Canopus Infosystems - Business Analyst - Guidewire

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Guidewire Business Analyst with 5+ years of industry experience in the P&C insurance domain and hands-on expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, or ClaimCenter.
The ideal candidate will act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring smooth requirement gathering, gap analysis, solution design, and successful implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with business stakeholders (underwriters, claims adjusters, billing teams) to gather and analyze requirements.
- Perform gap analysis between business needs and Guidewire out-of-the-box (OOTB) functionalities.
- Document Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, User Stories, Process Flows, and Acceptance Criteria.

- Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure requirements are well understood and implemented.
- Support integration design discussions (CRM, payment gateways, rating engines, third-party services).
- Assist in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test scenarios, validating results, and managing defects.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives.
- Conduct end-user training and provide post-production support.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5 years of IT / Insurance industry experience, with at least 34 years as a Guidewire Business Analyst.
- Strong knowledge of P&C Insurance processes policy lifecycle, claims management, billing & payments.
- Hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter / BillingCenter / ClaimCenter.
- Familiarity with Guidewire Data Model, Product Model, and Integration Layer.
- Strong expertise in requirement gathering, documentation, and user story creation.
- Experience in Agile (Scrum/SAFe) environments.
- Good understanding of SQL queries for data validation.
- Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Postman.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Guidewire certification (PolicyCenter/ClaimCenter/BillingCenter BA or Specialist).
- Exposure to Guidewire Cloud implementations.
- Experience working with global clients in insurance domain transformation projects