Business Analyst, Total Fund Reporting (18-month contract/acting assignment)

As a Business Analyst, you are passionate about business analysis and enhancing reporting applications that enable fund governance. This includes tracking the Fund Asset Mix and Exposures as well as measuring Liquidity and Counterparty risk and Margin Requirements.

You will play a key role underlying all initiative delivery. Your responsibilities are to understand, document and facilitate agreement on requirements, approaches, specifications, and decision variables that enable the delivery of appropriate solutions to achieve the business and project goals. You will elicit client needs and ensure requirements traceability as part of delivering applications and information solutions for internal business partners.

You will be part of the Total Fund Business Analyst team. In this dynamic role, teamwork will be the key to your success as you work with other functional teams including Product & Delivery, Project Management, Solutions Engineering, external vendor consultants and QA on a dynamic portfolio of initiatives enabling Financial Management Reporting and Total Fund Governance that encompasses ad-hoc requests, small & medium enhancements and projects. You will work in the Total Fund Product teams or Project teams to deliver business value through defined outcomes.

• Engages business clients to elicit business requirements and understand business objectives and works with business and solution teams to ensure that solutions being delivered meet their business intent and provide business value.

• Produces business analysis related documentation, including functional and non-functional requirements, current and future state processes and workflows, and solution specifications to a high-quality standard

• Documents the flow and transformation of data from enterprise to total fund data repositories

• Conceives, proposes and facilitates the selection of viable functional solution alternatives

• Works with business and solution teams to ensure that solutions being delivered meet business intent and provide business value

• Demonstrates requirements traceability and, where appropriate, leads the User Acceptance phase of initiatives (define strategy, plan, approve test cases, oversee execution). Works with Business, Solutions Engineering and QA to ensure built solutions meet stated requirements.

• Participates in the initiation and planning of projects - including facilitating the definition of objectives, scope, and deliverables as well as providing Business Analysis work estimates.

• Contributes to the approach, work plan and quality criteria for Business Analysis work packages

• Works with QA teams to develop test plans and ensure they understand the business requirements and can test solutions appropriately

• Works with Product delivery teams to map user stories and define user acceptance criteria for work packages

• Coaches BA peers, as required

• Contributes to the operation and improvement of the delivery team

• Builds solid partnerships with Product team, Business users, Product Directors/Owners, Application Managers, Project Managers and other key stakeholders

• University degree or equivalent experience (Business/Finance, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering)

• Asset would be one or more of: CFA, FRM or MBA; Process improvement methodology accreditation

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst (or Business Consultant or Business Systems Analyst or Data Analyst)

• Extensive knowledge of institutional investment products including Exchange-traded products, Derivatives and/or Private and Alternative Investments

• Investment industry experience (i.e. understanding of investment products, trade life cycle, performance measurement, risk management, etc.)

• Experience in data analysis, using SQL or similar language

• Hands-on experience with the following technologies is an asset: PL/SQL, Snowflake, Power BI, Power App, Python, Bloomberg Terminal, Excel Power Pivot, MS Visio, Confluence, JIRA

• Ability to be self-motivated and work both independently and as part of a product-oriented delivery team environment, collaborating effectively with business, delivery, and technology partners

• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with multiple levels of clients, team and partners

• Ability to leverage AI tools and automation to accelerate analytics and deliverables efficiently and responsibly

• Ability and motivation to engage in continuous learning, staying current with new analytics tools, new technologies to enhance effectiveness in a dynamic environment.

• Excellent understanding of techniques and tools pertaining to the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of technology solutions

• Robust understanding of agile and waterfall project management delivery methodologies and the difference between needs and wants

• Proactive customer focus

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

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What we’re offering

• Pay-for-performance environment that offers competitive salary and incentive

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage

• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan

• The opportunity to invest back into the fund through our Deferred Incentive Program

• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

• Competitive time off

• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year

• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths. We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience. Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring. We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves. To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers'.

How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! You may be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

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