Agile Business Analyst- Senior

2 months ago


Old Toronto, Canada HOOPP Thames Limited Full time

High-Performance, People-Focused Culture

Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion is fundamental to our work environment and business success, helping employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves.

Learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events, and access to LinkedIn Learning, support employees’ career growth.

Membership in HOOPP’s world-class defined benefit pension plan serves as an important part of your retirement security.

Competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, and newly extended maternity/parental leave top of 26 weeks).

Optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%.

Yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars.

Access to an annual wellness reimbursement program for health and wellness-related expenses for permanent and temporary employees.

The opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers.

Job Summary

The IT PMO & Governance Group at HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) is looking for an IT Senior Business Analyst for the IT PMO – Agile Center of Excellence team.

In this role, you will work with stakeholders in front, mid, and back office, delivering solutions that will have a tangible impact on HOOPP’s performance. You will help the PMO Office manage new project intake requests, understand organizational objectives, conduct analysis, elicit business and systems requirements, and design specifications through effective discussions with various stakeholders across HOOPP, including Investment Management, Plan Operations, Finance, and other business areas.

The IT Senior Business Analyst must possess strong knowledge in Investment Management/Capital Markets (financial products and their front-through-back-office lifecycle) and have a desire to learn and work with Investment Accounting principles, financial reporting datapoints, as well as other functions such as valuations, trade management and settlement, and corporate actions.

What You Will Do:

  1. Operational Readiness:
  2. Manage multiple new investment strategies at different levels of development.
  3. Analyze and document business requirements for HOOPP’s new investment strategies and assess the impact across various platforms and applications.
  4. Partner with Investment Management and multiple middle-office teams to understand the details of impact and system changes required.
  5. Work closely with the Investment Solutions technology teams in all stages of the solution development lifecycle.
  6. Seek opportunities to improve solutions and optimize workflows and processes - trading and data workflows, automation of manual processes.
  7. Be part of a high-performing team that embodies an agile mindset.
  8. Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining healthy, open communication between business and technical stakeholders and keeping relevant parties informed of progress.

Project Intake:

  1. Monitor the project intake inbox for new requests and schedule IT Project Intake team to assess feasibility of requests.
  2. Lead planning and direct analysis discussions with business stakeholders to ensure full understanding of organizational objectives and priorities.
  3. Provide guidance and carry out business analysis, translating into technical specifications and solutions.
  4. Contribute to business cases for systems implementations and participate in RFP and due diligence processes.
  5. Partner with other functions in the IT PMO and Governance group to complete necessary assessments for requests that require interaction with third parties or onboarding new technologies.
  6. Engage technology architects and other IT partners to determine dependency and impact on the overall systems architecture.
  7. Conduct risk-benefit analysis in clear technical and non-technical language.
  8. Communicate progress with stakeholders throughout the Project Intake lifecycle.
  9. Maintain Azure DevOps with up-to-date information and status for Project Intake initiatives.

What You Bring:

  1. 7+ years of hands-on experience in asset management and Investment Management technology solution delivery through the full development cycle (requirements gathering, testing, and implementation). Previous experience working in pension funds or Fintech organizations is an asset.
  2. Deep knowledge across various asset classes (Equity, Fixed Income, Credit, FX, OTC Products, Derivatives) and their trade lifecycle.
  3. Highly organized, analytical, strategic, and structured with excellent communication (written & verbal) and problem-solving skills.
  4. Demonstrated ability to play multiple hands-on roles such as project management, requirement analysis, solution design, and planning, along with knowledge of systems development lifecycle.
  5. Proven ability to interact with all levels of the organization confidently and effectively while building strong working relationships in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  6. Ability to facilitate conversations and extract deeper business needs & usage patterns.
  7. Working experience or exposure to Agile frameworks (Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban).
  8. Extensive experience with MS Office Suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote).
  9. General understanding of several IT Development technical focus areas (e.g., Architecture, AI, Vendor Management/Procurement, Information Security, Governance, and Controls).
  10. Prior experience with project intake process design and implementation is an asset.
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