Senior Business Analyst - Finance and Data Transformation
Top Benefits
About the role
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst with experience in financial systems, specifically with a transactional data warehouse, to join our Business Data & Design team!
Under the vice-presidency of the finance, transformation, and systems team, the Senior Business Analyst will be part of one of the teams that collaborate to deliver both large projects and small improvements. We are looking for a candidate who understands the business, financial, and IT aspects of the requirements. In addition to understanding the impacts on financial systems, this person will lead the design and delivery stages of initiatives end-to-end. Our team is responsible for the requirements for transactional data warehouses, so the analyst must have a comprehensive understanding across topics such as policies, claims, expenses, IBNR, etc. Documenting data integration, their transformation, and optimizing data flows in financial systems are our daily tasks.
What you’ll do here:
- Lead or support requirement gathering meetings with finance or technical advisors and translate them into clear documentation.
- Conduct data queries, perform data analysis, challenge requirements, and find solutions to integrate new data flows or update existing ones.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop, design, and document data integration and transformation solutions to meet business requirements.
- Present in peer reviews, executive meetings, or to technical experts to identify the best solutions and thus deliver functional requirements for development.
- Track progress, list work to be done, meet deadlines, and update the work management tool accordingly.
- Deliver expected results to business and technical stakeholders to meet testing requirements.
- Support the testing team in certain validations and preparing data.
What you bring to the table:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems management, business intelligence, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Studies/minor in finance or accounting are considered a plus.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience as a business analyst for a finance team and/or financial systems.
- Excellent communication skills to gather clear and complete requirements, synthesize them, and present them to colleagues and executives.
- Strong understanding of ETL principles, data elements, data structures, and data modeling.
- Knowledge of databases, financial, IT systems, and technologies (data warehouse, SQL, SAS, ETL tools, ERP systems like Oracle, SAP, etc.).
- Proficient use of Office 365, Excel, Visio, Jira, RDBMS (e.g., Toad, MS SQL server).
- CPA designation and IFRS17 experience are considered an asset.
- Knowledge of the P&C insurance industry is a major asset.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Strong analytical skills, insight, and discipline.
- Leadership skills, team spirit, independent and effective.
- Ability to interact with a variety of people at all levels of the organization, including management and some external contributors.
- No work experience in Canada is required but must have the authorization to work in Canada.
- Bilingualism (French and English) - Requires regular interaction with colleagues across the country.
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About Intact
We are here to help people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. This is our purpose and the foundation of our company – it drives everything we do and gives meaning to our work.
Nous sommes là pour aider les gens, les entreprises et la société à aller de l'avant dans les bons moments et à être résilients dans les moments difficiles. C'est notre raison d'être et l'essence même de notre entreprise.
Senior Business Analyst - Finance and Data Transformation
Top Benefits
About the role
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst with experience in financial systems, specifically with a transactional data warehouse, to join our Business Data & Design team!
Under the vice-presidency of the finance, transformation, and systems team, the Senior Business Analyst will be part of one of the teams that collaborate to deliver both large projects and small improvements. We are looking for a candidate who understands the business, financial, and IT aspects of the requirements. In addition to understanding the impacts on financial systems, this person will lead the design and delivery stages of initiatives end-to-end. Our team is responsible for the requirements for transactional data warehouses, so the analyst must have a comprehensive understanding across topics such as policies, claims, expenses, IBNR, etc. Documenting data integration, their transformation, and optimizing data flows in financial systems are our daily tasks.
What you’ll do here:
- Lead or support requirement gathering meetings with finance or technical advisors and translate them into clear documentation.
- Conduct data queries, perform data analysis, challenge requirements, and find solutions to integrate new data flows or update existing ones.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop, design, and document data integration and transformation solutions to meet business requirements.
- Present in peer reviews, executive meetings, or to technical experts to identify the best solutions and thus deliver functional requirements for development.
- Track progress, list work to be done, meet deadlines, and update the work management tool accordingly.
- Deliver expected results to business and technical stakeholders to meet testing requirements.
- Support the testing team in certain validations and preparing data.
What you bring to the table:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems management, business intelligence, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Studies/minor in finance or accounting are considered a plus.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience as a business analyst for a finance team and/or financial systems.
- Excellent communication skills to gather clear and complete requirements, synthesize them, and present them to colleagues and executives.
- Strong understanding of ETL principles, data elements, data structures, and data modeling.
- Knowledge of databases, financial, IT systems, and technologies (data warehouse, SQL, SAS, ETL tools, ERP systems like Oracle, SAP, etc.).
- Proficient use of Office 365, Excel, Visio, Jira, RDBMS (e.g., Toad, MS SQL server).
- CPA designation and IFRS17 experience are considered an asset.
- Knowledge of the P&C insurance industry is a major asset.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Strong analytical skills, insight, and discipline.
- Leadership skills, team spirit, independent and effective.
- Ability to interact with a variety of people at all levels of the organization, including management and some external contributors.
- No work experience in Canada is required but must have the authorization to work in Canada.
- Bilingualism (French and English) - Requires regular interaction with colleagues across the country.
#LI-Hybrid
About Intact
We are here to help people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. This is our purpose and the foundation of our company – it drives everything we do and gives meaning to our work.
Nous sommes là pour aider les gens, les entreprises et la société à aller de l'avant dans les bons moments et à être résilients dans les moments difficiles. C'est notre raison d'être et l'essence même de notre entreprise.