Skills

Communication Creativity Jira Stakeholder Management Negotiation Attention to detail

Job Specifications

We are looking to recruit a Business Analyst to join our Business Solutions team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a range of projects, work closely with key stakeholders, and play a vital role in delivering impactful business change initiatives.

Hood Group is a UK-based insurance provider that partners with start-ups, consumer brands, and large insurers to deliver innovative insurance solutions. Established in 1983 and with over 40 years’ experience working across the insurance industry, the company aims to help its partners, including well-known household brands and high street retailers, transform their insurance proposition by delivering innovative business models and products that enhance customer engagement and drive growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Gathering and Translating Business Requirements - The Business Analyst must work with stakeholders to assess, capture, analyse and fully define the requirements for a particular project or change the business needs.
Requirements Evaluation - The Business Analyst plays a key role in assessing the impact and effectiveness of change initiatives, delivering recommendations to senior business stakeholders.
Stakeholder Management - Developing and maintaining a strong relationship between key business stakeholders and the Business Analyst is essential, ensuring that Business Analysis is viewed and promoted as an indispensable component in ensuring changes are approached, considered, and evaluated appropriately.
Interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

What We Need From You:

Proven experience in a Business Analysis role, demonstrating the ability to analyse and improve business processes.
Experience of working within the insurance sector - beneficial.
Skilled in producing project artefacts such as Business Requirement Documents, with clear definition of requirements and acceptance criteria to ensure alignment with project scope and objectives.
Excellent attention to detail
Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively.
Confident working with internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
Experience of successfully running meetings and facilitating workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
Knowledge and experience of systems analysis, software, and infrastructure integration.
Constructing process models.
Resolving complex requirement conflicts through effective stakeholder engagement.
Experience using process mapping tools, such as Microsoft Visio – beneficial
ISEB (or equivalent) Business Analyst certification or working towards – beneficial
Knowledge of Jira and PRINCE2 methodologies – beneficial

Why Join us?

At Hood Group, we take pride in creating a collaborative working environment that nurtures creativity and encourages forward thinking. Joining our team means more than just achieving objectives - it's about being part of a community that makes working at Hood Group truly exceptional.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

We are offering 31 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Scheme
Health cash plan
Incentive of £250 on refer a friend scheme
Social company events, we want you to be part of the Hood Group community
Employee Recognition Scheme – Hood Stars, we celebrate and recognise your contribution to Hood Group
We will provide your laptop and any other professional equipment as required

About the Company

Hood Group works in partnership with start-ups, consumer brands and large insurers. Combining its skills as a technology and data specialist with its years of experience of working within the insurance industry, Hood Group aims to help its partners including well known household brands and high street retailers transform their insurance proposition by delivering innovative business models and products to engage more deeply with their customers. Committed to encouraging and facilitating the development of its team members, Ho... Know more