Business Analyst ( Personal Lines Underwriting)

ISO, a Verisk business, has been a leading source of information about property/casualty insurance risk since 1971. For a broad spectrum of commercial and personal lines of insurance, ISO provides statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims information and analytics; compliance and fraud identification tools; policy language; information about specific locations; and technical services. ISO serves insurers, reinsurers, agents and brokers, insurance regulators, risk managers, and other participants in the property/casualty insurance marketplace. To learn more about ISO please visit us at: www.verisk.com/iso. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.

Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do.

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fifth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce. Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

We’re looking for a talented Business Analyst to bring their skills to a diverse team managing a suite of Verisk auto underwriting solutions. You’ll be accountable for supporting product management efforts that make an impact on our customers’ results, and will improve the growth and competitiveness of Verisk’s solutions. This role offers an opportunity to work closely with Operations, Sales, Marketing, Analytics, as well as Product Management and other Analysts.

• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying needs.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver artifacts such as Business Case, Features, Use cases and Acceptance Criteria.
• Collaborate with architects and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Work with usability and UI design experts develop User Interface concepts and designs.
• Design test plans and coordinate testing efforts.
• Serve as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers), the project team and support teams.
• Work independently with users to define concepts under the direction of project managers.
• Ensure that the final deliverable of a project meets all of the intended needs of the business with the required quality.
• Lead the overall test activities on software development projects and coordination of user acceptance plans and test cases with respective business unit clients and software developers.

• Solid IT and business industry work experience, with demonstrated experience in business analysis, systems analysis, structured analysis, or methods and procedures.
• Deep understanding of Project Management and Project Life Cycles.
• Thorough working knowledge of the SDLC models and IT systems, processes and methodologies and their direct implementation to projects.
• Well versed with Agile Project Management and the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong decision making / problem solving skills and experience with Agile software development projects and testing principles.
• Strong facilitation skills. Must be able to elicit requirements from various personalities across organizational and geographical boundaries.
• Process driven analysis skills and a background in various requirements elicitation methods.
• Experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of quality assurance standards for software testing.
• Ability to create an effective business case, from defining the opportunity and analyzing alternatives to presenting final recommendations.
• Effective definition of business and functional requirements and preparing test plans.
• Expertise in process design, re-engineering, and requirements documentation methodologies.
• Ability to understand and apply common, object-oriented modeling techniques, use case, activity and sequence diagrams.
• Solid knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Prefer to have strong understanding of SQL and working knowledge of XML and/or JSON
• Experience with tools like Notepad++, Postman, JMeter, etc.
• Strong business and systems analysis skills, test planning and testing skills, troubleshooting skills and experience with numerous environments and architectures.
• Experience in data gathering and facilitation techniques (such as meetings and customer demo sessions).
• The ability to successfully interact at all levels within the organization.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in relevant job functions. Preferred experience within the P&C space.

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