At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead requirements gathering and analysis for Guidewire PolicyCenter initiatives.
- Company: Join Akkodis, a forward-thinking tech company in Toronto.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace where every voice matters.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the insurance tech space with innovative projects.
- Qualifications: 8 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, especially with Guidewire.
The predicted salary is between 81000 - 99000 $ per year.
Akkodis is seeking the services of an experienced Guidewire Business Systems Analyst.
What You Will Do
- Lead requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation for Guidewire PolicyCenter initiatives.
- Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, interviews, and walkthroughs with business and technology stakeholders.
- Translate business needs into clear user stories, business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, data mapping documents, and acceptance criteria/use cases.
- Support PolicyCenter enhancements, integrations, cloud migration readiness, remediation activities, and production support initiatives.
- Analyze current-state and future-state processes, identify gaps, assess impacts, and recommend practical solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Work closely with product owners, development teams, QA, architecture, and business SMEs to ensure requirements are understood and delivered as intended.
- Support Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, demos, retrospectives, and release planning activities.
- Assist QA teams with test scenario review, test case validation, UAT coordination, defect triage, and business sign‑off activities.
- Track risks, issues, dependencies, and requirement changes, ensuring timely escalation and clear communication with stakeholders.
- Prepare clear documentation, status updates, presentations, and leadership‑ready summaries as required.
Who You Are
- 8 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, with a focus on Guidewire‑related work for at least 5 years.
- Hands‑on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter implementations, enhancements, integrations, or production support.
- Strong understanding of property and casualty insurance processes, including policy lifecycle, underwriting, rating, endorsements, renewals, cancellations, and related downstream impacts.
- Experience creating business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, process maps, data mapping documents, and traceability documentation.
- Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments using tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Ability to work with cross‑functional teams including business stakeholders, developers, QA, architects, vendors, and support teams.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience supporting testing activities, UAT, defect management, and production validation.
- Guidewire certification in PolicyCenter or Insurance Suite Analyst preferred.
- Experience with Guidewire Cloud implementations, cloud migration readiness, archive/purging, or remediation initiatives preferred.
- Knowledge of integrations, APIs, data mapping, payment platforms, document generation, or downstream insurance systems preferred.
- Experience with rating, pricing, forms, underwriting rules, transactions, renewals, cancellations, or policy servicing preferred.
- Experience preparing executive‑level updates, dashboards, delivery summaries, and governance documentation preferred.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be contacted for further discussions.
Accessibility
At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.
Guidewire Business Systems Analyst in Toronto employer: Akkodis
Akkodis is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for Senior Cloud Architects to thrive. Located in Edmonton, employees benefit from a supportive environment that prioritizes professional growth through mentorship and hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies in a government-scale setting. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on impactful projects, Akkodis offers a rewarding career path for those looking to make a difference in the IT landscape.
