Business Analyst

**Full Time, Contract (1 Year)**
**Location: Calgary, AB or Toronto, ON**

**Be Boring. Make Money.** **is our investment approach, but we are anything but dull. We are a diverse, passionate team united by our commitment to provide our clients with financial peace of mind and our desire to create one of the best companies in the world. A career with us will be demanding; however, the experience will also be dynamic, supportive, intellectually stimulating, and above all—meaningful. We take pride in doing things a little differently than other investment firms. Innovative ideas, diverse opinions and experiences, and teamwork are expected and rewarded regardless of title or tenure.

**The Opportunity**

Mawer Investment Management is looking for a Business Analyst (BA) to play a key role in the maturation of the Project Management Office through by contributing to the continued development of our systems and processes, delivering small to medium size projects, actively engage, communicate and collaborate across the firm to analyze information needs and functional requirements and recommend effective business solutions.

This position requires experience with Customer Relationship Management, Project Management, Investment Management systems and related data structures, as well as the ability to provide improvement solutions for complex and interdependent business processes, focusing on back, front and middle office users.

This position reports to the Head, PMO.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Work closely with all areas of the business such as: Investment Operations, Portfolio Management, Research, Finance, Compliance, and Accounting
- Facilitate workshops, document and evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose business need to requirements, user stories etc.
- Identify and champion optimized and re-engineered business and operational processes. Recommend solutions to align business functions with organizational goals
- Deliver small to medium size projects
- Document and socialize re-engineered business processes to foster user adoption
- Deliver requirements and project documentation as required (Functional Requirements, Business Requirements, User Stories, Workflow Documents etc.) ensuring buy-in from business users
- Complete fit/gap analysis, prioritization of any resulting gaps or issues
- Develop and execute test plans, coordination of testing effort and management of expected and actual results
- Work with vendor(s) to coordinate and facilitate workflow design sessions to solution optimal system configurations and or business processes
- Understand current state processes across all areas of business and identify opportunities for alignment and increase process efficiencies
- Contribute to building out Business Analysis best practices within the PMO and work directly with project managers to deliver initiatives

***Application Requirements**
- Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst
- PMP designation
- Experience in managing small to medium sized projects; financial industry experience preferred
- Post-secondary degree in a finance, accounting, or information technology discipline is preferred
- Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with all internal and external stakeholders
- Strong organization and prioritization skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Proven analytical, problem solving, and trouble-shooting skills
- Experience leading process analysis and documentation of current and future state processes
- Demonstrated commitment to excellent client service, and team collaboration
- Microsoft Office, Visio, basic SQL or Oracle, knowledge of scripting language an asset
- Demonstrated investment management domain knowledge will be considered an asset
- Familiarity with Power BI/SSRS considered an asset

**Why Mawer?**
- Directly contribute to the firm’s growth as a global, independent investment manager.
- Learn and work within a high-performing team that has consistently delivered exceptional long-term investment results and high levels of client satisfaction.
- Be a part of a meritocracy in which the quality of ideas supersedes hierarchy; where every role is valued, and every voice heard. At Mawer, talented team members can progress quickly, regardless of tenure or experience.
- Our unique culture, which is integral to who we are and (we think) a competitive advantage. Our culture is shaped by our core values (integrity, putting clients’ interests first, excellence, teamwork, and long-term thinking) and key behaviours (curiosity, candour, accountability, and appreciation), which are much more than words on a page. They guide the way we operate, make decisions, and communicate every day.
- We strive to create a work environment that attracts—and retains—exceptional people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, and to provide the tools and support