Business Analyst Co-op - Fall 2025

Definity Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Analyst Co-op to join their Operational Excellence team. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in data analysis, reporting, and insights that drive business decisions. You'll be involved in meaningful projects that support strategic goals while working in a collaborative and supportive environment. The company is committed to personal and professional growth, providing a culture of accountability and empowerment. If you're looking to make a real impact while developing your skills, this co-op placement is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible work experience

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Employee groups for empowerment and activism

Scholarships for students

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a university or college program.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft suite products, especially Excel.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support data extraction, consolidation, and analysis for business benefits.
• Maintain and update business benefit tracking tools.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends and insights.

Skills

Data Analysis

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Attention to Detail

Analytical Thinking

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Education

Currently enrolled in a university or college program

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

YOUR NEXT CO-OP PLACEMENT

Work term: September 2025

Work term length: 4 - 12 months

From classroom to co-op to career, every step of your journey has an impact on your future. That's why it makes sense to choose a co-op placement with a company that offers truly rewarding work and real-life experience. At Definity, your contributions, creativity, and energy will be put to good use, and you'll get to be involved with initiatives that support our strategic goals and use your skills in a supportive team environment.

If you're looking for a company that takes care of its people - full time, part time, and co-ops alike - and has a track record of doing big things, get ready to love it here.

What can you expect in this role?

This individual will support Operational Insights in the Operational Excellence team with data extracting, consolidation, analysis, and insights. The Business Analyst Co-op will support with regular reporting on Business Benefits, Productivity reporting on a quarterly basis as well as ad hoc data reporting, analysis, and presentations supporting Commercial Insurance.

What you'll be doing

• Maintain and update the monthly Business benefit tracking tool through data extraction, manipulation, and reporting the results to the leadership team.
• Support CI transformation initiatives with ad hoc data requests, analysis, and reporting to estimate the business benefits pre-inception.
• Support Operational insights team with building Business benefit frameworks that capture benefits driven by initiatives post-launch and regularly monitor and report the results to leadership team.
• Support with building a data-driven productivity model through establishing operational productivity benchmarks at individual operational levels to facilitate strategic FTE allocation discussions.
• Collect and analyze data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights that drive business decisions.

What you bring

• Currently enrolled in a university or college program.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present data and information to various audiences.
• Highly organized with great attention to detail.
• Proactive and responsive to changing timelines and priorities.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft suite products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) with proficiency in data manipulation (Excel).
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze, draw insights, understand the 'so what', and communicate key findings to stakeholders.

Did you know?

• We care about our co-ops: Definity's co-op students are considered the best pipeline of talent for our full-time, permanent positions.
• We care about students: Definity distributes $85,000 in scholarships to students across Canada each year.
• We care about our community: Definity donates more than $1 million every year to causes that drive true change in the neighborhoods in which we live and work.

What can Definity offer you?

• Meaningful work forwarding our purpose of building a better world by helping our clients and communities adapt and thrive in their hardest times of need.
• Culture of accountability, empowerment, and collaboration.
• Opportunities to support personal and professional growth through real-life experience and unique learning opportunities. Our Leadership Essentials program builds knowledge and skills for team leaders to directors.
• Opportunity to join our employee groups - focused on women's empowerment, LGBTQ+, anti-racism and cultural equity, and environmental activism.
• Determined to create positive change for our environment, our people, and our communities, now and in the future. Check our ESG work!

About Us

The hourly compensation for the role starts at $22/h and will increase based on factors including but not limited to skills, education, experience, and the recommended rates as set by the respective educational institution.

We also take potential into consideration. If you don't have this exact experience, but you know you have what it takes, be sure to give us more insight through your application and cover letter.

Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting: [e-mail].

Background checks

This role requires successful clearance of a background check (including criminal checks and leadership references).

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About the Team

Definity is the parent company to some of Canada's most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada's leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. Our culture is collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.

We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It's better here.