Senior Business Analyst

Temporary Full Time

We are looking for a temporary full-time
Senior Business Analyst.
The Canada Operations (CanOps) Business Delivery team is seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Business Analyst to join our dynamic team. This role plays a critical part in driving operational excellence by translating business strategies into actionable insights and solutions. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate and document business requirements, analyze data, and support enterprise-wide initiatives that improve service delivery, efficiency, and decision-making.

What you will do

• Critical analysis of ways of working through BU tasks, projects and initiatives through effective stakeholder engagement to assess risk, determine viability and manage expectations to improve efficiency, productivity and achieve the objectives of the business
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions to gather requirements and validate solutions.
• Identify, document, and prioritize functional and technical requirements across projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture planning by assessing business structures and systems alignment.
• Analyze large data sets using tools such as Excel (including pivot tables) to uncover insights and support decision-making.
• Develop charts, tables, and other data visualizations to communicate findings effectively.
• Designing and implementing reporting and allocation strategies for data gathering, reviewing, and visualizing for BAU, project and initiatives
• Create financial models to evaluate business scenarios and support strategic planning.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis to guide financial and operational decisions.
• Provides a combination of guiding, facilitation and design of test plans and criteria for acceptance testing of system changes, ensuring that overall testing effort represents business and system requirements
• Conducts research and utilizes data, relationships and industry trends to make informed decisions and recommendations

What you will bring

• Degree in Business Administration and/or Business Analyst certification and/or Lean Six Sigma certification required
• 3+ years in a either or combination of business analyst, change management, process improvement and/or strategic delivery related role.
• Proven experience with data visualization and process mapping tools and concepts
• Ability to break down complex situations, identify and resolve root causes
• Experience in a project QA environment preferred, with understanding of testing principles and methodologies is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to positively affect change through influence and partnership
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving and follow-through abilities
• Must be self-motivated, organized and able to multi-task in an environment of changing processes and priorities
• Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills, and apply creative thinking to solve problems
• Knowledge of Workflow and ETL processes and architecture is beneficial.
• Certification in project management and/or Agile nice to have

The base salary for this position is between
$52,800
- $97,700
annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You're part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You'll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you'll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It's our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that's trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we're one of Canada's leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.