Lead Business Analyst

  • Jersey City
  • Insurance Services Office

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

The Strategic Projects team sits in the Insurance Programs Operations (IPO) business unit of ISO. We are mainly responsible for maintaining the ratemaking systems used by our actuaries to produce advisory loss costs, and leading and contributing to highly visible, matrixed projects to both enhance and develop exciting new products and processes.

As a Lead Business Analyst on the Strategic Projects team, you will be responsible for leading ongoing operations support processes and improvement/enhancement projects on those processes, project managing cross-team initiatives, and supporting the Director in reporting and metrics.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead multiple ongoing BAU processes that are staffed by our Process Improvement team in Krakow
  • Develop, own, and maintain project plans and roadmaps for new and ongoing projects, including maintaining tasks using JIRA, meeting regularly with team members to check in on progress, leading the resolution of any bugs or issues, and managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
  • Contribute to projects as needed, when your skillset and capacity aligns with project needs
  • Build up an understanding from the technical/customer/product owner perspectives of all products supported by the Strategic Projects/Process Improvement team
  • Support the Director of Strategic Projects in reporting on project status and metrics, and other ad hoc tasks to support strategic initiatives as needed
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business information technology or related field required
  • At least 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst/Associate, Project Manager, or related position required
  • Strong communication and organization skills required
  • Demonstrated leadership experience strongly preferred
  • At least 2 years of P&C insurance/actuarial experience preferred
  • Experience using project management tools such as JIRA or similar
  • Experience using modern database and information system technologies
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Sigma, etc.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python
  • Comfortable working through unclear requirements and changing priorities
  • Willingness to go outside of comfort zone and learn new skills

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We're also one of the 38 companies on the UK's Best Workplaces list and one of 18 companies on Spain's Best Workplaces list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we've grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world's most critical areas.Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We're 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.
Everyone at Verisk-from our chief executive officer to our newest employee-is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
* Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
* Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
* Innovate by redefining what's possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions - provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions - supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions - offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions - provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions - provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions - delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Life Insurance Solutions - offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft - provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career.We have received the Great Place to Work Certification for the7th consecutive year. We've been recognized byForbesas a World's Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.Verisk's Statement on Racial Equity and Diversitysupports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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