Business Analyst – Life and Pensions

Job title:

Business Analyst – Life and Pensions

Company

Bank of Ireland

Job description

What is the opportunity?This is an opportunity for a Business Analyst to work alongside a team of testing analysts, developers, business analysts and product specialists within the Life & Pensions market. The primary role of the Business Analyst is to understand the companies objectives and determine the technology resources they need to reach their strategic goals.In this role, you will:

• Business & Technical Design, collaborate with product owners and leaders to drive product definition and help to deliver digital solutions in a Life and Pensions domain.
• Confirm that technical and non-technical requirements are accurately implemented for our suite of Life/Pension products.
• Leading workshops and requirement gathering leading to high quality business analysis and provide clear business requirement documentation.
• Proactively question pre-conceived ideas on requirements to ensure all gaps are identified and the best possible solutions are recorded and engage with Head of Domain, Head of Business Design and/or functional leaders to detail business improvements and processes.
• Excellent process mapping skills and experience in creating/documenting as-is and to-be business operating scenarios with end users.
• Create Business Requirements Documents and Functional Specifications. Documents user stories, contributes to backlog refinement, daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Liaise with Scrum Masters, POs and engineers to translate technical requirements into business solutions.
• Undertake change management activities like change readiness, communication, training and support go live.
• Provide support to UAT team by defining and carrying out tests to validate new processes.
• Ensure Business readiness for deployment of the change – i.e. Training support, user config, migration support, incident management.

What will make you stand out?Candidates should be highly professional, self-motivated with good communication and problem-solving skills and should have the ability to determine cause and devise solutions independently. You will have experience working with Agile/Hybrid/Waterfall project delivery models, particularly within the financial services/Insurance & Life & Pensions industry!Significant experience and knowledge of supporting transformational change and a solid understanding of all aspects of systems implementation and software development processes.A consistent track record of strong presentation skills, ability to playback requirements to the business and lead demonstrations on recently delivered software enabling successful collaboration with key stakeholders; ability to translate client requirements into tangible requirements/ deliverables.

• Experience working with technical and business teams to translate internal and external business needs to drive functional and technical requirements.
• Practical Knowledge of data management and data integration (statistical methodologies)
• Capacity to conduct data quality control linkage and validation.
• User story mapping, customer journeys, Personas and voice of customer

Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not vital in order to apply for this role;

• Business Analyst Qualification
• Life & Pensions Knowledge
• IT Qualification

Essential QualificationsDegree qualified in one of the following or related area: Business, Finance, Data Analysis, IT or information Management.More about the teamThe Wealth and Insurance division of Bank of Ireland is a market leading life, pension and general insurance provider in the Irish market. New Ireland Assurance Company was established over 100 years ago and provides a range of protection, investment and pension products offering customers access to a wide range of investment markets and fund managers across its fund platform. New Ireland distributes across three core channels.This is a hybrid role and can be done anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with the primary office location as Dublin. Travel will be required for in-person collaboration -exact frequency to be agreed with manager#li-hybrid #ij-hybridWhy work with us?The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.Key Competencies

• Customer Focused – Self
• Agile – Self
• Accountable – Self
• Manage Risk – Self
• Amplify Capability – Self

We`re on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.Apply nowOur application form takes just minutes to complete. If you have any questions or require assistance with our application process, you can and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.First Name (required) bf146a7aLast Name (required) 66961604Email (required) 316c551bf2e021f7 Email me about jobs like thisApply Please wait… DoneWe keep information you have provided us with in order to send you career information you are likely to be interested in. By submitting your email address you show that you agree to this.Thank youNew Ireland Assurance Company plc is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. A member of Bank of Ireland Group. The Company may hold units in funds mentioned on its own account.Comhlucht na hÉireann um Árachas cpt [New Ireland Assurance Company plc] Registered in Ireland No. 7336. Registered Office: 87-89 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 X738Copyright © New Ireland 2025×Before you go!Sign up to get the latest updates on career opportunities in Bank of Ireland.Need Support?
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Location

Dublin

Job date

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:14:10 GMT

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