Senior Guidewire Policy Center/BillingCenter Business Analyst

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Role Overview:

Cognizant is expanding its capabilities and looking for expert Guidewire Policy Center/ Billing Center Business 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:

• Working on Rating and work with Business, will have access to Production data.
• 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 domain 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:

• Advanced experience with Rating.
• Experienced Product Consultant with more than 12 years of demonstrated ability in GW - Policy Center/Billing Center and Functional Business Scorecard and Business Services.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to all audiences verbally and in writing.
• Experience working in P&C domain.
• Hands-on experience writing user stories is required., Writing requirements, conducting requirement workshops.
• Experienced with Agile SCRUM methodology and business analysis methodologies; solid understanding of business analysis documentation standards.
• Consistent record of creating clear, concise work 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 working 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 pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on 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 benefitsto 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 strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Ontario and/or Nova Scotia, where our hubs are located. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy 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 05 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.