Business Analyst Life Insurance

Job Summary:
- We are seeking a highly experienced Business Analyst with 12+ years of IT experience and strong, recent hands-on Life Insurance domain expertise.
- Candidates must have worked on Life Insurance projects in their recent experience and possess in-depth knowledge of the complete Life Insurance policy lifecycle.
- The ideal candidate will have excellent business analysis skills, stakeholder management experience, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional Agile teams.

Mandatory Requirements:
- Recent Life Insurance domain experience is required (must be from the latest project(s)).
- Candidates without strong, recent Life Insurance experience will not be considered.

Business & Functional Analysis:
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements (BRD, FSD, Use Cases, User Stories).
- Perform gap analysis and recommend business process improvements.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications.
- Create workflow diagrams, process maps, wireframes, and business documentation.

Life Insurance Domain Expertise:
- New Business & Onboarding.
- Underwriting.
- Policy Issuance & Servicing.
- Premium Billing & Collections.
- Claims Processing.
- Persistency & Renewal.
- Term Life.
- ULIP.
- Endowment.
- Annuity.
- Riders.

Project Collaboration:
- Work with Product Owners, Underwriting, Actuarial, Operations, QA, and Development teams.
- Lead requirement gathering workshops and stakeholder discussions.
- Support SIT, UAT, and production implementation.

Required Skills:
- 12+ years of Business Analyst experience.
- Strong recent Life Insurance domain experience.
- Expertise in BRD, FSD, User Stories, Use Cases, Gap Analysis, Process Flows, and Functional Specifications.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and Microsoft Excel.
- Agile/Scrum experience.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills:
- Ingenium, Lodestar, Oracle Insurance, LifeAsia, or other Policy Administration Systems.
- REST APIs, SQL, and integration experience.
- Digital transformation experience in the Life Insurance industry.
- Agile/Scrum Certification.

Location: Erie, MI, USA

Skills required for this job:

• Agile methodologies
• Business analysis
• Digital transformation
• Employee onboarding
• Functional specifications
• Gap analysis
• Life insurance
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Visio
• REST API
• SQL
• User story