Business Analyst (m/f/d)*

This role will be part of the Investment & Asset Management Tower for Group Technology, responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and maintenance of all investment and asset management systems, applications, and platforms. The Tower manages the seamless transition of new systems or projects to steady-state operations and takes ownership of key business relationships, providing accurate metrics on uptime, issues, and resolutions.

Munich Re is a global market leader in re-insurance, global specialty insurance and digital solutions.  New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds in IT spearhead the transformation and make change happen. We support clients with a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists and by leveraging data and insights to support innovation and client service. We are therefore making targeted IT investments and are helping our insurance clients and partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Business Analyst for the IT unit Business Solutions - Digital & Automation. The successful candidate will be acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT project and product teams by translating business needs into functional requirements just as technical specifications that will aid design, development and testing of software, data storage and data processing solutions. If you are passionate about delivering innovative solutions and are eager to work in a fast paced global financial and asset management services environment, do not hesitate to apply.

Your Job

• Working closely with multiple stakeholders to gather, analyze and define current business processes as well as requirements with the focus on Automation Tools or Enterprise Content Management (ECM) 
• Translating business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional specifications like Use Cases and User Stories
• Supporting Project Manager(s) in delivering the project plan in time and in budget 
• Assisting Product Managers as requirements lead to manage and prioritize the backlog using our agile methodology framework MR One Essentials 
• Ensuring requirements issues are tracked, reported and resolved in a timely manner
• Communicating effectively plan, status, risks and issues to stakeholders in a precise and timely manner
• Supporting users' participation in deployments and implementation activities
• Providing traceability of requirements and subsequent change requests, tracking delivery of those requirements by the project team
• Assisting with business testing preparation and execution on project deliverables, ensuring the solution meets business expectations based upon approved project scope

Your Profile

• University degree preferably in computer science or a related field
• Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of requirements engineering methods and best practices
• Experience with agile methodologies, preferably certification in Scrum
• Experience in data, process and system analysis
• Business acumen to find solutions focusing on cost and benefit
• Good understanding of solution development life cycles
• Demonstrated ability to work globally across entities and cultures 
• A history of leading and supporting successful projects
• Knowledge of Automation Solutions as Azure Apps or Power Platform is a plus 
• Knowledge of Content Management solutions as OpenText Content Server is a plus same as SAP know-how
• Domain knowledge in investment management is a plus
• Fluent spoken and written English and German skills

Application Instructions

In order to consider your application, we require your application to be submitted via our online applicant portal. In addition to uploading your CV, we recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position is of interest to you.

About us

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 16,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.  
Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation. 
Sounds like you? Push boundaries with us and be part of Munich Re. 
Our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we offer them a wide range of benefits. You can find some examples below. 

Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.

Rewards & Recognition

• Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
• Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
• Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
• Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements. 
• Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis.

* Munich Re not only stands for fairness with regard to its clients; it is also an equal opportunities employer. Severely disabled candidates will also be prioritized, if equally qualified.

Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
Timo Wacke
Talent Acquisition Partner