Business Analyst with Insurance Background at Avance… · Waterloo

Company Description

About Company:

  A Global IT consulting firm with several large customer
  engagements across Europe and US. It provides strategic business
  consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services to
  help clients leverage technology and create impactful and
  measurable business value for every IT investment.

  About Us:

  Avance Consulting Services is a global talent acquisition and
  executive search company. We work exclusively with some of the
  most reputed and admired clients across various sectors and
  geographies.

Job Description

Hello, Hope you are doing good.

Position : Business Analyst with Insurance Background Location : Waterloo, Ontario Duration : Contract Principal Responsibilities

    ·Engaging with existing and prospective users to understand and
    document their information needs predicated on an understanding
    of both business processes and the business decisions that users
    need to make

    ·Provide BA support to BI projects to enable them to meet their
    deadlines

    ·Working with IT colleagues to understand and document available
    data sources and their interrelation

    ·Collaborating with other team members to design solutions

    ·Collaborating with other team members to develop strong
    reconciliation and control processes

    ·Working with quality assurance to ensure that business
    requirements are met

    ·Responsible for partnering with business and user group
    representatives to understand business decisions and the related
    reporting and analysis needs

    ·Requirements gathering, user interviews, running workshops,
    prototyping

    ·Document requirements in a format that is intelligible to both
    business partners and IT colleagues

    ·Analyse and document available data sources and data flows to
    standards and in a consistent manner

    ·Collaborate with colleagues in designing solutions that meet
    the established business needs

Experience & Qualifications

    Experience of fulfilling a BA role in the full life-cycle of a
    DW/BI project

    Experience of working as a BI BA within the London Market

    A thoroughgoing knowledge of the commercial Insurance and
    reinsurance industry

    Degree educated

    Demonstrable understanding of the collateral factors that lead
    to success in DW/BI projects, including user engagement,
    prototyping, MDM, data quality and educational approach

    Experience of working collaboratively in an agile manner

Technical Skills

    ·Working knowledge of SQL, data analysis, reporting and
    modelling tools

    ·Working knowledge of SQL Server and the associated Microsoft BI
    stack, including MDS and DQS desirable

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.