Business Analyst - Toronto, Canada - University Pension Plan

University Pension Plan

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE
UPP is a ground-breaking jointly sponsored pension plan tailored by and for Ontario's university sector.

Today, we manage $11.8 billion in pension assets and proudly serve over 37,000 working and retired members across four universities and 12 university-sector affiliated organizations.

Our commitment is to protect the security and sustainability of our members' pensions while delivering service excellence to our members and employers.

UPP is a sector-wide plan designed for growth - our doors are open to all Ontario universities.

Our people are the heart of our organization.

Together, we are creating a purpose-driven and inclusive workplace focused on a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and respect — for one another and the world around us.

We're looking for passionate individuals seeking a rewarding career and opportunities to build and shape an exciting new organization with a clear mission, and who share our core values of integrity, inclusivity, ingenuity, and impact.

We know our people drive performance. We live a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion - across race, place, gender expression, sexual identity, and cultures. We know the ability to bring your whole self to work drives performance. We actively look for talent that shares this commitment to inclusion and connectedness.

THE ROLE

As a Business Analyst, you will engage with business partners to determine requirements for prioritized initiatives and perform various analyses to help determine solutions.

This role will be responsible for collecting, analyzing and presenting different analysis materials for priorities identified by your business partner.

This involves collaborating closely with multiple constituents and senior management across the organization. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the analysis and development of cloud-based systems, tools, policies, and processes.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, driven, and motivated business analyst to join a team of high performing professionals and make a significant impact.

This role is based in downtown Toronto under a hybrid work policy, allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely and in-office (approximately two days per week in-office).

SPECIFIC ROLE ASSIGNMENTS

As a Business Analyst you will have a chance to work with various business partners to support the organizational strategic priorities within Pension Services, Investments, or Corporate functions.

However, this role will initially be assigned to work on the implementation of our new state of the art pension administration system.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Engage with business partners and vendors to identify requirements for key initiatives, including outcomes, objectives, scope, and functionality.
Perform and present analysis with appropriate detail and quality (e.g., business and functional requirements, requirements traceability, workflows, data mapping, current/future state, etc.)
Analyze and prioritize business requirements into various solution options by measuring and communicating the proposed benefits of options
Formulate analysis into reports and make recommendations to the team
Create visual representations to communicate complex concepts to various target audiences
Create "user" type documentation (e.g., employer kits, internal procedure manuals, standard operating procedures and process documentation)
Analyze existing processes and contribute to the improvement of current practices and processes by implementing recommendations in consultation with business partners
Coordinate and prepare comprehensive executivelevel insights and analysis
Participate in testing activities as required (define approach, write test cases, execute test cases).
Contribute to BA standards & practices and participate in BA selection and planning activities

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Undergraduate degree and/or 3+ years of equivalent work experience in a business analysis role
Experience with Defined Benefit pension plan and pension plan administration systems
Proven business analysis skills in stakeholder management, facilitating requirement workshops, use case creation, and requirements documentation management
Proficient in test scenario design, test case writing, and test management documentation
Adept at process analysis, design, improvement and process flow documentation
Experience in data migration projects to cloud based systems
Comfortable working with data, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis
Proficiency in MS Office, analytical software, data analysis and reporting techniques

Nice-to-have:

Certified Business Analysis Professional, CFA, process improvement methodology accreditation
Previous experience on agile teams (i.e., Scrum/Kanban) and BA techniques (i.e., story mapping)
Experience with tools such as Jira and Confluence

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