Business Analyst (Contractor)
Job Title
Business Analyst (Contractor)
Job Description
Following extensive global expansion over several years and a drive to standardise common systems and platforms globally, PL Re is undertaking a major back-office transformation programme and has established a Divisional Data Team to develop and manage an enterprise-wide data solution, reporting services and to embed best practice data governance. This team will support the business throughout its back-office transformation and will deliver significant improvement in efficiencies and the value derived from our data assets globally.
There is a need for a Contract Business Data Analyst to support the definition and delivery of the various Data initiatives under the Data wider programme of work. Specifically, this role is to enable PLRE Data reporting and execution alongside other related transformation projects.
The role is reporting to the Manager of Data Business Analysis, who is responsible for prioritising, planning, and driving forward the business analysis tasks required.
This role holder will build close working relationships with the technology and business units across our operating geographies and will be responsible for ensuring that functional and non-functional requirements are clearly understood throughout the project lifecycle, and that we deliver data environments and reporting outputs that meet the needs of our internal customers.
This is an exciting opportunity to join this new team. The Business Analyst would fill a critical role within the organisation tasked with collecting, understanding, documenting, and representing the more complex data requirements for the build of our new data platform, and the development of a portfolio of reports and data analysis.
Duties
• Identify, understand, develop, and validate business needs from a user perspective, including local Business Unit specific needs and global functional needs
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define reporting requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Perform in-depth database analysis to extract the data model and insights from large volumes of reinsurance data to inform the design and development of our enterprise data warehouse
• Identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in data and provide actionable recommendations to support decision making
• Develop and maintain data lineage documentation to ensure data accuracy, traceability, supporting compliance with industry regulations, data users and data governance activities
• Endorse business requirements with an emphasis on collaboration, delivery, and a focus on the strategic goals of the project and the business
• Take a lead role in the project throughout the full project lifecycle from definition of business needs through to solution delivery
• To review and identify opportunities to optimise current business capabilities and processes and drive efficiencies
• Being technology agnostic when matching business requirements with proposed technology solutions
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders and solution providers in the business and externally
• Build strong working relationships with business stakeholders and technology teams, enabling effective collaboration and alignment
• Prioritise local and global business needs, product fixes versus enhancements and tactical versus strategic objectives
• Support testing and validation activities within data related projects and initiatives
• Collating, reviewing, and updating process and technology documentation to reflect changes in business processes and technology
Qualifications & Experience
• Proven experience in the market as a Data Business Analyst, Data Analyst or similar role
• Experience working on a Data Transformation project, delivering an ingestion, reporting and warehouse capability is a plus
• Define and document detailed data and reporting requirements for various initiatives under the Data Workstream
• Strong proficiency in SQL for querying and analysing databases, translating outputs into actionable insights
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical teams such as Data Governance teams
• Experience or knowledge of working with a wide range of systems such as Snowflake, Power BI, ETL Tools, SQL, Oracle EDM, Peoplesoft, Veritas, Tyche, SAP would be an advantage.
• Practical knowledge of business and industry practices, tools, and techniques
• Ability to mediate between high-level vision and detailed technical analysis
• Skilled at performing business requirements, use cases, data lineage and specifications, capability assessments, and requirements traceability analysis
• Experience leading workshops to gather accurate and complete business requirements from key stakeholders in the business
• Knowledge of reinsurance or insurance industry concepts is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills enabling efficient interaction and collaboration with all stakeholders
Key Skills & Behaviours
• Demonstrates an appropriate level of technical skills for the role and an appreciation of current issues affecting their profession and the life reinsurance industry
• Takes responsibility for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of own work and that of the team under them
• Able to prioritise competing requests and deadlines
• Provides accurate and timely updates on status of work and escalates issues appropriately
• Committed to being an open and fair team member who shares information, knowledge, and experience openly
• Communicates in a clear and practical manner both verbally and in writing, without over-reliance on technical language
• Challenges status quo and is not limited by historical thinking or embedded practices, critically evaluates and challenges current work practices
• Embraces change and can work in a fluid environment with challenging deadlines: able to be flexible and resourceful
• Team player: ability to work with people with a diverse range of skills and experiences and get the best out of every individual
• Agile approach to projects; able to demonstrate the ability to think ahead and always focus on the end goal
Working For Pacific Life Re
Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.
Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.
Benefits (Only For Permanent And Fixed Term Employees)
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Private Medical Insurance
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Group Income Protection
• Wellness Benefits
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.
