[Remote] Business Analyst (Commercial Specialty Underwriting)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NTT DATA is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services, seeking a Business Analyst (Commercial Specialty Underwriting) to join their team. The role involves partnering with underwriting teams to develop business requirements documents and ensure alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Commercial Underwriters and underwriting leadership to understand current-state and future-state underwriting processes across:
- Habitational General Liability (GL)
- Management Liability
- Excess (XS) Casualty
- Lead requirements elicitation activities including interviews, workshops, and working sessions with underwriting stakeholders
- Develop clear, comprehensive, and high-quality Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), covering:
- Business objectives, scope, and assumptions
- Functional and non-functional requirements
- Data requirements, business rules, and underwriting decision logic
- Regulatory and compliance considerations
- Translate underwriting workflows and risk assessment needs into structured, unambiguous requirements for technology, product, and delivery teams
- Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from business need through design, development, testing, and UAT
- Act as the primary liaison between underwriting teams and IT/delivery teams to ensure alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Support solution design reviews and validate that proposed solutions meet documented underwriting requirements
- Participate in UAT planning and execution, validating solutions against underwriting expectations
- Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for workflow optimization and automation within underwriting operations
- Manage requirement changes, assess downstream impacts, and communicate updates clearly to all stakeholders
Skills
- Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within insurance or financial services
- Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting Commercial Underwriting teams
- Proven experience authoring detailed Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for complex underwriting or system transformation initiatives
- Strong understanding of Commercial Lines underwriting, including: Risk assessment and appetite, Rating and pricing concepts, Underwriting rules and decision frameworks
- Experience working on underwriting system implementations or modernization programs
- Strong ability to translate underwriting language into structured technical and functional requirements
- Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder facilitation skills
- Ability to work independently and directly with underwriting stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience working with underwriting platforms or Client solutions such as Federato, Duck Creek, or similar systems
- Experience working in Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments
- Business Analysis certifications such as CBAP, CCBA, or equivalent
- Exposure to underwriting transformation, workflow automation, or digital modernization initiatives
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending or health savings account
- Life, and AD&D insurance
- Short-and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- Participation in a 401k program with company match
- Additional voluntary or legally required benefits
Company Overview
- NTT Data specializes in SAP services for enterprises and offers IT consultation, application and cloud management, and SAP implementation. It was founded in 1967, and is headquartered in Plano, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://nttdata-solutions.com/cz/.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- NTT DATA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 106 in 2025, 182 in 2024, 257 in 2023, 871 in 2022, 809 in 2021, 1266 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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