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Technical Business Analyst

Berkley Offshore is a member company of Berkley, who is comprised of individual operating units that serve a market defined by geography, products, services or types of customers.

 
Berkley Offshore is an insurance provider specializing in Energy Upstream, Energy Liability and Marine Insurance. Our teams are comprised of highly experienced, specialized and respected market leaders who work closely with our clients and their representatives to ensure that we provide the highest quality and most appropriate product. Our strategy is to develop long term relationships with efficiency and professionalism. Berkley Offshore offices are located in London, England; New York City, New York, Houston, Texas; and Westbrook, Maine.

Responsibilities

The Technical Business Analyst provides analytical and decision support services to management in order to manage, oversee and govern the business. The person in this role is responsible for data governance, data lineage and data validations driving a mantra of “one version of the truth”. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Conducts detailed data/business analysis on business processes and requirements, identifies requirements for specific use cases, and produces high-quality documentation that is clear, concise, and accessible to business and technical audiences.
  • Uses data modelling practices to analyze findings and create suggestions for strategic and operational improvements and changes.
  • Uses knowledge and understanding of how Risks are placed/processed in the London Market to assist with documenting data requirements and mapping to support business reporting and insights.
  • Learns about the business to assist and improve upon the reporting and data collection tools already in place.
  • Supports the needs of Underwriting, Claims, Actuarial, Operations and Finance in the analysis of various strategic decisions. 
  • Develops tools and dashboards to deliver data for all teams across the company.
  • Creates regular and ad-hoc analyses of large datasets to produce a deeper understanding of the insurance portfolios to management
  • Produces various monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
  • Communicates between internal departments and external parties, acting as a 'translator' where necessary to convey requirements and support the organization’s needs.
  • Supports the maintenance and development of the reporting estate, automating processes and delivering high-quality reports using the most appropriate BI tools.
  • Stays up to date with the latest analytics and data tools and techniques, and identifies how they can be utilized throughout the company.
  • Stays up to date with the latest developments in the electronic/ digital placement of risks.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline or equivalent experience.
  • Requires individual who is team oriented, analytical with excellent problem-solving skills, has excellent communication and customer service skills, and prefers working in a cooperative and collaborative environment.
  • Requires ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Experience of coding in SQL to build reports from the Data Warehouse through writing complex queries using a wide variety of data (3 years + experience).
  • Experience of working with Data Warehouses (Star schema).
  • Experience / knowledge of data visualization and dashboard tools e.g. Microsoft Power BI/ SSRS would be beneficial.
  • Knowledge of business operations, objectives and strategies as well as business process and information flow.
  • Knowledge of London Market Insurance lifecycle and business processes in a Technical Business Analyst capacity is a plus.
  • Knowledge of PPL/ Whitespace/Xchanging/ ECF would be useful.
  • Strong skill set with Microsoft Office suite – in particular Excel, Word. Skill in Visio also useful.
  • Motivated and keen to grow with the business and to learn.
  • Knowledge of other coding languages (Python/ R) would be useful.
  • Knowledge of Solvency II/ Sox reporting would be useful.
  • Working knowledge of actuarial and insurance accounting concepts and analysis techniques a plus.
  • Property/Casualty Insurance experience a plus.
  • Must be fully vaccinated and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19. *, unless prohibited by law.

Additional Company Details

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Additional Requirements

*Per the CDC, fully vaccinated means at least 2 weeks after (1) a second dose in a 2-dose series, or (2) a single-dose vaccine, and this status and definition applies to COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.