Senior Business Analyst (Guidewire Claim Center)
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Role Overview:
Cognizant is expanding its capabilities and looking for experienced Guidewire Claim CenterBusiness Analysts. The ideal candidate should possess experience in all aspects of a traditional Business Analyst's role, along with a comprehensive understanding of open systems architecture. This includes integrations with vendor packages, relational databases, message queues, web services, and legacy systems. Additionally, the Business Analyst will be responsible for planning and facilitating user acceptance testing.
What You'll Do:
- Requirements Gathering through direct user interviews as well as formal and informal sessions.
- Analyzing System & Functional Specification.
- Facilitate Joint Application Design (JAD) Sessions with business users and development team to drive out detailed business requirements.
- Identify and translate business needs into clearly defined requirements for insurance policy administration projects.
- Develop requirements documentation inclusive of user stories/ use cases, process flows, data flows and report mock-ups.
- Plan, facilitate, and conduct requirements gathering sessions, meetings, and presentations.
- Build strong relationships within the business units and support functions to understand the business needs.
- Work with project collaborators during project definition to help the team understand risks, dependencies, and opportunities; participate in requirements definition and review; lend subject matter expertise to projects.
- Ensure that proposed solutions are focused on improving efficiency and effectiveness of the business processes and are consistent across products where possible.
What You Bring to the Role:
- Experienced Business Analyst with 10 and above years of experience in GW - ClaimCenter Functional Business Scorecard and Business Services
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to all audiences verbally and in writing.
- Experienced with Agile SCRUM methodology and business analysis methodologies; working knowledge of business analysis documentation standards.
- Hands-on experience writing user stories is required.
- Proven track record of creating clear, concise deliverables that reflect a deep understanding of business needs and the out of the box software functionality.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience operating and interfacing with business management, including negotiation and presentation skills.
What we offer:
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change, or we offer new opportunities, we help you change directions by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to grow with a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more
Working arrangements:
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a Hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, ON. Canada. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a balanced work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at nacareers2@cognizant.com.
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Mar 04 2024
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.