Job Description

Business Analyst

Req ID: 52023

Location: Helsinki, GB

Sapiens is hiring a Business Analyst with Life & Pensions knowledge to join our expanding global team of software development professionals.

Working Model: Remote, within Finland

(Please be aware that we are not offering relocation support or Visa sponsorship for this vacancy)

Your key responsibilities will be …

• Writing of Requirements, Design, Interface and Output Documents and ensuring they are delivered on time
• Review and Signoff all Requirement and Design Documents in tandem with Sapiens’ clients
• Attend, minute and occasionally lead requirement and design workshops internally and externally
• Engage with Lead BA, Delivery Manager and Project Director/PM on all project Actions, Assumptions, Risks, Issues, Decisions, Constraints
• Write and refine Agile stories and participate fully as a Scrum team member.
• Agree design of refined stories with Developers and Testers, including Acceptance Criteria and Estimates
• Support Development throughout the build phase
• Review the Test Scripts and support testing throughout test phase
• Assist client to build “as is” and “to be” processes including demonstrating the system both face to face and over screen share.
• Assist SBA and Lead BA to provide clients with functional analysis and design advice guidance and consultancy in Sapiens solution throughout the project
• Manage and participate in Peer Review activities, interacting with other Business Analysts, to ensure quality and completeness of requirement and design work
• Configure/Support the configuration of the parameters that determine the functionality specified in the design documentation
• Support the planning of the Requirement Specifications and Design phase, including sizing and phasing to allow the delivery of complete quality solution to cost and schedule
• Working to Sapiens processes & Sapiens best practices.

Mandatory Skills & Requirements are …

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a business analyst
• Will be able to demonstrate a real depth of knowledge of life and pensions
• Will have demonstrated experience of implementing significant functional change
• Experience in full project lifecycle having been involved in system implementation or enhancement projects
• Knowledge of life and pensions administration systems
• Must be willing to travel to client sites (occasional international travel may be required), work from home and work from the Cardiff office
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology
• MS Office / Office 365
• Comfortable with remote working, VC and screen share tools (e.g. Teams / Skype / WebEx or similar)

Preferred Skills & Requirements are …

• JIRA
• Sharepoint
• Basic SQL
• Business Process Modelling
• Knowledge of data migration
• Enterprise Architect
• APIs/ Web services integration

Preferred Educational Requirements are …

Candidates with one or more of the following qualifications are preferred:

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (International Institute of Business Analysis) or country equivalent
• ISEB BCS/ACII / FPC / AFPC or country equivalent