Business Analyst-Digital Solutions

Zurich Insurance • Full-time • Dublin, D, IE • 7m ago

Job Summary

Zurich Life Assurance is looking for a Business Analyst to work within our award winning Digital Solutions Team. The job's core deliverables rely on delivering service to internal clients, usually at the executive or Sr. Management level. Includes using subject matter expertise to address advanced, high-level questions and issues. You will also support and advise on the development of digital solutions by understanding and documenting the requirements of relevant customers, and recommending digital improvements to ensure alignment with business requirements.

This role may be available part-time or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

Your Role

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include but not necessarily be limited to the following:

Understand customers’ processes and products and how they fit within the goals of the function or business unit, including the graphical representation of processes and data flows.
Engage with all solution architects in the reviews and validation of any technical designs for digital solutions provided by the supplier, to ensure alignment with business requirements.
Act as liaison between the Business and IT, including representations to Legal, Compliance and Risk Management, as appropriate.
Promote a ‘visuals first’ approach, where possible, with a view to allowing the evolution of the visual journey to reflect UX best practices and help identify any back end system blockers.
Conduct internal and external user research as appropriate, using visual models as demos.
Actively and continually familiarise with core systems (e.g. Life400, Salesforce, Tableau, MQ/API), so as to understand their integration to digital solutions.
Perform quality review checks on digital project deliverables, via Confluence/Jira or other project artefacts.
Assess and contribute to recommendations for regular digital improvements and multi-system enhancements, including the detection of interdependencies between them.
Support implementation, troubleshooting system environmental issues and providing training as required.
Contribute to test strategy for digital solutions, liaising with the Test Team.
Identify and manage relevant data risks where appropriate.
Support external suppliers, including onboarding and troubleshoot any lapsed access to Zurich systems.
Re-use existing digital assets for new opportunities where possible, research best practice and analyse detailed business models to support senior management in developing and improving IT processes and systems.
Act as technical expert in a specific process or product area, conducting process reviews and initiating change in order to contribute to continuous improvement of services to internal customers.
Address specific technical queries from internal clients and contribute to the envisioning and design of appropriate solutions, in line with Zurich’s policies and processes and with regulatory requirements.
Use in-depth knowledge to solve internal customer issues
Pro-active interest and involvement in Digital Solution team initiatives, including Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), social media and digital advertising campaigns, with a view to improving the impact that digital solutions may have, under these headings.

Your Skills and Experience

As a Business Analyst- Digital Solutions your skills and qualifications will include:

Excellent attention to detail and communication skills
Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology and 8 or more years of experience in related field.
Understand and evaluate technology themes and make recommendations to inform policy and digital product development.
Ability to workshop proposals to establish detail, write, support and review specifications and complete appropriate checklists/ data risk assessments with peer reviews.
Flexible planning approach and delivery methodology, including Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Agile and Sprint models.

Additional Information

Primary work location is Blackrock. Position is Dublin-based but occasional travel may be required to other
Zurich locations.

If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then our recruiter is
looking forward to receiving your application by clicking on the button “Apply online”.

Who we are

Zurich is one of Ireland's leading insurance companies providing a wide range of general insurance and life
insurance products and services. The company employs over 1,000 people across its locations in Dublin and
Wexford.

Zurich is a strong brand – with our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our
customers in 210 countries and territories to

understand and protect themselves from risk. In order to deliver
our services, we offer our employees flexible working models and interesting opportunities for further training &
development. As a Zurich employee you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture,
characterized by acceptance, diversity and team spirit.

At Zurich, we foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our purpose and values are designed to protect, inspire
confidence and help our employees reach their full potential. We value and defend what is right and promote
opportunities for equity among our professionals, regardless of gender, disability, LGBTQ +, race, ethnicity,
generations, belief, etc. Join Zurich and be part of this culture. Together we are committed to delivering on our
purpose - Let’s Create a Brighter Future Together!