Jobbeschreibung
General Re Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations, with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries. Represented in all major reinsurance markets through a network of more than 40 offices. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and promote a culture that supports professional and personal growth.
Would you like to work in an international environment? Preferably with colleagues from different countries and disciplines? Then you will enjoy working at Gen Re. With us, you will meet colleagues with different backgrounds and perspectives.
Join our Global Life Business Technology team as a Technical Business Analyst (d/f/m) in the domain of Policy Administration in Life/Health Reinsurance based in our German office in Cologne.
The Technical Business Analyst (d/f/m) will work with cross-functional stakeholders from other Life/Health Units like Claims or Underwriting and with external clients (primary insurers and other partners) to understand their business needs and design, build, and operationalize the best-in-class solutions. In this role you will be responsible for leading business requirements, analysis and testing phases of a project. The Technical Business Analyst (d/f/m) also contributes to the overall planning, technical design and implementation of a project including process changes.
Position responsibilities include:
- Provide analysis, technical design and planning activities for business and technology initiatives:
- Determine and define project scope and objectives
- Perform and document requirements gathering and analysis
- Design high level technical solutions including frontends, databases and interfaces
- Facilitate business process changes
- Manage the product development team to create a strong end product (custom developed solution for Life/Health Reinsurance Policy Administration)
- Develop and implement test plans to ensure successful delivery
- Schedule and lead meetings to identify and correct issues
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
- Prepare solution for deployment including support staffing, documentation, maintenance procedures and training
- Partner with cross-functional users across the globe to maintain and develop high quality solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Provide end-users support including business queries and requests
- Provide technical assistance and cross training to business users and other team member
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Science or related field
- Knowledge of insurance or reinsurance environment and ideally related to policy administration
- Minimum 5 years of experience as business analyst of custom software development projects through the full life cycle
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification or equivalent is beneficial
- Strong working knowledge of agile development principles and processes
- Knowledge of SQL and relational databases is preferred
- Ability to communicate complex technical terminology, concepts and issues to a varied audience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work during flexible hours to coordinate with international users across different time zones (North America, Europe and Asia).
- An international and highly professional working environment in a central location in Cologne
- A pleasant working environment with flat hierarchies and a friendly and cooperative corporate culture
- Flexible working hours and home office within the framework of our company agreement on mobile working
- Attractive benefits, e.g. company pension scheme, Deutschland-Ticket for public transport, jobbike, underground parking, daycare facility for children, canteen and in-house sports activities