Business Analyst Lead

6 days ago

Halifax, Canada BF&M Full time

Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered with BF&M, a leading insurance provider with operations in Bermuda, Halifax and across the Caribbean, to recruit for their Business Analyst Lead in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Founded in 1903, BF&M takes great pride in helping their customers protect what matters most, as well as giving back to the communities in which they work. BF&M is comprised of several companies selling health, life, pension, property and casualty insurance products.

**Role Description**:
**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Providing overall management, training, mentoring, and support of business analysts
- Performance reviews and management
- Providing updates on the status, issues and risks on business analysis activities
- Eliciting and specifying current and desired business capabilities and participate in the definition and delivery of solutions that meet business requirements
- Gathering, documenting, analyzing, verifying, validating, communicating and managing business requirements on projects by following the current SDLC methodology. This involves planning and facilitating business requirements sessions, conducting interviews and maintaining or creating documentation.
- Ensuring written requirements are clear, understandable, audience appropriate and accurately captures the key information required for the project or operational change or enhancement
- Partnering with technical staff to interpret the needs of the business, assist in the design of the solution, and deliver the expected result to our business partners
- Working closely with business stakeholders, partners and IT teams to design the technical solution and ensure its fit with the enterprise wide business architecture
- Developing current and future states of business processes, systems and data flows
- Active participation in both traditional and agile project delivery
- Reviewing test results against specified business requirements
- Supporting training as required
- Supporting user acceptance activities as required

**Your Qualifications**:

- 8- 10 years as a business analyst with demonstrated experience in developing detailed business requirements, functional and non-functional system requirements, and supporting user acceptance testing
- Experience with insurance or reinsurance and/or financial services, preferably with exposure to multiple product lines (e.g. Life, Health, Pensions, P&C)
- Experience leading direct and virtual teams (3-6 staff)
- Experience leading cross-functional (IT and business) teams (5 - 15 members)
- Ability to bridge the knowledge gap between business and technical SMEs
- Experience interfacing with external suppliers and managing engagement dependencies
- Experience in software/platform/service including cloud service selections and implementations
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Experience with regulatory compliance projects
- Strong understanding of end-to-end system landscapes
- Post-secondary education or the equivalent knowledge gained through combination of education and experience
- Post-secondary diploma or degree in business analysis or MBA or certification from IIBA (CCBA, CBAP, ECBA) or PMI (PMI-PBA) is an asset

**Who we are**:
At BF&M, great talent is at the core of our success across all jurisdictions in which we operate. Key programs are dedicated to appreciating and developing our people through training resources, performance reviews, bonus awards, sports and social events and various opportunities to share knowledge with colleagues from around the world. We strive to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We offer flexible working arrangements with a hybrid model of working in the office and at home.

For more information contact Brooke Ireland, Senior Consultant at
902-421-1214
. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Brooke know.
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