Strategic Business Analyst & Transformation Lead

Canada Life; Winnipeg; Presencial; CAD 91.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Career development

Health & dental benefits

Volunteer day

Pension plan

Employee discounts

Descripción de la vacante

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to partner with business and technology leaders, defining requirements and driving strategic initiatives. You will lead cross‑functional analysis from conception to implementation, facilitate workshops, and shape solution design with strong data analysis and stakeholder collaboration.

The role emphasizes mentoring, adherence to enterprise standards, and participation in Agile ceremonies.

Formación

• >5 years of experience in senior business analysis.
• Strong understanding of BA methodologies and stakeholder management.
• Experience with finance processes and cross-functional operations.
• Proven leadership and internal consulting skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Understanding of project methodologies and SDLC.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and/or Waterfall.
• Experience with enterprise applications, integrations, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficient with data modelling and data mapping.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders at all levels.
• Act as a trusted advisor by identifying opportunities to improve business processes, operating models, and technology solutions.
• Lead analysis activities for large, complex, and cross‑functional initiatives from conception through implementation.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, workshops, interviews, and requirements gathering activities to understand business needs and objectives.
• Conduct current‑state and future‑state assessments and identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
• Build business cases, cost‑benefit analyses, problems/opportunities, and investment recommendations to support decision‑making.
• Define, document, prioritize, and validate functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Present recommendations, findings, and project updates to leadership.
• Facilitate decision‑making, issue resolution, and consensus‑building among stakeholders.
• Develops and validates solution design with business stakeholders, articulating logical design alternatives and recommending appropriate solutions
• Partners with the QA team to ensure test strategies, plans and processes align with the business requirements and enables efficiencies in the work or testing process.
• Provides leadership by fostering and mentoring, an inspiring team environment
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Conocimientos

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Requirements gathering

Facilitation

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Scrum/Waterfall

Communication

Business process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor's degree in related field

Herramientas

Data mapping

Data modelling

Enterprise apps

BI tools

Descripción del empleo

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to partner with business and technology leaders, defining requirements and driving strategic initiatives. You will lead cross‑functional analysis from conception to implementation, facilitate workshops, and shape solution design with strong data analysis and stakeholder collaboration.

The role emphasizes mentoring, adherence to enterprise standards, and participation in Agile ceremonies.