Financial Services - Tech Consulting - Guidewire - Business Analyst - Senior

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry. The role involves working with clients to implement technology solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their business operations.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll be responsible for working directly with clients to transform their business problems into technology solutions
• The goal is to support our clients' efforts to make their business units more effective and efficient and, where required, provide services in connection with the remediation and mitigation of process risk
• You will assist engagement teams through the analysis of specific business requirements for alignment with technology architecture, technology infrastructure design, vendor selection and technology implementation plans that support our clients

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Industrial Administration, Business or a related field and 3+ years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience defining business and technical requirements; alternatively, a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Industrial Administration, Business or a related field and 2+ years of work experience defining business and technical requirements
• Previous application experience in any of the following: Guidewire, OneShield, Exigen/EIS, MajescoMastek, Duck Creek, Insurity, Sapiens/Adaptik, FirstBest, Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica
• Proficiency in one or more of the following competencies: System and vendor selection and implementation, Definition of business and technical requirements, Design of business and technology architecture, Business intelligence/decision support, Program/project management and implementation planning (PMO)
• Strong relevant experience in either an internal or external business analysis role, or similar, evidenced by experience in gathering and interpreting business requirements, and developing technical requirements and specifications
• Experience with Agile SCRUM methodology, business analysis methodologies and business analysis documentation standards
• Knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, process flows, data flows, traceability matrices, modeling and testing strategies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical writing and client presentations
• Ability to form relationships with business stakeholders and SMEs, and help them envision the future state and the change needed to facilitate it
• Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking through a proven ability to research client inquiries and emerging issues related to regulations, industry practice and new application technologies
• Travel to client site as necessary
• Experience with management reporting enhancement, business intelligence/decision support, data warehousing/enterprise data design and management, or enterprise application integration
• Experience with planning and facilitating user acceptance testing and managing associated business relationships