Business Analyst

Markel • Toronto, ON

11d • CA$85,000 - CA$95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Analyst has the responsibility for investigating business opportunities and identifying well-formed outcomes for improving business systems and processes. This is achieved through identifying and evaluating options, defining requirements and ensuring the effective use of information systems in meeting the needs of the business.

As a Business Analyst, you will play a crucial role in driving business improvements by investigating opportunities and identifying impactful outcomes for enhancing systems and processes. This is a chance to influence strategic initiatives and guide business partners through change, delivering technical and business solutions that align with project goals and deliver measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, fostering strong business partnerships.
• Stakeholder management: Proven ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders.
• Requirements gathering: Skilled in conducting workshops, interviews, and questionnaires to capture requirements.
• Understanding of systems integration and the underlying data requirements.
• Pursuit of excellence: Consistently delivers high-quality work and finds efficient ways to overcome challenges.
• Customer focus: Builds strong relationships with customers, seeking to understand and solve their needs with tact and professionalism.
• Business results: Organizes effectively, applies logic, and draws accurate conclusions to accomplish tasks.
• Collaboration: Helps others succeed, approaches change positively, and listens for key insights to drive action.
• Strong foundations: Holds self and others accountable to high ethical standards and takes ownership of personal development, demonstrating resilience in achieving goals.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Business Analysis methodologies (preferred but not essential).
• Experience in Lean/Six Sigma (preferred but not essential).
• Knowledge of the insurance sector and the London Market is beneficial but not required

Responsibilities

• Leading business analysis efforts for strategic initiatives, guiding business partners through change adoption.
• Recommending and supporting the delivery of technical and business solutions aligned with project objectives.
• Developing a deep understanding of the market, commercial pressures, and potential opportunities within International operations.
• Investigating and defining business solutions: Analyze and challenge current processes to support strategic initiatives.
• Collaborating with business and IT: Define requirement specifications for system, process, and report changes (both functional and non-functional).
• Developing business cases: Work with business units to define and document requirements for new solutions.
• Coordinating solution delivery: Support business and technical deliverables, ensuring timely action and outcomes.
• Identifying risks and issues: Propose mitigation strategies to reduce potential project and business risks.
• Contributing to testing and training plans: Assist in defining and producing relevant testing and training materials.
• Engaging stakeholders: Ensure appropriate engagement and sign-off at key milestones for solution acceptance.
• Maintaining project standards: Adhere to International / IDF project standards and ensure compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits

• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.
• Our recruitment process may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with tasks such as initial resume screening, interview scheduling and candidate matching. While AI enhances our efficiency, human oversight remains integral to the final decision-making process to ensure fairness and mitigate potential biases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed