Summary: Vital Services is seeking a talented and knowledgeable Commercial Insurance Technology Business Analyst to join our growing Information Technology team.
As the Commercial Insurance Technology Business Analyst, you will serve as a key liaison between commercial insurance clients, business stakeholders, and technology teams. This role focuses on understanding client initiatives within the property & casualty insurance industry and translating those business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements and solutions.
The analyst partners closely with customers and internal teams to ensure applications, enhancements, and projects are well-defined, properly configured, thoroughly tested, and successfully delivered. This position blends business analysis, application support, and project coordination, with a strong emphasis on communication, execution, and customer satisfaction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities for the Commercial Insurance Technology Business Analyst include the following:
Client & Business Engagement
- Engage with commercial insurance clients to understand business initiatives, operational needs, and technology challenges.
- Act as a trusted point of contact who can confidently discuss insurance workflows, data, and system capabilities with customers.
- Translate client goals into functional and technical requirements that development and application teams can execute.
Business Analysis & Requirements
- Gather, analyze, and document business and system requirements through client meetings, interviews, workflow analysis, and documentation review.
- Identify implied or unspoken requirements based on insurance processes and system behavior.
- Develop clear functional specifications, including system inputs, outputs, interfaces, workflows, and performance requirements.
Technology & Application Support
- Monitor and manage application and/or project -related support tickets, ensuring timely resolution and appropriate escalation.
- Support user setup and security permissions within business applications.
- Assist with testing new software releases, system enhancements, and reports.
Project & Delivery Coordination
- Coordinate and manage project tasks, track progress, communicate status updates, and help resolve blockers across teams.
- Evaluate scope changes and communicate impacts on timelines, deliverables, and priorities.
- Develop and execute test plans, conduct user acceptance testing when needed, and ensure solutions meet requirements.
Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Document processes, procedures, and system behavior to promote sustainable knowledge management.
- Maintain records of issues, solutions, configurations, and testing artifacts to support audit and operational needs.
- Contribute to internal documentation and client-facing materials as needed.
Qualifications for the Commercial Insurance Technology Business Analyst:
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in business analyst, project manager, application / software support technician, or similar role required.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a technical customer support role.
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Business, Computer Science, or other quantitative degrees preferred.
- Experience with insurance software, such as, Vertafore IMS, ImageRight, NetRate, AMS360, Sapiens, Surefyre, Duck Creek, EZLynx, Insurity, Origami, or similar.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL and data querying.
- Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI, SSRS, Tableau, Qlik, or similar.
- Familiarity with data sources such as SQL Server, Excel, cloud data platforms, or legacy systems.
- Experience in Agile or iterative development environments is a plus.
Competencies and Success Factors of the Commercial Insurance Technology Business Analyst:
- Information technology support experience.
- Commercial insurance, property and casualty lines industry experience.
- Strong detail orientation and communication / listening skills.
- Possess a strong work ethic and team player mentality.
- Can work under minimal supervision.
- Able to follow documented processes.
- Become proficient in the use, configuration, and support of our client’s applications.
Pay Range: $70,000 – $90,000
