Business Analyst - General Insurance

The Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Insurance Consulting

Cognizant's Insurance Consulting unit is seeking talented consultants with extensive business analysis and consultative experience of executing large scale business change and IT solutions for General Insurance UK & European Insurance clients. This role provides an opportunity to join a rapidly growing, high energy and entrepreneurial team working with leading UK & Europe based Insurance clients.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Build and maintain an in-depth understanding of Technology area processes, stakeholders, architecture and system functionality.
• Lead on the elicitation and documentation of a prioritized set of target state requirements (functional and non-functional) to support design, working with architects, stakeholders, PMs and service providers.
• Build and maintain an in-depth understanding of business area processes, stakeholders and the core business system functionality.
• Lead on / support the development of domain level business architectures and the adoption of simplified operating models, business processes and applications.
• Support the definition of the case for change and provide input into the business case and support implementation to ensure that the change is embedded and benefits realized.
• Continuous engagement with and management/influencing of stakeholders and customers, typically up to Enterprise leader level. Production of a stakeholder management artefacts (i.e. engagement maps, communication plans. briefing papers).
• Investigate, analyze, review, define and document the requirements. Produce high quality deliverables by selecting and applying the most appropriate methods, tools and techniques and following agreed standards for the selected delivery methodologies.
• Support the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring requirements are properly understood and met with verifiable traceability between requirements, solution and testing.
• Collaborate on the design and selection of solutions within agreed architectures and standards
• Coordinate the creation of user scenarios and support testing with the allocated users to enable the definition of UAT test scripts and sign off.
• Develop / provide input to project plans, resource plans and the selection / adoption of appropriate delivery methodology e.g. waterfall, agile. Identify and regularly review resources required for programmes/projects, escalate resource shortfalls, and provide recommendations for resolution. risk, issues and dependency management.
• Produce and maintain other project / programme documents and materials, ensuring they are fit for purpose.
• Effectively performance manage allocated, and project assigned resources, ensuring effective coaching, development, allocation, communications and talent management.
• Identify and implement opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement in business analysis methods and tools. Proactively contribute to and support a Community of Practice.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues as well as on your own
• Excellent communicator able to deliver a concise message either verbally, or in writing to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Creative thinker, able to quickly analyze problems and identify appropriate solutions
• Open-minded and pragmatic, with ability to guide teams to build customized tools/ templates for the engagements
• Flexible and enthusiastic about gaining new experiences across different clients and adapting to different, challenging environments

Contribution to Development of Practice:

• Contribute to practice activities such as Capability Development, Knowledge Management, Proposition or Solution Development
• Develop focused industry 'points of view' or 'white papers'
• Coach and Mentor members of the team

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Experience on industry specific solutions such as Guidewire, Duck Creek, Acturis.
• Formal Business Analysis (ISEB), Insurance domain accreditation
• Good experience working in Data drive projects.

Industry Experience:

Deep experience of working within the Insurance industry or Insurance consulting, preferably within the General Insurance or Broker sectors.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

Cognizant is an IT and business process services company providing digital strategy, consulting, enterprise modernization, cloud and more for clients globally.