At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives. As a Guidewire developer at PwC, you will specialise in developing and customising applications using the Guidewire platform. Guidewire is a software suite that provides insurance companies with tools for policy administration, claims management, and billing. You will be responsible for designing, coding, and testing software solutions that meet the specific needs of insurance organisations.Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Skills
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
- Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
- Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
- Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
- Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
The Opportunity When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.
Staff Levels – Associate / Senior Associate
Years of Experience -
5 to 10 year of experience
Overview -
A career in Insurance Transformation and Modernization using cutting-edge technologies for Policy, Billing, and Claims administration aimed to solve our client’s most critical business challenges
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You will play a vital role in improving operational efficiency, enhancing customer experience, and enabling innovation through the implementation of advanced technologies and streamlined workflows. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, assess current systems, analyze and design the future state system, develop modernization strategies, and oversee the successful execution of transformation projects.
Roles And Responsibilities -
- Demonstrates expert abilities and extensive Application Managed Service projects and solutioning the Smartcomm integration with Guidewire Suite of applications on premises and SaaS, with proven success executing and leading all aspects of complex engagements within the Smartcomm application achieving on-time and on-budget delivery, as well as the following:
- 6+ years of experience as a technical lead for Smartcomm application
- Strong understanding of SmartCOMM or Thunderhead concepts & development
- Sound knowledge of SMARTCOMM (Thunderhead) Suits of Products - Advanced Template Designer (Business Content Studio and Admin), Data Modeler (Business Object Studio), Review Now, Interview Now and Dashboard
- Sound knowledge about SmartCOMM Modules - Data Modeler, Advanced Template Designer and Web Editor
- Sound knowledge of Smart Communications Appliance Configuration and Deployment Models (Cloud/Hybrid)
- Sound knowledge in generating Interactive communications (Draft Editor, Data Capture, ipdfs)
- Good knowledge about Thunderhead/Smart Communication APIs
- Should be well versed with preparation of the XML data schema and their mapping to business data objects
- Authoring business templates as per the business requirements
- Consolidating form templates, recognizing common graphical elements, information blocks, layouts, variable data requirements, functional similarity and multilingual
- Developing and documenting forms designs and form specifications, including form usage and derivation rules, data mapping, variable logic, templates, styles, layout etc.
- Should be well versed in creation of Static Layouts for Print and Responsive Layouts for Web
- Technical knowledge in creating Simple, Scriptable Batch Config/Template Selector and Output Configurations for post processing
- Expertise on Java/J2EE, JSON, Web services is desirable
- Experience on any other CCM tool is desirable
Preferred Skill Set -
- SMARTCOMM (Thunderhead) integration with Guidewire application suite, including leading related project teams;
- SmartCOMM Modules - Data Modeler, Advanced Template Designer and Web Editor
- Java/J2EE, JSON, Web services;
- XML Coding;
Education Qualification -
BTech/BE/MTech/MS/MCA/MBA.