Business Analyst (2 years Contract)

• Support existing AIAS employee benefits administration systems, including production support, BAU enhancements and project implementations.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business requirements, operational challenges, enhancement requests, and production issues.
• Drive business requirement scoping and analysis sessions, ensuring user requirements are clearly defined, adequately challenged, documented, and delivered within agreed timelines.
• Perform impact analysis across systems, processes, and integrations, and recommend practical, scalable, and sustainable solution options aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Analyze and review functional specification documents prepared by the technical team to ensure technical solution accurately meets and fully addresses all user requirements.
• Own and manage functional deliverables, including user requirements/user stories, process flows, test scenarios, and test plans.
• Conduct functional validation and QA testing before release to business users for UAT and support pre-production and post-production deployment verification.
• Facilitate requirement sign-offs, UAT sign-offs, and other project deliverables with business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, improvement opportunities and areas for process optimization. Risks to escalate to manager for implementing controls to effectively manage the risk.
• Understand and adhere to the company's SDLC, quality procedures, security standards, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to digital transformation, automation, and innovation initiatives, including exploring opportunities to leverage AI and Generative AI capabilities where applicable.

• Diploma or Degree in Business, Information Technology, or related disciplines
• Professional qualification in Group Insurance, i.e. Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII), Life Office Management Association (LOMA), will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst within Technology application development, or system support environments.
• Strong domain knowledge in insurance preferably Group Insurance.
• Experience supporting business applications, production incidents, enhancement initiatives and project delivery throughout the SDLC.
• Requires in-depth experience in Group Insurance, best practice and skills in own discipline.
• Strong communication/interpersonal, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently and proactively in managing multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt effectively to changing requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess business needs and evaluate practical solution options.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality with positive attitude and willingness to go the extra mile when required.
• Articulate and proficient in written and spoken English.
• Hands-on experience technology skills, such as MS SQL, Jira, Confluence, MS Office, file transfer with encryption, and understanding IT security and data protection requirements.
• Exposure to AI, Generative AI initiatives, process automation, or digital innovation programmes will be an added advantage.
  
  
  

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