Senior Business Analyst – Insurance & Data Analytics

Senior Business Analyst – Insurance & Data Analytics

Sector: Analytics / Data Management / Insurance
Location: London (Hybrid / UK-based)
Employment Type: Permanent  – £80k to £100k salary + bonus and benefits

Role Overview

We are supporting a leading analytics and data-led organisation in the search for a Senior Business Analyst with deep insurance domain expertise.

This role sits at the intersection of business, data, and technology, supporting the delivery of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Analytics solutions across insurance-focused programmes. You’ll work closely with both business stakeholders and technical delivery teams to translate complex insurance requirements into scalable, high-quality data and process solutions.

The successful candidate will bring strong knowledge across insurance operations (policies, claims, premiums, reinsurance and London Market processes) alongside hands-on experience in data management, analytics, and governance.

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Key Responsibilities

Requirements & Business Analysis

• Lead the elicitation, documentation, and validation of business, functional, and data requirements

• Perform gap analysis between current and target processes, data structures, and system capabilities

• Translate business needs into user stories, process flows, and detailed specifications

• Conduct source data analysis and data profiling to assess quality, completeness, and consistency

Data Management & Governance

• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, and metadata artefacts

• Define and document business rules for data acquisition, transformation, integration, and quality controls

• Support data lineage, master data, and reference data management initiatives

• Identify opportunities to improve data governance, data quality, and operational efficiency

Reporting & Analytics

• Capture reporting, analytics, and data visualisation requirements with business stakeholders

• Analyse trends and insights to support decision-making and process optimisation

• Collaborate with data engineering and BI teams to validate outputs against business expectations

Stakeholder Management & Delivery

• Act as a key liaison between business users, technical teams, and data specialists

• Communicate progress, risks, and issues clearly across multiple stakeholder groups

• Support delivery roadmaps, prioritisation, and dependency planning

• Participate in UAT and change management activities to ensure successful adoption

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Essential Experience & Skills

• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst within the Insurance sector

• Strong understanding of insurance operations, including London Market processes and data flows

• Proven experience delivering Enterprise Data Management, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, or Data Quality initiatives

• Hands-on experience with requirements gathering, business process documentation, and data profiling

• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills

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Desirable Experience

• Degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or similar

• Experience with modern data platforms and tools (e.g. cloud data services, data lakes/warehouses, BI tools, data governance platforms)

• Exposure to Agile / Scrum delivery environments

• Working knowledge of SQL or data query tools

• Familiarity with insurance regulatory and compliance reporting

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Key Competencies

• Strong commercial and business acumen

• Ability to bridge business needs and technical solutions

• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and well organised

• Confident communicator at all levels

• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities

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What’s on Offer

• Competitive base salary

• Performance-related bonus

• Private healthcare and income protection

• Life assurance (multiple of annual salary)

• Strong pension contribution

• Long-term career progression within a data and analytics-led organisation

Diversity & Inclusion

Our client is committed to building an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone feels valued and supported. They welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Our client believes that diverse perspectives drive stronger innovation, better decision-making, and long-term success, and they actively promote equality of opportunity throughout their hiring and employment practices.