Senior Business Analyst

About the Job 

The Business Analyst will play a crucial role in analyzing business processes within the insurance environment, focusing on the "Lead" insurance business.

This position requires a strong understanding of business architecture, design, and analysis, with a technical and functional perspective. The ideal candidate will have experience in SQL, testing, and operational security and will collaborate with various departments to enhance operational efficiency.

What you do

• Analyze business processes and systems within the insurance environment to identify inefficiencies and propose improvements.
• Gather and document business requirements from stakeholders, translating them into functional specifications.
• Collaborate with IT and other departments to implement solutions that meet business needs.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including business requirements, process flows, and user guides.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather insights and feedback.
• Perform data analysis to support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Monitor and report on project progress, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Assist in the development and execution of test plans using tools like Postman to ensure solutions meet requirements.
• Provide training and support to end-users on new systems and processes.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field, with good knowledge of the "Lead" insurance business, insurance environment, and its processes.
• Experience in business architecture, design, and analysis, with expertise in specification tasks from both technical and functional perspectives.
• Very good knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL) and database architecture, with operational security experience using Grafana, Prometheus, and Dynatrace, including metrics understanding.
• Multi-year experience in the Scrum environment, ideally with certifications as Product Owner and/or Scrum Master, and familiarity with containerized applications, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with software developers, business, and management, demonstrating the ability to handle a variety of activities independently.
• Well-organized and structured approach to managing tasks, ensuring effective and independent handling of diverse activities.
• Understanding and experience in containerized applications, with familiarity in DevOps and CI/CD processes.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

 82426 | Operations | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent