Hood Group Ltd.

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, Hood Group has achieved national recognition for its efforts through Investors in People and The Sunday Times Best Companies Award. www.hoodgroup.co.uk

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Company Name

Hood Group Ltd.

Job Title

Business Analyst

Job Description

**Job Title** Business Analyst **Role Summary** Provide business analysis support within the Business Solutions team, translating stakeholder needs into clear, actionable requirements and driving business change initiatives across insurance and related sectors. **Expectations** - Deliver accurate, stakeholder‑approved business requirement documents. - Influence senior business decisions with analysis and recommendations. - Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration to ensure alignment between business and IT. **Key Responsibilities** - Capture, analyze, and fully define project or change requirements. - Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of change initiatives and recommend improvements. - Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring business analysis is viewed as essential. - Translate customer business needs into application and operational requirements. - Produce BRDs with detailed requirements and acceptance criteria. - Lead workshops and meetings with business and IT stakeholders. - Construct process models and resolve complex requirement conflicts. - Utilize process mapping tools (e.g., Microsoft Visio) and project tools (Jira). - Integrate systems analysis, software, and infrastructure considerations into requirements. **Required Skills** - Proven business analysis experience with process improvement focus. - Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills. - Ability to work confidently with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. - Experience facilitating workshops and running meetings. - Knowledge of systems analysis, software, and infrastructure integration. - Proficiency in process modeling and conflict resolution. - Familiarity with process mapping tools (e.g., Microsoft Visio). - Experience with Jira preferred; understanding of PRINCE2 methodologies beneficial. **Required Education & Certifications** - Relevant tertiary qualification (Business, Information Systems, Finance, or equivalent). - ISEB Business Analyst certification or equivalent, or actively working towards it. ---

Southend-on-sea, United kingdom

Hybrid

25-11-2025