Senior Business & Systems Consultant

Sun Life Financial; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 78,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business & Systems Consultant to drive transformational initiatives and enhance operational efficiency. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your extensive experience to analyze user needs, define business capabilities, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement innovative solutions. Your expertise in both agile and waterfall methodologies will be crucial as you guide the strategic planning process and mentor junior analysts. Join a dynamic environment that values growth, inclusivity, and the well-being of its employees, where your contributions will directly impact the lives of clients and communities across Canada.

Benefits

Flexible Benefits

Inclusive work environment

Networking opportunities

Recognition for employee well-being

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience as a Business & Systems Consultant.
• Able to lead large scale transformational work effectively.
• Strong understanding of privacy, compliance, and security.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user needs and translate them into requirements.
• Support business roll-out with end-to-end validation.
• Coach and mentor Business & Systems Analysts.

Skills

Business architecture

Communication skills

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Data integration

Vendor engagement

Design Thinking principles

Multitasking

Education

University degree in business or technology

Tools

Strategy tools and frameworks

Job description

Senior Business & Systems Consultant

Apply locations: Waterloo, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago

Job requisition id: JR00107842

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

At Sun Life, we work together, share common values, and encourage growth and achievement. We offer many career paths that attract a wide variety of talent and skills. Follow a path that lets your talents shine.

Reporting to the Manager, Business & Systems Analysis Chapter, the Senior Business & Systems Consultant has deep knowledge of a wide variety of business concepts, practices, and procedures as they relate to IT and general operations; they rely on their expertise, experience, and judgment to plan and achieve goals, and to do a variety of tasks. The Senior Business & Systems Consultant conducts needs analysis, writes requirements/user stories, collaborates with others for system design; and supports the team to increase productivity and reduce costs.

What will you do?

• Understand the big picture to define business capabilities and go forward roadmap
• Analyze and define user needs and translate them into requirements/epics/user stories/data mapping documents
• Analyze and document how systems, processes, procedures, and clients will be impacted by future development with a focus on the links between processes and systems throughout the organisation
• Create and/or provide comments into internal and external communications and user documentation
• Review and provide comments on business and technical documentation
• Support business on the roll-out of what has been developed with a focus on end-to-end validation
• Act in an advisory capacity as well as coach/mentor Business & Systems Analysts

What do you need to succeed?

• Able to lead large scale transformational work
• Experience supporting business architecture work
• Extensive knowledge of strategy tools and frameworks
• Experience leading the strategic planning process
• Understanding of journey mapping and service design
• Experience with business capability identification and mapping
• Experience with vendor selection (RFP/RFI processes)
• Experience building out complex business cases
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills (needs the ability to tell stories through presentations)
• Ability to build and communicate presentations to senior executives
• University degree in business or technology or equivalent experience
• 5 to 10 years of progressive experience as a Business & Systems Consultant with both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Demonstrate knowledge of business and/or technology platforms or ability to learn about technology and digital products
• Experience in supporting customer facing operations is an asset
• Experience working with client-facing technologies/digital engagement platforms
• Knowledge of Design Thinking principles
• Knowledge of financial services industry is an asset
• Experienced in transformational system work, moving from legacy system to modern system
• Strong understanding of privacy, compliance, control, and security requirements
• Skilled in test execution and understanding the outcomes
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and simply both complex business and technical concepts and align organization on decisions
• Ability to work and demonstrate cooperation in a matrixed team environment
• Experience with data & integration modelling
• Experience with project estimating
• Experience with Business case development and modelling
• Experience with vendor engagement
• Excellent multitasking, prioritization, and time management skills
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide

What's in it for you?

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• We’re committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all our employees have the chance to live up to their full potential
• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2023 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work Canada
• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health

*LI-MS

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to [e-mail].

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range: 78,000 - 128,000

Job Category: Business Analysis - Process

Posting End Date: 20/02/2025