Business Analyst- Innovation & IT Change

Aviva Ireland looking for an accomplished Business Analyst to join our team in Cherrywood Dublin 18 for a 24-Month Fixed Term Contract. Aviva GI Ireland are currently undergoing an exciting and wide-ranging change program involving established and new technologies. Both aspects promise huge opportunity for the right candidate. We’ll need you to perform with our Actuarial Pricing Innovation & IT Change teams.  You will be working inside the Actuarial Pricing Innovation team to help define business requirements, and then help to deliver these changes, working with our internal stakeholders and our corporate partners and service providers. Your expertise will be utilised in a roughly 50/50 time split, working on IT change on multiple BAU projects and working on the aforementioned actuarial pricing sophistication project.

Your ability to translate business requirements into clear IT systems requirements is key, as is the ability to follow through on delivery and to be adaptable. this will involve defining of technical requirements/user stories with stakeholders and leading requirement workshops.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Documentation of requirements

• Working closely with IT teams to translate business requirements into IT technical deliveries.

• Supporting technical requirements for the IT Development and Test teams.

• Supporting delivery teams with planning and reporting.

• Supporting developers and testing teams by clarifying of queries.

• Internal governance - engaging with Compliance, DPO, Legal and Risk teams to ensure all regulatory requirements are considered.

Skills & Experiences:

• Experience/ interest in new innovations, especially AI and Machine Learning is a must

• Knowledge of business analysis techniques

• Working on business requirements for projects related to IT / Digital development

• Stakeholder management with Compliance, Finance, and external parties

• Delivering change within General Insurance or Financial Services is advantageous.

• Have a strong decision-making and prioritisation skillset

• Be flexible to work on multiple pieces of work at a time

• Demonstrate personal ownership of work and follow through to conclusions

What will you get for this role?

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications

• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%)

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Free car parking

• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions after six months

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme

• Cycle to Work benefit scheme

• TaxSaver Travel Scheme

• Family friendly parent’s (matching paternity and maternity leave) and carer’s leave.

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Volunteering days

• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plan

Aviva is for Everyone

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact Tawana Chin on Tawana.Chin@aviva.com.