EY Financial Services - Guidewire Business Analyst Senior 

United States, New York, New York 

874531612

Insurers across the globe are investing heavily in technology-enabled transformation programs. A number of solution “hot spots” exist today, such as in claims, underwriting, policy and billing. Our ambition is to be the C-suite advisor for insurance technology-enabled transformation programs, recognized by our clients for our insightful thought leadership, pro-activity in meeting their needs and having truly globally integrated capabilities. Typical projects will span the following areas of insurance technology-enabled transformation:

Guidewire System Implementation (Policy, Billing, Claims)

Enterprise Data Management

Reinsurance Accounting and Reporting Operations/Technology
Performance Management and Measurement

Enterprise Technology Expense Reduction

We assist our clients in designing and implementing solutions to improve their organizations' efficiency and effectiveness in the areas of strategy, people, processes and technology.

Your Key Responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for working directly with clients to transform their business problems into technology solutions. The goal is to support our clients' efforts to make their business units more effective and efficient and, where required, provide services in connection with the remediation and mitigation of process risk. You will assist engagement teams through the analysis of specific business requirements for alignment with technology architecture, technology infrastructure design, vendor selection and technology implementation plans that support our clients.

Skills and attributes for success

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of business needs and requirements, and an ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, collaborating with technical teams (e.g., architects) to design and deliver system architecture solutions

Remain current on new developments in services capabilities and industry knowledge

Provide insights and recommendations from different data sources to help verify that the solution/technology is meeting business requirements, and identify new projects and opportunities for additional services

To qualify for the role, you must have

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Industrial Administration,
Business or a related field and 3+ years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience defining business and technical requirements; alternatively, a master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Industrial Administration, Business or a related field and 2+ years of work experience defining business and technical requirements

Previous application experience and required Cloud certifications in any of the following:

• Guidewire, OneShield, Exigen/EIS, MajescoMastek, Duck Creek, Insurity, Sapiens/Adaptik, FirstBest, Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica

Proficiency in one or more of the following competencies:

System and vendor selection and implementation
Definition of business and technical requirements

Program/project management and implementation planning (PMO)

Strong relevant experience in either an internal or external business analysis role, or similar, evidenced by experience in gathering and interpreting business requirements, and developing technical requirements and specifications

Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical writing and client presentations

Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking through a proven ability to research client inquiries and emerging issues related to regulations, industry practice and new application technologies

Travel to client site as necessary

Ideally, you’ll also have

Experience with planning and facilitating user acceptance testing and managing associated business relationships

What we look for

solving and helping our clients with some of their most complex issues, this role is for you.