Data Business Analyst, Insurance Finance

Data Business Analyst (Insurance Finance) Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance, Actuarial, and business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document data and reporting requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications, data mappings, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse and validate data flows across insurance, finance, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Support data migration, reconciliation, data quality, testing, UAT, and regulatory reporting initiatives.
• Collaborate with technology teams and business users to ensure successful delivery and process improvements.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data BA, or Finance BA within insurance or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of insurance finance processes, including reporting, reconciliation, IFRS, accounting, premiums, claims, commissions, and policy data.
• Hands-on experience in data analysis, data mapping, data validation, source-to-target mapping, and issue investigation.
• Experience working with insurance platforms, finance systems, data warehouses, and enterprise data initiatives.
• Proven experience in Agile environments, including JIRA, user story creation, backlog refinement, UAT support, and Scrum ceremonies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, working with Finance, Actuarial, Compliance, Business, and Technology teams.

Preferred Skills

• SQL and data analysis capabilities.
• Experience in finance transformation, IFRS 17, data migration, or system modernisation projects.
• Exposure to regional insurance environments and enterprise data platforms.
• Agile, Scrum, CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or related certifications are advantageous.