Senior Technical Business Analyst - Underwriting Workbench

We are seeking an experienced, technical Senior Business Analyst to support delivery of a new underwriting workbench platform. The successful candidate will translate business and technical needs into solution-ready BA artefacts that enable design, build, integration and test teams to deliver against a clear, well-defined set of requirements.

Key Focus Areas:

• APIs and system-to-system interactions
• Data mapping, data definitions and mapping rules
• Integration requirements across underwriting and policy systems
• Policy lifecycle data movement and downstream data flows
• Definition of data quality rules, mandatory fields, data ownership and validation points/controls to ensure accurate, complete and usable underwriting data
• Gap analysis between source and target data, and definition of data transformation rules

Key Deliverables:

• Process models covering current and target-state underwriting workflows
• Functional requirements specifications that are clear, testable and traceable
• Data flow diagrams and system handoff definitions
• Controls documentation and policy-lifecycle data movement mapping
• User stories, acceptance criteria and other DevOps backlog updates
• Input into, and maintenance of, the technical delivery plan
• Growing working knowledge of the client's underwriting systems to support end-user training, enhancements and adoption

• Proven track record as a technical/solution-focused Senior Business Analyst on underwriting or policy workbench implementation programmes.
• Experience of workbench implementations with a data/system feed into a policy administration platform is essential.
• Strong grounding in APIs, system interactions, and data mapping/definition work within an insurance or London Market context.
• Comfortable operating across both business and technical stakeholder groups, and able to work directly with architects, developers and test teams.
• Experience collaborating directly with external vendor delivery teams as part of a wider project team

Length: initial 12 month contract