Law Technology Project Manager and Business Analyst-Canadian Tax Technology Group

EY; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Toronto seeks a Technology Manager / Business Analyst to help innovate EY's Law services. You'll design and implement technology solutions while collaborating with legal professionals. Ideal candidates have a bachelor's degree, strong project management experience, and familiarity with legal technologies. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package focused on well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

$5,000 per year for mental health support benefits

Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Technology Project Manager or Business Analyst role.
• Legal technology knowledge or experience preferred.
• Experience working on a variety of software development projects.

Responsibilities

• Designing, improving, and implementing Legal solutions.
• Gather and evaluate needs from subject matter experts.
• Project managing the overall delivery and implementation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Management

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Power BI

Machine Learning

APIs

Job description

Overview

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

EY’s Canada Law Technology group is looking for a seasoned Technology Manager / Business Analyst who will enable us to transform and grow EY’s Law services. You will be part of a team that helps design and implement innovative technology solutions to help Law professionals drive operational efficiencies and go to market with competitive offerings. You will engage very closely with various business teams in the Law group to understand their processes in depth and help build and deploy more effective business processes and modern technology solutions. These solutions encompass a range of smart technologies, infrastructure, and coding languages such as Microsoft Azure (Cloud), Power Automate, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence Agents (AI), SharePoint, Co-Pilot Studio, and Power BI / Data Analytics etc. You will also be responsible for assessing and deploying existing global tools or vendor software.

You will be responsible in supporting the requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, and support of these innovative solutions, as part of the Canada Tax & Law Technology Group.

Key responsibilities

• Designing, improving, and implementing Legal solutions, helping build applications with the latest possible technologies or implementing vendor solutions
• Determine project scope and objectives from executives and develop project plans; manage project delivery through completion
• Gather and evaluate needs from subject matter experts to understand current state and develop future state; collecting, discussing, understanding, documenting requirements
• Brainstorm and map out new processes
• Monitor progress, manage risks & issues, prepare project documentation and summary reports as needed on a regular basis
• Lead calls with business, technology, and other enablement teams (risk, marketing & communications etc.) to effectively deliver on projects
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to identify and clear bottlenecks as needed
• Translating assumptions, risks, and business requirements into technical design; create technical and process documentation
• Contributing to technical design and supporting development team
• Working with agile development teams to deliver working solutions
• Supporting application/system’s testing, upgrades, performance, and other operational needs
• Managing user access and permissions.
• Project managing the overall delivery and implementation
• Support other ad-hoc requests, as required to assist with delivery (hands-on role)

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience managing technology projects and driving change management.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and handling competing priorities.
• Strong project management skills; project management certification or equivalent is an asset.
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively and thinking out-of-the box.
• Experience working with executive decision makers and strong interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge and interest in computer systems and the latest technologies.
• Self-starter and can manage own activities to get the desired result.
• An analytical mind and inclination for problem-solving.
• Logical and efficient, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical details to non-technical audiences.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• The ability to learn new technologies quickly.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Programming or Information Management or Technology.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Technology Project Manager or Business Analyst role
• Legal technology knowledge or experience preferred
• Comfortable communicating with senior business stakeholders, developers, other business analysts and project managers.
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle processes, agile development methodologies, software design and testing.
• Experience working on a variety of software development projects.
• Experience with workflow-based solutions or functionality.
• Experience with consuming APIs.
• Experience with various modern web development technologies.
• Experience with vendor tool implementations.
• Experience with process improvement or innovation projects.
• Experience gathering & drafting requirements, developing process or architecture maps, and managing projects through the entire life cycle.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence technologies and AI agents (nice to have).

What we offer you

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

Explore how a career at EY is yours to build at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/careers/personalized-career-development

Discover how, when and where you can work at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/careers/flexibility-mobility

Learn about our commitment to DE&I at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity

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