Guidewire Business Analyst

SUMMARY: nnThe Guidewire Business Analyst is responsible for ensuring that business requirements are documented and that functional business considerations are identified for a given project. This position clearly understands, reviews, and confirms requirements with the business owners and internal stakeholders before they are finalized. The Guidewire Business Analyst suggests alternative approaches when appropriate, completely documents and explains use cases, and recommends innovative solutions and best practices. This role applies knowledge and experience in Guidewire ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and/or BillingCenter to support insurance business processes and system capabilities. The Guidewire Business Analyst works as a consultant to business units and technical teams to provide details on data requirements, functionality, integration and workflow needs, and impacts to user interfaces. Works within the SAFe Agile Delivery Methodology utilizing Atlassian JIRA and related tools.nnRESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS: nn * Works with project management to ensure delivery according to project timelines. Coordinates with stakeholders to define go-live activities. Tracks progress, documents decisions and business consensus performs follow-up communications, and documents resolutions to maintain project timelines. Analyzes possible impacts to the schedule for requested changes and coordinates with project management any impacts to the project timeline..n * Develops and executes presentations. Prepares and documents working meetings and presentations. Facilitates meetings (in person and online) and conference calls with business owners, collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, and addresses concerns. n * Works with the project manager to manage the project plan. Provides tasks, dates, and resource responsibilities based on the scope of the project. Provides statuses to work in progress and completed tasks. n * Creates functional specifications and/or JIRA features and user stories. Collects and understands business requirements for projects and translates into appropriate documentation, including specifications, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria for development consumptionn * Applies knowledge and experience in Guidewire ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and/or BillingCenter to analyze business processes, define functional requirements, develop user stories and acceptance criteria, and support configuration, integration, testing, and implementation activities.nn * Works with business owners to understand requirements. Partners with business owners to gather all requirements to formulate business process specifications and translate those into application and/or operational functionality, understanding the value proposition(s) of the project and deciding when to advocate and when to compromise to arrive at mutually acceptable solutions.n * Works with technical staff to translate requirements. Assists the technical team in translating application functionality into application architecture and the production of system functionality documents. Communicates business directives, goals, and needs to the technical team and serves as a business owner interface for managing user expectations and business satisfaction.n * Works with operational business staff to translate requirements. Assists the operations team(s) in updating documentation and processes to accommodate the products offered. Communicates business directives, goals, and needs to the business team and serves as an interface for managing user expectations and satisfaction.n * Creates and/or updates project documentation. Documents objectives, decisions, accomplishments, and deliverables for the work stream. Places documentation on the internal storage mechanism (Confluence) to provide a written account of the project activities.n * Represents the business and/or project as the subject matter expert in the designated work stream.n * Manages projects and