Senior Consultant, Business Architecture – Innovation

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Toronto is seeking a strategic Business Analyst to partner with business leaders, map capabilities, and design future-state solutions for insurance and wealth processes.

You will translate complex information into executive-ready recommendations, develop roadmaps and business cases, and guide stakeholders through change with empathy and clarity.

Qualifications

• Critical thinking and ability to tackle ambiguous problems.
• Effective communication; simplify complex ideas and present clearly for decision-making.
• Stakeholder management; build strong relationships and influence without formal authority.
• Independence; take ownership and work independently.
• Innovative; curious and always seeking better ways of doing things.
• Knowledge of insurance and/or wealth business processes.
• Analysis; experience evaluating complex business processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand challenges and identify opportunities to improve advisor and employee experiences.
• Analyze current processes, capabilities, and user journeys to recommend future-state solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders across the organization to conduct capability mapping.
• Support the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, and executive presentations.
• Effectively engage with partners across teams and influence with key insights and recommendations.
• Ensure ongoing regulatory and policy compliance.
• Research emerging technologies including Generative AI and evaluate business value.
• Facilitate workshops and design sessions with stakeholders across business and technology teams.
• Translate complex information into clear recommendations for executive audiences.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Effective Communication

Critical Thinking

Business Process Analysis

Capability Mapping

Strategic Roadmap Development

Executive Presentation Creation

Emerging Technology Evaluation

Insurance Knowledge

Wealth Business Processes

Job description

• Partner with business leaders to understand challenges and identify opportunities to improve advisor and employee experiences
• Analyze current processes, capabilities, and user journeys to recommend future-state solutions
• Engage with stakeholders across the organization to conduct capability mapping
• Support the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, and executive presentations
• Effectively engage with partners across teams and influence with key insights, formal recommendations and strategies
• Ensure ongoing compliance with all applicable regulatory and policy requirements
• Research emerging technologies including Generative AI and evaluate how they can create business value
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and design sessions with stakeholders across business and technology teams
• Translate complex information into clear recommendations for executive audiences.

Requirements

• Critical thinking: ability to think critically and enjoy tackling ambiguous problems
• Effective Communication : can simplify complex ideas and communicate them clearly; ability to create clear and compelling presentations or analysis that support the decision-making process
• Stakeholder Management: able to build strong relationships and influence without formal authority
• Independence: can take ownership and are comfortable working independently
• Innovative : are naturally curious and always looking for better ways of doing things
• Knowledge: relevant business experience with strong knowledge of insurance and/or wealth business processes
• Analysis: prior success leading or analyzing the business evaluation of complex business process
• Solutions Oriented: ability to think strategically and provide practical solutions
• Understanding Value: experience analyzing and solving complex business problems and quantify benefits
• Empathy: ability to empathize and understand different stakeholder lenses (e.g. Advisors, Clients, Head Office)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex business processes and recommend strategic solutions. Proficient in stakeholder management and effective communication, translating insights into actionable recommendations for executive audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Stakeholder Management
• Effective Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Business Process Analysis
• Insurance Knowledge

Hard Skills

• Business Process Analysis
• Capability Mapping
• Strategic Roadmap Development
• Executive Presentation Creation
• Emerging Technology Evaluation

Soft Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Effective Communication
• Independence
• Innovative Mindset
• Empathy

Industry Keywords

• Insurance Processes
• Wealth Business Processes
• Regulatory Compliance
• User Journey Analysis
• Business Case Development