Markel

The Business Analyst has the responsibility for investigating business opportunities and identifying well-formed outcomes for improving business systems and processes. This is achieved through identifying and evaluating options, defining requirements and ensuring the effective use of information systems in meeting the needs of the business.

The opportunity:

The Change Delivery team is a global function that works with the Board and executive management to provide a full research and delivery function to advise and deliver central initiatives.

The demand for the team’s services has grown and continues to grow and as part of a small team, the successful candidate will be responsible for business analysis of pivotal initiatives and implementation of business solutions within agreed timescales and budget. The portfolio comprises MINT strategic initiatives, ranging from setting up new functions / teams, to acquisitions / due diligence and operational improvement programmes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Business analysis of core initiatives and guiding business partners towards accepting change.
• Recommending and supporting the delivery of business and technical solutions aligned with the project goals and business outcomes .
• Shaping the delivery of new products and services you will own professional development in understanding the market within which MINT operates, along with the commercial and competitive pressures, and potential opportunities available.
• Collaborate with the business and IT partners to define requirements and specifications to support business process, system and report changes (functional and non-functional).
• Work with the business units to define business cases and requirements for new business and system solutions.
• Support delivery of business and technical solutions by coordinating deliverables and actions.
• Identify project / business risks and issues and propose mitigating actions.
• Provide input to the definition and production of test and training plans.
• Ensure MINT / IDF project standards are adhered to.

Our must-haves:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, enabling business partnership.
• Strong requirements gathering skills e.g. workshops, interviewing or questionnaire.
• Commercial experience of utilising a variety of Business Analysis structured methods (preferred but not essential).
• Proven capability in Lean/six sigma (preferred but not essential).
• Experience in new product development from idea to launch, would be preferable but not essential.
• Experience within Insurance, in particular the London Market, would be preferable but not essential.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us on +44 (0) 2079536504 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.