Pacific Life Re Principles and Behaviours
Please click here to view our company principles and behaviours
Job Title
Business Analyst (Contractor)
Job Description
Following extensive global expansion over several years and a drive to standardise common systems and platforms globally, PL Re is undertaking a major back-office transformation programme and has established a Divisional Data Team to develop and manage an enterprise-wide data solution, reporting services and to embed best practice data governance. This team will support the business throughout its back-office transformation and will deliver significant improvement in efficiencies and the value derived from our data assets globally.
There is a need for a Contract Business Data Analyst to support the definition and delivery of the various Data initiatives under the Data wider programme of work. Specifically, this role is to enable PLRE Data reporting and execution alongside other related transformation projects.
The role is reporting to the Manager of Data Business Analysis, who is responsible for prioritising, planning, and driving forward the business analysis tasks required.
This role holder will build close working relationships with the technology and business units across our operating geographies and will be responsible for ensuring that functional and non-functional requirements are clearly understood throughout the project lifecycle, and that we deliver data environments and reporting outputs that meet the needs of our internal customers.
This is an exciting opportunity to join this new team. The Business Analyst would fill a critical role within the organisation tasked with collecting, understanding, documenting, and representing the more complex data requirements for the build of our new data platform, and the development of a portfolio of reports and data analysis.
Duties
• Identify, understand, develop, and validate business needs from a user perspective, including local Business Unit specific needs and global functional needs
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define reporting requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Perform in-depth database analysis to extract the data model and insights from large volumes of reinsurance data to inform the design and development of our enterprise data warehouse
• Identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in data and provide actionable recommendations to support decision making
• Develop and maintain data lineage documentation to ensure data accuracy, traceability, supporting compliance with industry regulations, data users and data governance activities
• Endorse business requirements with an emphasis on collaboration, delivery, and a focus on the strategic goals of the project and the business
• Take a lead role in the project throughout the full project lifecycle from definition of business needs through to solution delivery
• To review and identify opportunities to optimise current business capabilities and processes and drive efficiencies
• Being technology agnostic when matching business requirements with proposed technology solutions
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders and solution providers in the business and externally
• Build strong working relationships with business stakeholders and technology teams, enabling effective collaboration and alignment
• Prioritise local and global business needs, product fixes versus enhancements and tactical versus strategic objectives
• Support testing and validation activities within data related projects and initiatives
• Collating, reviewing, and updating process and technology documentation to reflect changes in business processes and technology
Qualifications & Experience
• Proven experience in the market as a Data Business Analyst, Data Analyst or similar role
• Experience working on a Data Transformation project, delivering an ingestion, reporting and warehouse capability is a plus
• Define and document detailed data and reporting requirements for various initiatives under the Data Workstream
• Strong proficiency in SQL for querying and analysing databases, translating outputs into actionable insights
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical teams such as Data Governance teams
• Experience or knowledge of working with a wide range of systems such as Snowflake, Power BI, ETL Tools, SQL, Oracle EDM, Peoplesoft, Veritas, Tyche, SAP would be an advantage.
• Practical knowledge of business and industry practices, tools, and techniques
• Ability to mediate between high-level vision and detailed technical analysis
• Skilled at performing business requirements, use cases, data lineage and specifications, capability assessments, and requirements traceability analysis
• Experience leading workshops to gather accurate and complete business requirements from key stakeholders in the business
• Knowledge of reinsurance or insurance industry concepts is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills enabling efficient interaction and collaboration with all stakeholders
Key Skills & Behaviours
• Demonstrates an appropriate level of technical skills for the role and an appreciation of current issues affecting their profession and the life reinsurance industry
• Takes responsibility for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of own work and that of the team under them
• Able to prioritise competing requests and deadlines
• Provides accurate and timely updates on status of work and escalates issues appropriately
• Committed to being an open and fair team member who shares information, knowledge, and experience openly
• Communicates in a clear and practical manner both verbally and in writing, without over-reliance on technical language
• Challenges status quo and is not limited by historical thinking or embedded practices, critically evaluates and challenges current work practices
• Embraces change and can work in a fluid environment with challenging deadlines: able to be flexible and resourceful
• Team player: ability to work with people with a diverse range of skills and experiences and get the best out of every individual
• Agile approach to projects; able to demonstrate the ability to think ahead and always focus on the end goal
Working For Pacific Life Re
Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.
Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.
Benefits (Only For Permanent And Fixed Term Employees)
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Private Medical Insurance
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Group Income Protection
• Wellness Benefits
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.
Pacific Life Re Principles and Behaviours
Please click here to view our company principles and behaviours
