Senior Business Analyst – Insurance

About the Role:We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst with deep expertise in the insurance domain and hands-on experience delivering vendor pricing integration projects. The successful candidate will act as a bridge between business, vendor, and technical teams, driving the design and delivery of integration solutions that optimize pricing and underwriting capabilities across the organization.This role requires strategic thinking, strong analytical skills, and proven experience working in complex integration environments within insurance platforms.Key Responsibilities:Lead the end-to-end business analysis function for vendor pricing integration initiatives across policy and underwriting systems.Engage with product owners, actuaries, pricing analysts, and vendor partners to define integration scope, business logic, and technical requirements.Develop detailed business and functional requirements, user stories, and interface specifications for pricing/rating integration.Drive data mapping and transformation design between internal systems and vendor pricing engines.Define and validate pricing workflows, data inputs/outputs, and rating algorithms.Collaborate closely with Solution Architects and Integration Engineers to ensure seamless API integration and data exchange.Coordinate and facilitate requirements workshops, walkthroughs, and UAT sessions with cross-functional stakeholders.Lead impact analysis and ensure alignment with compliance, regulatory, and data protection standards.Prepare high-quality documentation – including BRDs, FRDs, process maps, data dictionaries, and traceability matrices.Provide mentorship and guidance to junior BAs on the project team.Required Skills & Experience:8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in the insurance industry (general, life, or health).Demonstrated experience leading vendor pricing or rating engine integration projects (e.g., Duck Creek, Earnix, Guidewire, Sapiens, or similar).Deep understanding of insurance pricing, rating, underwriting, and policy administration processes.Strong experience working with API integrations, data mapping, and third-party data flows.Proven ability to work in Agile delivery environments, defining epics, features, and user stories in tools like Jira and Confluence.Experience working with cross-functional teams including actuaries, solution architects, developers, and testers.Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and documentation skills.Strong knowledge of data validation, transformation, and reconciliation processes (SQL or similar tools desirable).