Business Analyst – Data

Job title:

Business Analyst – Data

Company

Munich Re

Job description

At Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG), individuality and intellectual curiosity is a key driver for our success and innovation. We believe that leveraging a variety of perspectives and backgrounds, and empowering all employees to make an impact, will motivate us to perform at our best and give us a competitive edge. We know there is always more work to be done, but we’re committed to building a strong and inclusive culture where everyone is welcomed and valued for their “own expression of self-identity”.About usMRSG is part of the Munich RE group. We are known for our dedication to excellence and quality of service provision across both primary and reinsurance.As well as operating in the Lloyd’s of London market, we conduct our business via a global network of service companies, with offices located in the UK, Ireland, the United States, Asia, including Singapore, Labuan and Dubai.Our group of companies provide solutions covering Casualty, Marine & Cargo, Aerospace, Cyber, Political Violence, Trade Credit and Property, Contingency and Yacht. Our purpose is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build – to enable people and businesses to thrive.Data Business AnalystCommutable distance to London, Manchester or Birmingham local office.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data analysis within the insurance industry, with a focus on specialty insurance lines. The role will involve collaborating with various stakeholders to gather, analyse, and interpret data, and to provide valuable insights that will support strategic decision-making and operational efficiency. As a Data Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions, focusing on data-driven insights and analytics. The successful candidate will have a strong technical data background, a deep understanding of the specialty insurance domain, and the ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable data solutions.MRSG is at the beginning of an ambitious data journey and this is an exciting time to join the organisation and to be a part of it realising its digital, data and analytics ambitions. The Central Data Office will include a transformation and strategy team, which this role will be part of. The role focuses on the harmonisation of the data into a central data and analytics platform and will work alongside IT technical architects and engineers to implement strategic priorities.MRSG is at the beginning of an ambitious data journey and this is an exciting time to join the organisation and to be a part of it realising its digital, data and analytics ambitions.The Central Data Office will include a transformation and strategy team, which this role will be part of. The role focuses on the harmonisation of the data into a central data and analytics platform and will work alongside IT technical architects and engineers to implement strategic priorities.Key Responsibilities

• Solid hands-on data business analysis experience, within Insurance is essential (London Market experience a significant advantage).
• Proven experience in being the business and data translator in supporting business and IT projects from a data requirements perspective, ensuring that these help to build towards the overall target state data architecture.
• Proven experience working with data in an agile and dynamic team, with experience working with relational databases (hands on intermediate to advanced SQL coding experience is essential and experiences writing in Python preferred but no essential) .
• Curiosity in examining complex SQL data sets with experience in reconciliation and data lineage / traceability.
• Experience in interpreting technical coding (such as SQL and Python) into business language and terminology.
• Demonstrated experience in translating business requirements into data requirements and collation of these to inform the future direction of data capabilities
• Work in support of Analytics & Insights colleagues including awareness of areas such as Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, etc.
• Supporting Data Governance colleagues in areas such as metadata management, data lineage, data audits and general data quality improvement
• Cloud based technologies preferrable MS Azure
• Strong desire to learn and grow into a wider range of the above disciplines. Extensive stakeholder management ability with experience in maintaining tact in high-pressure situations.
• Have an outcome and solution mode mindset as well as being able to identify opportunities to optimise and simplify existing data related processes.
• Ability to effectively communicate, present and articulate strategies across various audiences especially with non-technical business functions
• Willingness to deep dive into specialty insurance business processes and source systems
• Understanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps)
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technology alternatives in terms of benefit and cost
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models

Skills:

• Familiarity with data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing concepts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to bridge the gap between business and technical teams
• Appreciation of the business analysis life cycle (e.g. discovery, options analysis, scope and approach, requirements, design and delivery, testing and implementation, monitoring and control).
• Advanced Data Extraction / Manipulation (e.g. SQL)
• Dashboard & Reporting tools (e.g. Power BI)
• Data Integration tools (e.g. Informatica)
• Data Governance / Quality / Catalogue / Lineage tools (e.g. Alation, Collibra)
• Cloud based tooling preferable MS Azure
• Strong understanding of insurance data structures, processes, and regulatory requirement
• Familiarity with Insurance systems such as Subscribe. Majesco and Websure
• Familiarity with Lloyd’s messaging (current and future)

Your career with usAt MRSG, you’ll find the flexibility, development and support you need to excel your career combined with a competitive salary and a benefits package that promotes wellbeing and work-life balance, on top of the standard features that include a non-contributory pension, private medical care, life assurance and more!Diversity & InclusionCreating an inclusive environment is a crucial part of the Munich Re culture, and we are committed to our Diversity & Inclusion Policy. We also seek to provide a fair and supportive work environment which provides learning and development opportunities for all.Working together, we are an employer of choice by building the workforce for today and the future. We make it happen. Together.Push Boundaries. With us. | Munich Re

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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:08:27 GMT

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