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Senior Business Analyst
Canada Life
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Senior
4 days ago
Business AnalysisRequirements ManagementProcess ModelingOperating Model DesignStakeholder ManagementCommunication
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About the Role
Canada Life is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to bridge business strategy and execution by identifying opportunities, defining business capabilities, and enabling successful delivery of complex initiatives.
Key Skills for This Role
Business AnalysisRequirements ManagementProcess ModelingOperating Model DesignStakeholder ManagementCommunication
Responsibilities
- Lead end to end business analysis activities for complex, cross functional initiatives within assigned business areas
- Partner closely with business leaders to define clear problem statements, business goals, desired outcomes, and success measures
- Elicit, analyse, and document end to end business requirements, ensuring clarity, traceability, and alignment to business outcomes
- Develop and maintain detailed current state and future state business process models across people, process, and technology dimensions
- Support the definition of Day 2 operating models, including roles, processes, controls, hand offs, and operational impacts
- Partner with Technology teams to define and validate functional, data, and non functional requirements that support business intent
- Enable clear definition of reporting and information requirements to support operational and executive decision making
- Ensure business analysis deliverables align to enterprise BA standards, templates, and practices defined by the BA practice
- Support testing activities by reviewing test cases for coverage against business requirements and assisting with defect triage and resolution as needed
- Provide day to day coaching and guidance to BA resources (where applicable) working on shared or adjacent initiatives
- Act as a trusted analysis advisor within delivery teams, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and dependencies related to scope, requirements, or outcomes
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Business Analysis practice through input to standards, templates, Communities of Practice, and training
Requirements
- 7+ years extensive experience performing senior level business analysis within large, complex organisations, preferably in regulated environments
- Strong hands on expertise in requirements management, process modelling, operating model design, and outcome definition
- Proven experience working on initiatives across Wealth, Insurance, Group Benefits, Operations, or similarly complex business domains
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Technology teams on data, non functional requirements, solution design, and testing
- Solid understanding of end to end delivery lifecycles, including governance, testing, and implementation readiness
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior business and delivery leaders
- Ability to balance enterprise standards with pragmatic, delivery focused execution
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or informally leading other BA practitioners
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable outputs
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Overview
- Canada Life is strengthening enterprise delivery through the continued evolution of the Business Project Management Office (BPMO) within COBE.
- The Senior Business Analyst is a key leadership role responsible for bridging business strategy and execution by identifying opportunities, defining business capabilities, and enabling the successful delivery of complex initiatives.
- Working across multiple business areas and stakeholder groups, this role brings structure to ambiguity, facilitates alignment on strategic priorities, and ensures business requirements, processes, and solution designs support the intended outcomes.
What you will do
- Lead end‑to‑end business analysis activities for complex, cross‑functional initiatives within assigned business areas.
- Partner closely with business leaders to define clear problem statements, business goals, desired outcomes, and success measures.
- Elicit, analyse, and document end‑to‑end business requirements, ensuring clarity, traceability, and alignment to business outcomes.
- Develop and maintain detailed current‑state and future‑state business process models across people, process, and technology dimensions.
- Support the definition of Day‑2 operating models, including roles, processes, controls, hand‑offs, and operational impacts.
- Partner with Technology teams to define and validate functional, data, and non‑functional requirements that support business intent.
- Enable clear definition of reporting and information requirements to support operational and executive decision‑making.
- Ensure business analysis deliverables align to enterprise BA standards, templates, and practices defined by the BA practice.
- Support testing activities by reviewing test cases for coverage against business requirements and assisting with defect triage and resolution as needed.
- Provide day‑to‑day coaching and guidance to BA resources (where applicable) working on shared or adjacent initiatives.
- Act as a trusted analysis advisor within delivery teams, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and dependencies related to scope, requirements, or outcomes.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Business Analysis practice through input to standards, templates, Communities of Practice, and training.
What you will do (Requirements)
- 7+ years extensive experience performing senior‑level business analysis within large, complex organisations, preferably in regulated environments.
- Strong hands‑on expertise in requirements management, process modelling, operating model design, and outcome definition.
- Proven experience working on initiatives across Wealth, Insurance, Group Benefits, Operations, or similarly complex business domains.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Technology teams on data, non‑functional requirements, solution design, and testing.
- Solid understanding of end‑to‑end delivery lifecycles, including governance, testing, and implementation readiness.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior business and delivery leaders.
- Ability to balance enterprise standards with pragmatic, delivery‑focused execution.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or informally leading other BA practitioners.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable outputs.
Compensation
- The base salary for this position is between CAD 71,900.00 CAD 119,800.00 annually.
- This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).
What we offer
- Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry leading learning programs and up to CAD 2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
- Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a CAD 5,000 mental health benefit to support your well being.
- Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
- Financial Security: Company matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
- Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
- Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.
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