Business Intelligence / Business Analyst

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Our client in the financial services sector is seeking a seasoned Business Intelligence Business Analyst (BIBA) to join their growing Insurance team. This role plays a crucial part in enabling data-driven decision-making across the insurance value chain.

The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to gather and translate business needs, build dashboards, define KPIs, and ensure regulatory alignment. This is a strategic, domain-focused BI role — not a generic reporting position — and will directly influence how the business delivers customer-centric insurance solutions.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

Minimum 5 years’ proven experience in information systems, business intelligence, and data warehousing.
Minimum 5 years’ experience drafting Business Requirement Specifications/Documents and translating requirements between business and technical stakeholders.
Proven experience with Business Analysis techniques: conceptual models, ERDs, test cases, data flows, UML models, data dictionaries, business process flows, etc.
Strong data analysis capability with a focus on determining impacts and identifying next steps.
Understanding of data exposure risks from relevant legislation.

Knowledge of regulatory and legislative data risk exposure specific to the financial/insurance sector.

Education & Certification:

Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems.

Business Analysis certification is essential.

Domain & Culture Fit:

Working knowledge of insurance products, long-term insurance data models, and related compliance/reporting standards.
Ability to navigate and influence in a fast-paced, regulated, and customer-focused business environment.

Preference for candidates with a mix of consulting and corporate experience to ensure strong governance and delivery across teams.

Preferred Experience:

Designing and delivering data solutions tailored for insurance or financial environments.
Experience with data pipelines, ETL processes, and reporting structures.
Building governed data environments to support strategic insights.
Working within Agile project delivery frameworks.

Delivery of insights via Power BI, SSRS, or custom dashboards.

Technical Skills:

SQL
Power BI
SSIS / SSRS
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Data Analysis & Modelling
Data Migration
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
Agile Methodologies
Microsoft Office Suite

Data Quality & Governance Awareness

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