What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Analyst, Product Implementation position at Ascot Group?
Job Description
This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.
Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.
The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.
Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.
Responsibilities
Company Benefits
The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)
This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.
Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.
The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.
Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements related to product implementation.
- Responsible for User Acceptance Testing and test case preparation.
- Collaborate with Underwriting, Product Counsel, Actuarial, and Filings to enable implementation of new products and product enhancements.
- Monitor and manage product launch progress, addressing any issues and communicating status with stakeholders.
- Support governance by ensuring product implementations comply with regulatory requirements.
- Organize and synthesize information provided by stakeholders to enable the IT team to implement a solution that meets expectations.
- Mentor team members to drive awareness of new approaches and improve execution of known techniques.
- Structure and drive working and informational sessions that promote collaboration, achieve synergy, and desired outcomes.
- Identify and challenge teams for continuous improvement ideas and support the agile team during sprinting, testing, and production implementation.
- Commitment to The Ascot Way: As a member of the operations team, the Senior Business Analyst, Product Implementation will embody The Ascot Way in their daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability
- 10 plus years of commercial insurance experience, including prior experience in product implementation as a business analyst or related role.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Prior experience in Financial Lines products preferred.
- Experience navigating regulatory service organizations or state filings.
- Excellent understanding of underwriting processes and a strong general knowledge of P&C insurance.
- Experience working in an Agile environment preferred.
- Proven organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present confidently in a group setting.
- Experienced facilitator with strong presentation skills.
- Proven analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization (e.g. entry level end-user through to Senior Management) and demonstrate strong leadership skills.
- Strategic thinking skills. Ability to provide options and assess solutions, looking at the business holistically.
Company Benefits
The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)
