Business Analyst I, Underwriting

**This is an on-site position located in Roslyn, NY**

General Summary: This onsite Business Analyst role is responsible for managing day-to-day Business Analyst activities within the Underwriting department of a medical malpractice insurance company, while also supporting the implementation of a new system. The position serves as a key liaison between Underwriting, IT, and external vendors, translating business needs into system requirements, supporting testing and training efforts, and ensuring underwriting operations remain efficient throughout the implementation process.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Act as liaison between Underwriting, IT and development vendors for requirements and testing
• Attend daily stand-up calls and other meetings as required
• Support user testing initiatives working with Underwriting business leads
• Collaborate with other business units to ensure consistency throughout the system implementation project
• Prepare testing acceptance criteria throughout the project
• Open Jira tickets and track bugs, defects and backlog items as necessary
• Evaluate business requirements to identify potential process improvement activities for Underwriting
• Provide support to Underwriting for the new system
• Assist Origami Underwriting project lead with coordinating training and testing with Underwriting Subject Matter Experts (SME) as Origami project implementation sprints dictate
• Provide system demos to Underwriting other business units
• Configure areas of the system as necessary
• Other duties as assigned

Education & Qualifications:

• BA or BS in business or technical field
• 3 years of P&C business experience required
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite required
• Jira/Confluence experience required
• Agile project experience (Sprints, User Stories) required
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to clearly interpret and relay information in a professional manner
• Express ideas clearly and provide an easy understanding of complex issues
• Strong project planning and management skills required
• Strong ability to gather, organize, analyze and present data
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks while meeting deadlines
• Understanding of underwriting, information technology, insurance software and reporting systems.
• Proven record of complex problem solving and decision making

The actual compensation for this position will be determined by experience and other factors permitted by law.