Job description

Business / Data Analyst - Insuance

Location: Remote with travel to MSG offices (Chesterfield/ Tunbridge Wells and London)

Outside IR35

Gerrard White is looking for a contract Insurance Business and Data Analyst to work on a Claims Transformation programme for a large insurance group.

This is a data-centric role so will require strong expertise working with data at a technical mapping level across previous data initiatives such as data migrations, warehouse builds, data lake projects etc.

Key tasks:

• Working with the Claims and Fraud departments to understand and document their data requirements and business processes as part of the wider transformation programme.
• Business SME engagement key to ensure source data traces directly to key business needs, in turn tracing to fulfilment of programme benefits, encouraging an MVP mindset.
• Identify data sources to be mobilised in the data lake underpinning the claims/application fraud solution, the claims AI solution and the generalised reporting solution.
• Work with the product owners and key SMEs to prioritise source data according to the backlogs in the consuming solutions.
• Document data mapping specs at field level to convert source data into reporting and AI-friendly data, for example converting some code values according to business rules.
• Work with the technical team to enable them to implement the mappings according to the specs.
• Obtain business sign-off for the mappings prior to implementation.
• Work with SMEs in the source data systems (including those overseen by vendor partners).
• Identify risks and issues with availability and/or suitability of data at early stage and escalate to project manager.

Essential Requirements:

• Insurance experience is required, ideally in personal lines with Motor claims experience; experience in claims/application fraud a further advantage.
• System Integration experience
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills and a positive approach
• Strong stakeholder management skills to bridge the gap between technical data experts and the business users ultimately consuming the data via a variety of services.
• Ability to think creatively and articulate innovative ideas to solving complex business problems
• Ability to evaluate information and present it, both written and oral, in a way that is easily understood by the target audience
• Ability to own issues and drive them to resolution by providing direction to inform sound business decisions based on business priority and technical feasibility
• Ability to identify and raise project dependencies, whilst working in a wider team with multiple projects in-flight
• Exposure and input into the User Acceptance Testing process
• Actively contribute to the business analysis community of practice
• Hold professional qualification(s) in the discipline with evidence of its practical application e.g. BCS (British Computer Society) and/or IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis).