Business Analyst for Occupational Pensions (bAV)

Project overview

Detailed Service Description

The area of application includes the role of a Business Analyst in a transformation program for the introduction of a future-proof life insurance platform for the classic life portfolio.

The professional focus is on occupational pensions and the administration of occupational life insurance portfolios.

In this role, you will analyze, structure, and document business requirements and support their implementation up to functional acceptance. You will work closely with the Product Owner and an international, interdisciplinary team, acting as the interface between business departments, operations, and IT.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Skills and Requirements

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• Collection, analysis, structuring, and documentation of business requirements in the area of occupational pensions in collaboration with business departments, operations, and IT.
• Analysis of existing processes for occupational life insurance portfolio administration, as well as development and documentation of target business processes and solution concepts for the future platform.
• Specification of business requirements into features, user stories, and business specifications, including comprehensible acceptance criteria.
• Support of the Product Owner in maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog, as well as in evaluating business value, dependencies, risks, and implementation effort.
• Preparation and execution of requirements workshops, coordination meetings, and refinements; clarification of business questions and documentation of agreed-upon results.
• Analysis of the business impact of requirements on the MSG iLife platform, as well as on relevant processes, data, and interfaces.
• Functional support for migration, transformation, or run-off activities, particularly in the analysis of existing portfolios, processes, and specific business features.
• Consideration of relevant legal and regulatory requirements for occupational pensions in coordination with the responsible departments.
• Continuous functional support for the implementation teams and ensuring a common understanding of the requirements.
• Preparation and support of functional tests and acceptances, including deriving test scenarios and tracking functional findings.
• Early identification and transparent communication of risks, conflicts of objectives, dependencies, and implementation obstacles, as well as support in developing and tracking appropriate measures.
• Preparation of business decision-making bases and coordination of solution approaches with the Product Owner, business departments, and other stakeholders.
• Several years of experience as a Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, or in a comparable functional analysis role in complex transformation or IT projects.
• Sound knowledge of the MSG iLife platform and the processes of occupational life insurance portfolio administration.
• In-depth knowledge of occupational pensions, particularly regarding § 3 No. 63 EStG, § 40b EStG, reinsurance, and support funds; ideally supplemented by experience with consortium solutions.
• Experience in migration, transformation, or run-off programs in the insurance sector.
• Sound knowledge in requirements analysis and management, process analysis, and business conception, as well as experience in formulating user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience in collaborating with international and interdisciplinary teams and in coordinating complex requirements across business and IT boundaries.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, as well as in communicating and presenting business matters in a target-group-oriented manner, including for management.
• Sound knowledge of agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and SAFe, as well as proficient use of Jira and Confluence.
• Experience in preparing and supporting functional tests and acceptances.
• Fluent German and English language skills.
• High degree of personal responsibility, analytical and structured approach, as well as strong communication and solution orientation.
• Duration: 01.01.2027 to 31.12.2027
• Project location Düsseldorf or Hamburg
• Onsite / remote up to 95% remote possible

Project details

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 12 Monate
• Remote: remote
• Location: Düsseldorf, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German