Senior Business Analyst

About Swiss Re

The Swiss Re Group is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. It anticipates and manages risk – from natural catastrophes to climate change, from ageing populations to cybercrime. The aim of the Swiss Re Group is to enable society to thrive and progress, crafting new opportunities and solutions for its clients. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1863, the Swiss Re Group operates through a network of around 80 offices globally. It is organized into three Business Units, each with a distinct strategy and set of objectives contributing to the Group’s overall mission.

About the position

The Senior Business Analyst is a senior and exceptionally broad role critical to the success of Property & Casualty (P&C) Solutions Technology team. This role acts as a bridge between the P&C Solutions technology and the Product Management business teams. This role provides analytical and domain leadership across all products and solutions that the P&C Solutions team owns and/or builds. This role will support multiple products and programs across the P&C Solutions landscape. The Business Analyst translates Product ideas / Requirements into actionable Features, stories that can be developed and delivered.

Your responsibilities include:

• With broad and extensive knowledge, understanding of P&C industry landscape and business, provide interpretive, advisory, or facilitating services for the use of others to achieve results.
• Partner with our Product Solution teams to make decisions on priority issues at the intersection of business, technology, and operations
• End to End ownership of requirements from concept to launch
• Participate in roadmap development, translating requirements, writing detailed user stories, assist development team in delivery, test, configuration and roll out of acquired platform and tools
• Precisely capture business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Stakeholder management – product management, software engineering, business operations and QA teams
• Provide support to Proof-of-Concept exercises and other business viability studies across all products.

Qualifications

Experience Required

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the P&C Insurance industry as a Business Analyst or Business Solutions Consultant
• 7+ years’ experience working with technical teams and serving as a translator between business, technology and operations
• Prior experience working in business consulting firms or product development firms preferred
• Ability to take complex business problems and translate them into clear and accurate results
• Bachelor's and/or MBA degree
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent in crisp & clear communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• 3+ years of experience building Software using Agile methodologies required

About the team

The Person hired in this role will be part of Data Analytics Solutions team within the Digital &Technology Re organization, responsible of the technology side of the Reinsurance Solutions business of Swiss Re.

Swiss Re Solutions professionals provide clients with a broad range of premium products, unmatched offers and tailored solutions. Closeness to the markets and a thorough understanding of the key drivers enable us to recognize trends in the risk landscape early and develop innovative reinsurance solutions in collaboration with our clients. Our teams translate global expertise and local knowledge into tailor-made solutions for clients across the globe. Our portfolio is well positioned for future growth, backed by a highly experienced staff with strong underwriting expertise. This fact makes us a forceful partner in providing the right solutions for our treaty and facultative clients. A local market presence combined with an understanding of how external factors impact each line of business allow us to differentiate and tailor our approach for each client.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Swiss Re offers modern work models and attractive work places that allow all employees to adapt to changing work preferences and life phases.