Business Analyst - Transformation Programme

Hybrid - Guildford

About Us

Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture. Our values Be Brave, With Heart, Inspire Trust and Everyone Counts are at the heart of our business and our people, we have a great office space in Guildford and have recently been awarded "A great Place to Work".  

In line with our Global strategy and purpose, we have an exciting opportunity to join the UK Transformation Programme as a Business Analyst on a 2 year Fixed term Contract, helping to shape and implement the target operating model for our Commercial business.

Our ambition is to transform the End-to-End experience and journey for our policyholders, intermediaries, internal users and other parties, through a combination of modernising core systems, data-led digital asset development and integrations (internal and external).

About the Role

The purpose of the role is to enable organisational change by using specialised business analysis, change management skills and a disciplined business analysis approach. You will be supporting the Transformation Programme to articulate the need for change, by defining requirements and recommending solutions that will maximise the value delivered by the business to its customers.
 

You will work closely with key stakeholders across the business and IT to contribute to the delivery of a varied portfolio of work, whilst building effective relationships across all levels.  

Key Accountabilities: 

• Support the scoping of change initiatives required for the Transformation Programme,  working within the Business Analysis Framework

• Work with stakeholders at all levels within the organization to elicit, define and manage business requirements, ensuring clear end to end traceability.

• Ensure requirements are fully understood and approved by stakeholders, supporting Change Control and prioritisation.  

• Support the development, systems testing, user acceptance testing and implementation of solutions by working closely with solution partners, suppliers, and business stakeholders.

• Learn from experiences and understand how benefits have been delivered by participating in retrospectives, lessons learned and knowledge share sessions.

About You

Skills & Experience

Essential

• You'll be passionate about the BA role and will have worked on several change projects, utilising Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience as a Business Analyst in the General Insurance Claims domain 
• Able to elicit comprehensive requirements and achieve consensus from stakeholders using a variety of analysis techniques
• Solid experience creating Epics and User Stories using Confluence and Jira
• Good understanding of Use Cases, Value Streams  and Personas 
• Can apply recognised industry standard modelling techniques including data modelling and BPMN
• Great stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• An agile mindset, with a flexible and adaptable approach to delivering against business priorities
• A Level education or equivalent 

Desirable

• A Good understanding of Business Change support activities
• Experience working in a Financial Services environment, particularly Commercial General Insurance
• BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or equivalent
• Experience in Commercial General Insurance
• Experience and knowledge of Guidewire Claim Center
   

What’s in it for you:

This is an exciting time to join the Transformation Programme, we're in our 3rd year and we're writing the next chapter, which will revolutionise how we do business in the future. The expectation of the business is high, we work at pace and you'll be busy, however, this is a great opportunity to work with a highly talented team and showcase your expertise.

Here at Allianz helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us, we believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity and you to excel. You’ll combine working from our Guildford office with working from home.

Our Benefits:
Complimenting a competitive salary, we have a fantastic benefits package which includes a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from – including: retail discounts, discounted insurance cover and our newly launched ElectriX car purchase scheme. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• 25 days holiday & bank holidays 

• Annual performance related bonus

• Generous pension contributions and Life Cover up to 4 x salary

• A discount of up to 50% on a range of insurance products, including Car, Home and Pet

• Retail Discounts

• Excellent career development and training

Our Ways of Working 

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it is right for our customers, our business and for you, then we will do everything we can to make it happen.  
Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.  
 
 
Diversity & Inclusion 

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. 
We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. 
We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements. 
 

Offer an Interview Scheme - As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role.  To apply under the Offer an Interview scheme, please let us know when you apply by contacting our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. 

Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk 
resourcingGI@allianz.co.uk 
 

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