prioritisation.
* Support the development, systems testing, user acceptance testing and implementation of solutions in collaboration with solution partners, suppliers and business stakeholders.
* Learn from experiences and understand how benefits have been delivered by participating in retrospectives, lessons learned and knowledge‑share sessions.
Essential Skills
* Business Intelligence background within a General Insurance environment.
* Substantial experience of BI requirements specifications for back‑end source‑to‑target data extracts and front‑end dashboards, queries and analysis tools.
* Appreciation of Data Management disciplines.
* Ability to support & validate deliverables from Testing and Architecture teams.
* Ability to work with users at all levels, up to and including Board level.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to query the status‑quo and resolve areas of disagreement.
Desirable Skills
* Experience of Azure (preferred) or other cloud‑based infrastructures.
* Familiarity with SQL scripting.
* Understanding of Dimensional Data modelling.
* Awareness of Microsoft BI Tools.
* Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
* Experience of Agile and / or Scaled Agile framework.
* Appreciation of the GDPR principles; experience in setting up processes with respect to GDPR is highly valuable.
* Experience of Policy Administration & Billing systems (e.g., Guidewire).
What We Will Offer You
* Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
* Hybrid working.
* Annual performance‑related bonus.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* Development days.
* A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products (car, home, pet).
* Retail discounts.
* Volunteering days.
Our Ways of Working
We are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We support hybrid work patterns, balancing the needs of our customers with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Your work‑life balance is important to us.
Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust
We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer, with numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure success.
Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies or spoken applications.
Email: Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk
Contact: Scott Burns
Closing date: 17/11/2025
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.
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