Guidewire Business Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled Guidewire Business Analyst- Policy Center, in Property & Casualty Insurance. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Guidewire Policy Center and a solid grasp of the insurance domain.

In this role, you will:

• Plan inception/requirements workshop schedule, prioritize requirements for sprints, demonstrate Guidewire Policy Center product demo, identify gaps and provide Guidewire Policy Center solutions.
• Conduct Requirements workshops by directly working with business SME’s in capturing requirements.
• Build user stories, use cases, functional requirements, wireframes, system flow diagrams, and other documentation for Guidewire configurations and Integrations requirements.
• Review and analyze how changes to the business process and / or business needs will impact technical requirements throughout the GW applications and other down stream integrations.
• Clarify requirements prior to delivery of user stories to the Development team.
• Be the liaison between functional leads, development teams and support teams.
• Support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) sessions during UAT phase.
• Support production releases Perform smoke testing.
• Work with the QA team to ensure test cases are current, accurate, and cover alternative paths for existing and new system functionality.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills):

• Experienced knowledge on Guidewire Suite of application especially Policy Center and coordinated applications with Policy Center.
• Knowledge on functions of the Insurance business to understand customer requirements and provide GW Solutions. Must have Insurance Domain certifications.
• Experience in core billing functions such as Invoicing, payments, disbursements, delinquencies etc.
• Knowledge on Financial Transactions, General Ledger etc. is must.
• Knowledgeable on integrations with internal and external applications; research any dependencies and work on system design plan with solution architect and developers.

What will help you stand out (preferred skills):

• Detailed knowledge and experience of agile methodologies.
• Skilled at writing detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and wireframes.
• Proven background using defect-ticketing software (such as Rally, JIRA, etc.) to document requirements, user stories, defects for development teams.
• Experience working daily in multi-functional teams.
• ACE Certification in Policy Center is desired.
• Skilled at negotiating consensus among departments that request sometimes conflicting or inconsistent software requirements.

At Cognizant, we’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways! We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you an outstanding applicant and help us see how you’d be advantageous to this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Working arrangements :

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in Client office in Toronto, Canada. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.