Business Analyst, Senior - Individual Project Management

Equitable Life

$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7+ years of Business Analysis experience in enterprise environments
  • Strong understanding of insurance or financial services
  • Critically assess and challenge unclear requirements
  • Translate ambiguous needs into structured, testable requirements
  • Experience with end-to-end delivery of projects
  • Hands-on experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Ability to prioritize requirements by value and risk

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify and understand business needs
  • Convert business needs into clear and structured requirements
  • Break down complex problems into manageable tasks
  • Support delivery teams to ensure proper implementation of requirements
  • Lead UAT to validate that solutions fulfill business needs
  • Assess impacts of changes and assist in issue resolution
  • Promote continuous improvement in processes and solutions

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career growth through learning sessions
  • Incentive pay, annual salary reviews, and comprehensive employer-paid benefits
  • Competitive vacation policy plus one paid volunteer day annually
  • Focus on work-life balance supported by a flexible dress code
Full Job Description
We are looking to bring a Senior Business Analyst (Individual) onto our Individual Project Management team. The Senior Business Analyst (Individual) plays a key role in contributing to the on time and on budget success of various projects by accurately capturing the requirements and scope. This role typically works on smaller initiatives and/or works with a more Senior BA on mid-sized initiatives.

Join one of the region's top employers and be part of something that truly makes a difference.

Work Arrangements: This is a hybrid role. You will work in our office in Waterloo, ON a minimum of two (2) assigned, consecutive days every other week, plus a fifth (5th) assigned day per month. You are welcome to work from the office more than the minimum requirement and there may be some roles that are required to work in our office more than the minimum requirement.

What you'll do:

  • Work with stakeholders to understand, question, and clarify business needs
  • Translate business needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements
  • Break down complex problems into manageable, prioritized work (MVP vs future phases)
  • Support delivery teams to ensure requirements are understood, built correctly, and aligned to business goals
  • Participate in and support UAT to validate solutions meet business needs before release
  • Assess impacts of changes and support issue resolution and continuous improvement


What you'll bring:

  • 5-7+ years of Business Analysis experience in enterprise environments
  • Strong understanding of insurance or financial services
  • Ability to think critically and challenge requirements that don't make sense
  • Proven ability to turn ambiguous needs into structured requirements
  • Experience supporting end-to-end delivery (requirements through validation)
  • Hands-on experience with UAT and validating solutions with business users
  • Ability to prioritize requirements based on value and risk
  • Experience working across multiple systems and teams
  • Strong stakeholder communication and ability to drive alignment
  • Works well with autonomy as well as in a team
  • Ability to mentor newer BAs
  • Experience working in Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • FLMI designation (or working toward) considered an asset


What's in it for you:
  • Career Growth: Regular learning sessions and development opportunities
  • Total Rewards: Incentive pay, annual salary reviews, employer-paid benefits and pension matching
  • Time Away: Competitive vacation plus one paid volunteer day each year
  • Flexibility: Healthy work-life balance with employee wellness always top of mind, complemented by a "dress for your day" approach.

Your base pay will be based on your skills, qualifications, experience and education. In addition to your salary, this role is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award tied to business performance, plus a wide range of competitive benefits.

If you're selected to move forward, our Talent Acquisition team will walk you through all the details of our total rewards program, so you know exactly what's included.

Reports To:Director, Individual Portfolio Management
Department: Individual Project Management
Term: Permanent Full-Time

This position is open and we are excited to find the right person to join our team.

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