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Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst - REMOTE

  • Location: Addison, 75001
  • Salary: $50.00 - $80.00 / hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 10 months ago

This nationwide insurance industry leader has an immediate 6+ month contract opportunity (with strong chance for extension) for a Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst for a Property & Casualty modernization project.  

This position requires the following Guidewire experience:
  • 5+ years’ experience with both OOTB Guidewire functionality and client customizations for Guidewire PolicyCenter for Property and Casualty Insurance companies.
  • 5+ years’ experience working with business associates to translate P&C business process maps/workflows into low level Guidewire requirements documentation.
  • 2+ years’ experience in requirements elicitation for PolicyCenter for both Configuration and Integration requirements for 3rd party vendors or Document mapping experience.
  • Experience with mapping for systems conversions, converting legacy data into formats consumable by GW PolicyCenter.
  • Experience eliciting and documenting requirements for customized  Business Rules, Activities, Underwriting Issues, Rate Books, Roles and Permissions, and other Administration data within the Guidewire application(s).
  • Experience working with both the business and IT stakeholders to groom user stories / defects in the product backlog.
  • Experience consolidating and streamlining complex requirements for ease of use by the project team(s).
  • Experience integrating user experience needs into existing requirements to improve ease of use.

General BA proficiencies:

•    Advanced skills in requirements elicitation for business processes and system functionality.
•    Advanced requirements elicitation and design for strategic business and system projects and/or enhancements.
•    Advanced skill in general analysis as well as gap analysis
•    Advanced skill in generating multiple types of business and/or system process documentation
•    Advanced skills in identifying and designing business and/or system improvements
•    Advanced ability in facilitating communications between business and technical resources
•    Ability to coordinate/manage small sized projects/tasks
•    Advanced knowledge of software development life cycle principles
•    Works with others, provides feedback and guidance to less experienced staff
•    5+ years business analyst experience
•    BA professional certification preferred (CBAP, CCBA, PBA)
•    Team focused.
•    Strong analytical and technical skills.
•    Effective written and verbal communications in a professional manner to management, business 

Responsibilities:

•    Carry out procedures to ensure that all information technology solutions and services meet company standards and user requirements.
•    Liaison between the business user groups and the technical systems groups.
•    Assist with the creation of the business case.
•    Plan and monitor project deliverables.
•    Perform gap analysis.
•    Elicit functional and non-functional requirements.
•    Requirements analysis and design.
•    Translate, simplify and organize requirements.
•    Requirements management and communication.
•    Design, document, and maintain business and/or system processes.
•    Identify and design business/system improvement opportunities.
•    Issue analysis.
•    Work cross-functionally to assist with problem solving and project plan activities.
•    Respond to inquiries, requests in a timely fashion.

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Candidates will be responsible for following the client's COVID-19 protocols. Please refer to your MATRIX representative for specifics.

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At MATRIX, we expertly match talented professionals with job opportunities to elevate careers. Since 1983, we have placed thousands of professionals at innovative clients across every industry ranging from small startups to Fortune 50 companies. It’s why we’re a top 15 U.S. IT staffing firm and why our consultants rate us well above the industry average. People come to us for a job, and stay with us because of our top-notch consultant care.

For hourly W2 contract roles, MATRIX offers a highly competitive benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, HSA, and 401(k) with pre and post-tax options. Please see https://www.matrixres.com/consultants-overview/benefits-and-payroll for more information. For direct hire placement with our clients, benefits will be offered in accordance with that particular client’s offerings. This may include PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other pre and post-tax options.

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.