Senior Business Systems Analyst

What you will be doing: 

• Lead collaboration with business stakeholders, product owners, and subject matter experts to elicit, analyze, and validate complex functional and non-functional requirements through interviews, workshops, and data analysis.
• Independently translate business needs into clear, actionable deliverables such as user stories, process flows, functional specifications, and well-defined acceptance criteria that align with business objectives and technical design.
• Serve as a senior liaison between business and technical teams, ensuring shared understanding, alignment, and successful solution delivery across multiple initiatives.
• Partner with development teams, architects, and SMEs to influence solution design and implementation approaches that align with strategic business goals and enterprise architecture standards.
• Evaluate end-to-end business processes, systems, and data to identify inefficiencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities for optimization or automation.
• Conduct comprehensive impact, dependency, and risk assessments; provide detailed analysis and recommendations to support solution trade-offs and decision-making.
• Provide leadership throughout the Agile development lifecycle, actively participating in ceremonies and sprints while offering ongoing clarification and guidance to ensure delivery aligns with business intent.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate risks or issues that may impact project timelines, releases, or business outcomes.
• Partner with Product Owners throughout UAT to support requirements traceability, clarify business intent, and assist with defect analysis and resolution.
• Collaborate with developers and support teams to analyze and resolve complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend long-term corrective actions.
• Mentor and support Business Systems Analysts by sharing best practices, reviewing deliverables, and contributing to continuous improvement of analysis standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you already have:

Education, Experience, and Licensing:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, MIS or related field, or High School diploma and equivalent relevant work experience required.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst or similar role required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Property & Casualty insurance required.

Qualifications/Skills and Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodologies.
• Strong understanding of product development architecture and system integrations.
• Proficiency in analytical and problem-solving techniques.
• Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead discussions, influence decisions, and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize independently.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including executive-level communication.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple complex initiatives.
• Proficient in MSO/365 applications such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Desire to live Slide's Core Values.