The Senior Business Analyst will play a key role in analyzing and supporting the company's products and business initiatives. This role focuses on market analysis, pricing proposals, competitor monitoring, and translating business needs into actionable insights that align with organizational objectives. The position involves analyzing internal and external data, identifying trends, and reporting findings to senior management to support informed decision-making.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct market research, feasibility studies, and competitor analysis to support product and business initiatives.
- Analyze internal and external data to identify market trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Support pricing proposals aligned with demographics, market behavior, and business objectives.
- Identify operational, financial, and technological risks and recommend mitigation actions.
- Assess business processes and system inefficiencies and propose improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to increase customer adoption and satisfaction.
- Coordinate requirements gathering and support the development of user stories for development teams.
- Contribute to project-level analysis, including business and system requirements, scope matrices, use cases, sequence diagrams, and UAT plans.
- Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to ensure accurate implementation and testing of requirements.
- Develop and execute test plans and support UAT activities.
- Act as a liaison between Business, Operations, and IT to support system enhancements and implementations.
- Prepare competitive intelligence reports highlighting market activity and competitor initiatives.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Insurance, Business, Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
- 6–8 years of experience in insurance, banking, telecom, management consulting, or technical consulting.
- Exposure to Agile software development environments is required.
- Language Requirement: Arabic is a must.
- Experience within insurance or fintech environments is a strong advantage.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to translate complex business needs into clear technical and functional requirements.
- Strong understanding of business processes and data-driven decision-making.
- Knowledge of insurance products, underwriting, claims, and regulatory frameworks is a plus.
Core Competencies:
- Operational Excellence
- Effective Communication
- Customer Focus
- Results Orientation
- Continuous Improvement
- Collaboration & Connectivity
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Job Type: On-site, Full-time
