What are the responsibilities and job description for the WINS Business Analyst position at AXA XL?
Stamford/Hartford, USA
Insurance Americas Application Solution Center is part of the AXA XL Global Technology responsible for Policy Administration, ERM, HR, Marketing and Communication, Workplace, Legal, Compliance Applications portfolio management. The team builds the overall strategy, performs SDLC, maintenance, support, and performance improvements for all applications.
What You’ll Be Doing
Senior Business Analyst bridge the gap between business and IT by being able to communicate effectively with all stakeholders. The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for supporting multiple enterprise applications within the Americas Application Solution Center and other Solution Delivery Centers. Core responsibilities include eliciting and documenting business, functional, non-functional, and technical requirements, supporting quality assurance testing and UAT and triaging incoming issues, defects, and enhancement requests. Senir Analysts will also provide the Senior level of support for projects that impact the supported applications.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
What You Will BRING
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com
What We Offer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.
We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars
Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD 91000-123200
Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skills, experience and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay.
At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers. For more details about AXA XL’s benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2026.
Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Insurance Americas Application Solution Center is part of the AXA XL Global Technology responsible for Policy Administration, ERM, HR, Marketing and Communication, Workplace, Legal, Compliance Applications portfolio management. The team builds the overall strategy, performs SDLC, maintenance, support, and performance improvements for all applications.
What You’ll Be Doing
Senior Business Analyst bridge the gap between business and IT by being able to communicate effectively with all stakeholders. The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for supporting multiple enterprise applications within the Americas Application Solution Center and other Solution Delivery Centers. Core responsibilities include eliciting and documenting business, functional, non-functional, and technical requirements, supporting quality assurance testing and UAT and triaging incoming issues, defects, and enhancement requests. Senir Analysts will also provide the Senior level of support for projects that impact the supported applications.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Collect, challenge, facilitate and document business requirements as well as define business specifications and requirements.
- Validate the overall IT solution to ensure alignment of business requirements, review requirements and/or specifications with the development and test teams to ensure understanding.
- Analyze large volume of data and provide analysis on the impact of the change on the source, Finance architecture, and Dependent systems
- Engage closely with business teams in delivering the project, small change, and BAU releases
- Perform Root Cause Analysis in support of Problem Management and support operational tasks.
- Perform deliverable reviews and manage measurements of deliverable quality.
- Collaborate with Transformation & Change Delivery process resources to ensure requirements and solutions fit into the process flow and do not create gaps and/or breakages.
- Help identify how requirements can help make the process more efficient.
What You Will BRING
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a Master’s degree in Business Administration
- Analysis experience in Insurance/Reinsurance/Finance applications
- Proficiency in Prebind and Post bind Policy administration systems.
- Knowledge in Insurance Regulatory reporting and WINS system would be plus
- The ability to extract data from SQL and Regulatory Reporting knowledge
- Clear and concise style of verbal and written communications
- The collective player with the ability to engage with multiple teams in a large organization
- Technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis.
- Ability to work with large volume data for data Analysis and Reporting
- Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile principles.
- Experience/Expertise working with or within (scaled) agile product environments
- Knowledge and practical work experiences with major agile frameworks (SCRUM / Kanban / SAFe)
- Must have familiarity with Analyst methodologies—use Cases; Business Rule Development; User Interface Specs; Functional Specs.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication skills (written and verbal), and be team oriented.
- Must be detail conscious, technically motivated, creative, and user oriented.
- Able to determine and expertly communicate impacts of system functionality and technical approach on performance, scalability and maintainability.
- Ability to manage ambiguity and create accurate project estimates. Accurately quantifies project specific risks through the project lifecycle.
- The ability to present information in an influencing manner to leadership and all business stakeholders.
- Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales.
- Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com
What We Offer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ , ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.
We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.
Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD 91000-123200
Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skills, experience and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay.
At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers. For more details about AXA XL’s benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2026.
Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.