Senior Business Analyst

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Senior Business Analyst

  • Location:

    United Kingdom

  • Contact:

    Piere Forbes

  • Contact email:

    piere.forbes@equitycity.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

  • Job ref:

    790

  • Published:

    28 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2026-07-19

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: London / Hybrid
Salary Range: £85,000 + per annum
Reporting to: IT Leadership
Type: Permanent / Hybrid

Overview:
This is a senior business analysis role focused on supporting complex technology and change initiatives within a commercial insurance environment. The position plays a key role in translating business needs into clear, structured requirements and ensuring strong alignment between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams. It is a compelling opportunity for someone who enjoys working on large-scale transformation, improving core business processes, and shaping solutions across policy administration, integrations, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead requirements definition across complex projects and strategic multi-year initiatives

  • Translate business needs into clear documentation, including business use cases, process flows, data flows, traceability matrices, and reporting mock-ups

  • Plan and facilitate requirements gathering workshops, stakeholder meetings, and review sessions to drive consensus and approval

  • Build strong relationships across business units and support functions to understand operational needs and priorities

  • Work closely with development and testing teams to provide subject matter expertise and support issue resolution

  • Ensure proposed solutions improve business efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency across products where possible

  • Support the planning and execution of User Acceptance Testing, including test plans, scripts, and sign-off coordination

  • Provide guidance and support to other Business Analysts within the team

What We’re Looking For:

  • Significant experience as an IT Business Analyst within the Commercial Property & Casualty insurance market

  • Strong background working with policy administration systems, with experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter particularly valuable

  • Experience gathering, analysing, and documenting business and functional requirements for complex system change

  • Strong understanding of Agile Scrum and core business analysis methodologies

  • Hands-on experience writing user stories and producing clear, high-quality BA artefacts

  • Comfortable working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and project leadership

  • Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills

  • Experience supporting reporting solutions and downstream integrations would be beneficial

Desirable but Not Essential:

  • Experience with reporting platforms or reporting-focused change initiatives

  • Previous leadership or mentoring experience supporting junior or mid-level Business Analysts

  • Exposure to large-scale transformation programmes in regulated insurance environments

About the Company:
A global insurance organisation with a strong reputation for technical excellence, long-term stability, and investment in technology-enabled transformation. The business offers a collaborative and inclusive environment, with a clear focus on improving systems, processes, and delivery capability as part of its wider strategic growth.