Guidewire Business Analyst

Talent Groups is seeking a Guidewire Business Analyst to support P&C Insurance IT projects. The role involves gathering business requirements, translating them into functional specifications, and ensuring successful project delivery in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and document business requirements from insurance stakeholders
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for Guidewire PolicyCenter
• Support PolicyCenter configuration for product modeling, rating, workflows, and policy lifecycle processes
• Perform gap analysis and collaborate with technical teams on solution design
• Lead UAT planning, test case validation, and defect resolution
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, JAD sessions, and cross-functional meetings
• Support integration analysis with Billing, Claims, Document Management, Rating Engines, and third-party systems
• Coordinate with business and technical teams to ensure successful project delivery in an Agile environment

Requirements:

• 6–10 years of Business Analyst experience with at least 4–5 years supporting P&C Insurance IT projects
• 2–3+ years of hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter (implementation, configuration, or upgrade projects)
• Strong understanding of the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance lifecycle, including quoting, policy issuance, endorsements, renewals, cancellations, and binding
• Experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business requirements
• Expertise in creating BRDs, FRDs, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Process Flows, Use Cases, and Traceability Matrices
• Hands-on experience supporting Guidewire PolicyCenter configurations, including Product Model, Rating, Workflows, and Policy Processing
• Ability to review and understand Gosu scripts (coding not required)
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, UAT, and defect management
• Knowledge of Guidewire Studio, Product Designer, PolicyCenter Data Model, and integration concepts (REST/SOAP APIs, messaging)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and requirements elicitation skills
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform (GWCP)
• Exposure to Guidewire BillingCenter and/or ClaimCenter
• Knowledge of ISO/ACORD standards
• Experience with Personal Lines (Auto/Home) or Commercial Lines (BOP, GL, Workers' Compensation)
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, and Azure DevOps