IT Analyst

iA Financial Group (Industrial Alliance); Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible insurance

Retirement plan

Employee share plan

Vacation & wellness

Telemedicine

Family assistance

Ergonomic furniture

Performance bonus

iA product discounts

Job summary

iA Financial Group is seeking an IT Analyst to support business partners, analyze needs, and deliver technology solutions across corporate sectors. You will contribute to compliance activities, IT asset monitoring, and initiatives under your responsibility.

You will collaborate with business partners and IT teams to clarify needs, assess impacts, and ensure that delivered solutions meet expectations. The role emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within a caring

Qualifications

• Advanced level of French and an intermediate level of English.
• Experience in IT analysis or business analysis.
• Familiarity with Excel and Power BI is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Support business partners in clarifying, prioritizing, and validating needs; facilitate analysis workshops and document processes.
• Assess impacts and translate needs into clear requirements for design and delivery teams.
• Develop analyses, recommendations, and solution options to support decision-making.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, architects, and other contributors in delivering initiatives.
• Define and coordinate functional validation activities and user acceptance testing, support users during testing and follow up on defects.
• Maintain clear, up-to-date functional documentation.
• Monitor IT recovery plans, business continuity exercises, and compliance requirements.

Skills

IT analysis

Business analysis

French (advanced)

English (intermediate)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Build the Future with Us

Are you driven by analyzing business needs and implementing technology solutions? Would you like to contribute to the purpose of a company that strives to help its clients feel confident and secure about their future?

Description

As an IT Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting business partners, analyzing their needs, and delivering and evolving technology solutions for corporate sectors. You will also contribute to compliance activities, IT asset monitoring, and the execution of initiatives under your responsibility.

You will collaborate with business partners and IT teams to clarify needs, assess impacts, document requirements, and ensure that delivered solutions meet expectations.

This position is an excellent opportunity to showcase your skills and fully leverage your potential within a caring and trustworthy organization. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

What You Will Accomplish With Us

• Support business partners in clarifying, prioritizing, and validating their needs, facilitate analysis workshops, and document processes, business rules, and functional requirements;
• Assess the business, functional, operational, and technological impacts of proposed changes, and translate needs into clear requirements for design and delivery teams;
• Develop analyses, recommendations, and solution options to support decision-making;
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, architects, and other contributors in delivering initiatives;
• Define and coordinate functional validation activities and user acceptance testing, support users throughout testing, and follow up on defects and corrective actions;
• Maintain clear, structured, and up-to-date functional documentation;
• Coordinate the follow-up of commitments, action plans, audits, and compliance requirements related to your files, and contribute to the monitoring of IT recovery plans, business continuity exercises, and resulting actions;
• Support the evolution of IT assets, including risks, obsolescence, controls, and roadmaps, and prepare the follow-ups, analyses, and indicators required to report on progress and issues;

What Could Accelerate Your Success in This Role

• Is recognized for their autonomy, rigor, organizational skills, and proactive approach, developed through significant experience in IT analysis or business analysis;
• Stands out through excellent analytical, synthesis, writing, and communication skills, as well as experience in requirements analysis, documentation, and functional validation;
• Demonstrates a strong ability to coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously and influence stakeholders without direct authority, while contributing to initiatives related to IT processes, risk management, and compliance requirements;
• Has a solid understanding of IT processes and business environments, supported by education in information technology, administration, business analysis, or a related field;
• Has knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry, which is considered an asset;
• Has experience related to IT asset management, IT disaster recovery plans, obsolescence management, or portfolio management, which is considered an asset;
• Has knowledge of Excel, Power BI, or similar tools to produce analyses and monitoring reports, which is considered an asset;
• Has an advanced level of French and an intermediate level of English, as the individual will communicate with unilingual English-speaking partners across Canada through emails and phone calls on a weekly basis;

Why You Will Love Working With Us

• A work environment where learning and development blend with a collective pursuit of excellence;
• Artificial intelligence is available to everyone, increasing personal efficiency and supporting organizational growth;
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces;

A healthy, safe, equitable, and inclusive work environment where potential can flourish and develop freely;

Competitive Benefits

• Flexible group insurance plans;
• Competitive retirement savings plan;
• Employee share purchase plan;
• Vacation program and wellness/personal development days;
• Telemedicine;
• Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Ergonomic furniture program;
• Performance bonus;
• Discounts on iA products;
• And much more!