Senior Business Analyst Underwriting
Job Summary
Primary Details
Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: EmployeeSenior Business Analyst - Underwriting
Role Highlights
- This is a Fixed Term Contract role until the end of 2026
- London based role with hybrid working
- A strategically important role where youll shape how sustainability-related underwriting growth is measured and reported equipping QBE with the data and insights needed to drive sustainable growth and support the energy transition.
The Opportunity
This is a highimpact opportunity to join QBE at a pivotal point in its underwriting and growth journey. As a Senior Business Analyst Underwriting you will help to shape how underwriting growth is defined measured and enabled across the business with a particular focus on the energy transition and sustainable insurance solutions. Working at the intersection of underwriting data change and technology you will translate strategic ambition into practical frameworks clear measures and actionable insights that inform decisionmaking and support QBEs longterm growth objectives.
About QBE
At QBE we get to the heart of what matters for our we do it all with a human touch.
Werean international insurer with more than 13000 people working across 26 countries which meanswerebig enough for your ambitions yet small enough for you to make a real exciting momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
What if you could have a positive impact at work and in the worldAspart of the QBE teamyoullget to spend every day working with people who are passionatetalentedand kind.
Your new role:
- Lead the analysis and definition of a framework to measure underwriting growth with a particular focus on energy transition and sustainable insurance solutions.
- Partner with underwriting leaders to articulate how existing underwriting activity supports the energy transition including defining data taxonomy and measurement approaches.
- Establish clear growth measures and success metrics to support onward underwriting growth and inform strategic decisionmaking.
- Analyse existing underwriting and bookofbusiness data to understand what information is available what can be leveraged and where gaps exist.
- Partner with Technology Architecture Data and Change teams to define technology and data requirements that enable effective measurement and reporting of underwriting growth.
- Collaborate with underwriting governance performance planning and finance teams to ensure growth measures align with how the business plans tracks and reports performance.
- Produce clear structured business analysis artefacts including requirements data models and insights to support delivery through change and ESGrelated programmes.
- Support the identification and delivery of quick wins at a local or regional level while maintaining a longerterm scalable approach to growth measurement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the Project Manager and senior stakeholders providing insight challenge and clarity across complex underwriting and data topics.
- Work within QBE ways of working contributing to enterprisewide initiatives and collaborating effectively across underwriting insurance and international markets.
Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this may consider sponsorship at its discretion.
About You
- Extensive experience working as a Business Analyst or architect within underwriting with a strong understanding of commercial lines and London Market environments.
- Proven experience analysing underwriting performance growth and portfolio data with the ability to define meaningful measures and success metrics.
- Strong data capability including experience working with complex datasets logical data models and data requirements to support business insight and decisionmaking.
- Experience working across change technology data and governance teams translating business needs into clear structured requirements.
- Confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders with the ability to explain complex underwriting and data concepts clearly and pragmatically.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life whatever your well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!
- 30 days holiday a yearwith theoptionto buy up to 2additionaldays.
- Flexible working-balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all this can include part-time job share and compressed hours.
- Pension you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
- Private medical insurance we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
- Family friendly policies we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
- Short term remote work abroad-you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
- Sustainable investing- we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial environmental and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions incarbonfootprint by investing more ingreen businesses than the broader market so your savings are looking after the planets future as well as your own.
- Cycle-to-Work benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of 5000.
To learn more about benefits of working with us click Rewarding our people - QBE European Operations
Awards & Recognition
We value our employees experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
- Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025:Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the YearWinner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re Winner: ESG Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year
- Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023:QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee
To learn more about our achievements clickhere
How to Apply
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Skills:
Cost Management Critical Thinking Delegating Tasks Financial Products Intentional collaboration Managing performance Negotiation Prioritization Project Planning Project Resource Management Risk Management Stakeholder Management Strategic Thinking Team Management Waterfall ModelHow to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
About Company
QBE Insurance Group is one of the world's top 20 insurance and reinsurance companies, located in 26 countries. Visit us for company information.