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US_West | Business Analyst_L4
Datum Software, Inc
🇮🇱 Israel
On-site
Mid level
5 days ago
- Integration Testing
- Agile
- Scrum
- triage
- Jira
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- CPCU
5 days ago
Location: Schaumburg
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst with strong expertise in Commercial Lines Insurance and Guidewire Rating.
The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, underwriting teams, product owners, and development teams to analyze business requirements, design solutions, and support the implementation of Guidewire PolicyCenter and Rating functionalities.
The candidate should possess a strong understanding of P&C insurance processes, Commercial Lines products, policy lifecycle, rating engines, and Guidewire implementation methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements for Commercial Lines insurance products.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, underwriters, product managers, and technical teams to define functional requirements.
- Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Support Guidewire PolicyCenter implementations, configurations, and enhancements.
- Analyze rating requirements, premium calculation logic, rate books, and rating workflows.
- Work with Rating Architects and Developers to design and validate rating solutions.
- Support product modeling activities, including:
- Coverage configuration
- Modifiers
- Jurisdictions
- Forms
- Rating structures
- Participate in requirements workshops, gap analysis, impact assessments, and solution design sessions.
- Review policy lifecycle processes, including:
- Submission
- Quote
- Bind
- Issue
- Renewal
- Endorsement
- Cancellation
- Create process flows, Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), and use cases.
- Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and production validation activities.
- Work in Agile/Scrum delivery environments and participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and demo sessions.
- Coordinate with QA teams to ensure test scenarios adequately cover business and rating requirements.
- Provide production support and defect analysis related to PolicyCenter and Rating configurations.
Guidewire Skills
- Strong experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.
- Experience with Guidewire implementation, upgrade, or support projects.
- Strong understanding of:
- Product Model
- Policy Lifecycle
- Underwriting Rules
- Rating Framework
- Forms and Documents
- Knowledge of Guidewire integration concepts.
- Strong domain knowledge of Commercial P&C Insurance.
- Experience working with one or more Commercial Lines products, including:
- Commercial Auto
- General Liability
- Commercial Property
- Workers' Compensation
- Business Owners Policy (BOP)
- Umbrella Liability
- Strong understanding of insurance rating concepts, including:
- Premium calculations
- Rate books
- Rating variables
- Coverages and modifiers
- Discounts and surcharges
- Territory-based rating
- Experience validating rating algorithms and premium calculations.
- Knowledge of Guidewire Rating Management or external rating engines is preferred.
- Requirements elicitation and stakeholder management.
- User story creation and backlog management.
- Process mapping and workflow analysis.
- BRD, FSD, and use case documentation.
- Defect triage and root cause analysis.
- Guidewire PolicyCenter Certification.
- Experience with Guidewire Cloud implementations.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Knowledge of APIs, integrations, and web services.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
Nice to Have
- Guidewire Rating Management experience.
- Experience with Commercial Lines product rollout projects.
- Exposure to Guidewire BillingCenter and ClaimCenter.
- Insurance industry certifications such as CPCU, AINS, or equivalent.
“All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.”
US_West | Business Analyst_L4 · Datum Software, Inc