Plan Design Quality Analyst

Manulife • Waterloo, ON

6d • CA$51,975 - CA$86,625 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Group Benefits (GB) Plan Design Quality Analyst is part of the Operations Integrity Quality team and plays a key role in ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency in new plan setups and plan amendments. This role focuses on quality assurance activities to ensure adherence to established processes, client service standards, regulatory requirements, and risk controls.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency with Group Benefits applications, processes, and operational workflows.
• Working knowledge of Group Benefits systems, including but not limited to: (V3, ManuConnect (Traditional and AdminAdvantage), Clients II. ESC. Documents, CPM)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in Plan Design or Plan Installation (an asset).
• Strong analytical, technical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
• Ability to prioritize workload and act with urgency when required.
• Self‑motivated, self‑directed, and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with tact and professionalism (written and verbal).
• Adaptability to change, eagerness to learn, and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Proven time management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to understand, assess, and mitigate operational and compliance risk.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality reviews of system configurations and documentation completed by Plan Design Installation Administrators.
• Communicate audit findings, trends, and recommendations to Plan Design teams and leadership.
• Identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities through data analysis and trend reporting.
• Stay informed of updates to policies, procedures, systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Initiate and support process improvements to align team capabilities with current and future business needs.
• Participate in calibration sessions to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment across quality reviews.
• Provide post‑training and nesting support to new Quality Analysts, including peer audits, auditor reviews, question support, root cause analysis, and trend analysis.
• Support rework investigations and contribute to initiatives aimed at reducing errors and rework rates.
• Support SOX, SOC, Key Risk Reviews, and internal or external audit activities as required.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• mental health
• vision
• short- and long-term disability
• life and AD&D insurance coverage
• adoption/surrogacy
• wellness benefits
• employee/family assistance plans
• various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
• financial education and counseling resources
• paid holidays
• vacation
• personal days
• sick days
• full range of statutory leaves of absence

What This Job Offers

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