Business Systems Analyst

Crum & Forster

$55K — $104K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Eatontown, NJ
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 3+ years of experience in a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst role.
  • Strong technical/domain expertise and systems/process understanding.
  • Preferred experience in insurance or financial services.
  • Foundational knowledge of underwriting and policy lifecycle processes preferred.
  • Curiosity and drive to learn and contribute to initiatives.
  • Strong attention to detail for requirement clarity and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

  • Support analysis and documentation of business needs across workflows.
  • Gather and document business and functional requirements.
  • Clarify business needs through discussions and review sessions.
  • Translate requirements into clear, testable documentation.
  • Document and analyze current and future state workflows.
  • Assist in validating functionality against defined business needs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve internal workflows.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package.
  • Generous 401K employer match.
  • Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching.
  • Generous Paid Time Off.
  • Comprehensive wellness programs covering physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
  • Opportunities for career development including tuition reimbursement and certifications.
  • Dynamic, ambitious, and engaging work environment.
  • Community involvement through matching donations and volunteer programs.
Full Job Description

Since 2000, Crum & Forster’s Accident & Health division (A&H) has offered a diverse portfolio of specialty insurance and reinsurance products nationwide. We place a strong focus on product development and creative distribution methods, along with excellent client service and support.

 

In addition to our robust domestic portfolio, which spans both special risk and medical solutions, A&H works on an international basis through various partnerships.Our global capabilities provide our partners with even broader flexibility in underwriting solutions.

 

The qualities and capabilities of Crum & Forster Accident & Health demonstrate our philosophy of building meaningful, long-term partnerships and our dedication to providing alternative strategies in an ever-changing insurance market.

The Business Systems Analyst is responsible for analysis and documentation of business and system requirements that enable efficient, high-quality delivery of technological solutions. This role focuses on systems, workflows, and analysis while producing story-level requirements, workflow design and documentation, detailed specifications, data validation, and UAT preparation. This role will produce accurate, testable requirements that enable efficient and predictable delivery. This role supports the Direct value stream, focusing on internal systems and workflows across the quote, bind, issue, and servicing lifecycle. This includes initiatives with an emphasis on improving speed, efficiency, and operational effectiveness for underwriting and business teams.

The BSA partners closely with Product Owners, Engineers, QA, and Architecture to ensure requirements are clear, testable, and technically feasible, while operating under guidance for complex or cross-system decisions.

This role is preferred to be either full-time in office or hybrid in our Eatontown, NJ office. Fully remote option is available.

 

 

What you will do for C&F:

 

Requirements & Analysis Support

  • Support multi-system internal initiatives by assisting in the analysis and documentation of business needs across underwriting and policy lifecycle workflows.
  • Gather and document business and functional requirements for discrete stories and components.
  • Clarify business needs through stakeholder discussions, interviews, and review sessions.
  • Translate requirements into clear, testable documentation aligned to delivery needs.

Workflow & System Understanding

  • Document current state and future state workflows across internal underwriting and operational systems under guidance.
  • Analyze system interactions across policy administration, document generation, and supporting platforms.
  • Document currentstate and futurestate workflows under guidance.
  • Data and system analysis activities, including validation and mapping.
  • Address system behavior, integrations, and downstream impacts.

Story & Specification Development

  • Support development of requirements that enable efficient execution of underwriting and policy lifecycle processes.
  • Deliver functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting artifacts.
  • Ensure documentation reflects Product Owner intent and is technically feasible for engineering implementation.
  • Maintain clarity and traceability between business needs and delivered functionality.

Delivery & UAT Support

  • Assist in validating that delivered functionality aligns to defined business and workflow needs.
  • UAT preparation by drafting test scenarios and assisting business testers.
  • Defect triage/resolution and clarification during testing cycles.
  • Collaborate with PO, QA, and Engineering to resolve requirement questions during delivery.

Collaboration & Development

  • Partner with underwriting, operations, and business stakeholders to support improvements in internal workflows and system usability.
  • Actively participate in agile ceremonies including standups, backlog refinement, and planning sessions.
  • Follow analysis standards, documentation practices, and delivery expectations.
  • Escalate risks, ambiguities, or gaps in understanding to leadership, senior analysts or Product Owners.
  • Meet key deliverables including but not limited to requirement clarity, timeliness, traceability, UAT outcomes.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

What you will bring to C&F:

 

  • Bachelors degree from accredited institution or equivalent experience required.
  • 3+ years of experience, preferably in a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst role.
  • Strong technical/domain expertise and systems/process understanding.
  • Insurance or financial services experience preferred.
  • Foundational understanding of underwriting and policy lifecycle processes (quote, bind, issue, servicing) preferred
  • A solid foundation in business and systems analysis, producing clear, testable requirements that support efficient delivery.
  • Curiosity and drive to learn systems, workflows, and insurance domain concepts while contributing to active initiatives.
  • Strong attention to detail, ensuring requirements clarity, traceability, and quality throughout the SDLC.
  • A collaborative mindset and effective communication skills to work productively within crossfunctional agile teams.
  • Exceptional technical writing skills.

 

What C&F will bring to you
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Generous 401K employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole familys wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
  • A core C&F tenet is owning your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path
  • A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment
  • We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee-driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community

 

 

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