Business Analyst with Insurance Background

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.

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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

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