We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst (BA) to support a major front‑office delivery programme. This multi‑workstream initiative will deliver a combination of new tools, systems, and business processes tailored for Specialty Brokers operating across London and Bermuda.
The BA will play a critical role in understanding broker workflows, capturing operational and technical requirements, shaping solutions, and supporting the deployment of both tactical and strategic capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements & Analysis
Work closely with the Programme Lead, Project Manager, and front‑office Specialty Brokers to elicit, analyse, and document business and system requirements.
Facilitate workshops, interviews, and structured walkthroughs to understand current pain points, process gaps, and future-state needs.
Translate business requirements into clear, concise documentation for technology teams and external vendors.
Process & Documentation
Create detailed process maps, user journeys, and operating transitions to support solution design and decision-making.
Contribute to business cases, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other programme artefacts as required.
Maintain documentation throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, version control, and alignment with programme standards.
Solution Delivery Support
Support the assessment of tactical and strategic solution options, contributing analytical insight and structured evaluation.
Assist with vendor engagement, system configuration oversight, and validation of functional designs.
Collaborate with testing resources to define UAT scenarios, support execution, and triage defects.
Stakeholder Engagement
Act as a liaison between brokers, analytics, operations, and technology partners.
Communicate progress, risks, and issues to programme leadership and stakeholders in a clear, timely manner.
Build strong relationships with operational and front‑office colleagues to ensure solutions are practical, efficient, and well‑adopted.
Implementation & Change Support
Assist in preparing training materials, operational guides, and reference documentation.
Support change management activities, including communications, readiness assessments, and post‑deployment feedback loops.
Provide hands-on support during solution rollout and early life support phases.
Skills & Experience
Essential
Proven experience as a Business Analyst within insurance or reinsurance broking, ideally in Specialty or London Market environments.
Strong understanding of broker front‑office processes such as placement, quoting, endorsements, and document production.
Demonstrable experience producing process maps, requirements documentation, and user stories.
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with front‑office teams.
Strong analytical skills with a structured, methodical approach to problem-solving.
Desirable
Experience in start‑up or build‑out environments within insurance or financial services.
Knowledge of Broking, Slip/Quote systems, CRM platforms, or document management tools.
Personal Attributes
Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Confident communicator able to simplify complex issues and present information clearly.
Detail‑oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Adaptable and solutions-focused with the ability to work across multiple workstreams.
About Willis Re
We combine specialist broking with analytics, modeling and research to help insurers optimize risk transfer, strengthen balance sheets and achieve sustainable growth. Our approach is relationship-driven, transparent and outcome-focused.
At the heart of Willis Re is a focus on delivering the most cutting-edge analytical solutions to enable more informed, better decision-making for risk selection, portfolio optimization, and capital management.
The launch of Willis Re brings a strategic advantage of being unhindered by legacy, an ability to leverage data, statistical models and advanced technologies with the best knowledge and expertise to deliver more efficient and effective reinsurance outcomes. This places Willis Re in a unique position to build a truly analytically driven business, focused on creating solutions for the reinsurance industry that are future led and forward thinking.
Willis Re will also leverage recognized technical expertise from WTW’s Insurance Consulting & Technology business including their advanced modeling and analytical capabilities. Alongside this will be WTW’s Research Network, an award-winning business supporting and influencing science to improve the understanding and quantification of risk.
Willis Re is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at [email protected]