Senior IT Business Analyst
- Recruiter
- Company 1 - The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 26 May 2022
- Closes
- 03 Jun 2022
- Ref
- JobReq0440676
- Job role
- Business analyst, CFO
- Sector
- Insurance, IT/Telecoms
Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You've come to the right place. We're looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we'd like to hear from you.
Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Job Description
The Job Responsibilities:
• Develops business requirement documents and technical specifications
• Works as directed by management team to research and document business issues involving workflow procedures and processes
• Analyzes data and work with management to develop creative solutions
• Develops cost/benefit analyses to design budget and resource management program
• Identifies and recommends staff training needs in response to process changes or new product/system implementations
• Works well in independent or team basis as situation dictates
• Determines the acceptance testing framework and standards to assess that functional testing completed.
• An effective facilitator for the Team to deliver incremental and iterative units of business value
• Writes tutorials and gives training
Required Skills
• 8 + year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Mathematics/Analytics preferred, Masters is a plus.
• Good understanding of the business unit including product offerings, and service and management structure
• Good understanding of project management methodologies and workflow design
• Ability to influence and negotiate with others to meet project deadlines
• Understanding of system design and analysis and user testing; good problem solving skills and analytical ability
• Ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders representing a broad range of functions and levels
• Effective interviewing, facilitation and presentation skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Knowledge of Financial Risk Management concepts, including but not limited to Market, Credit, and Operational Risk
• Methodologies and measures used for regulatory risk reporting
• Statistical analysis and data inference
• SQL Querying, Data Modelling concepts, creating dashboards in Business Intelligence tools like Qlik, PowerBI, and/or Tableau
• Investment trading operations (desired but not a must-have)
Every career at Manulife/John Hancock provides the opportunity to learn new skills and move your career forward. Ready to make an impact somewhere? What are you waiting for? Apply today.
About John Hancock and Manulife
John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife globally, including Canada, Asia and Europe. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were CAD$1.3 trillion (US$1.1 trillion) as of June 30, 2021. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com.
One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401(k) plans, and education savings plans. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
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 Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.
Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Job Description
The Job Responsibilities:
• Develops business requirement documents and technical specifications
• Works as directed by management team to research and document business issues involving workflow procedures and processes
• Analyzes data and work with management to develop creative solutions
• Develops cost/benefit analyses to design budget and resource management program
• Identifies and recommends staff training needs in response to process changes or new product/system implementations
• Works well in independent or team basis as situation dictates
• Determines the acceptance testing framework and standards to assess that functional testing completed.
• An effective facilitator for the Team to deliver incremental and iterative units of business value
• Writes tutorials and gives training
Required Skills
• 8 + year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Mathematics/Analytics preferred, Masters is a plus.
• Good understanding of the business unit including product offerings, and service and management structure
• Good understanding of project management methodologies and workflow design
• Ability to influence and negotiate with others to meet project deadlines
• Understanding of system design and analysis and user testing; good problem solving skills and analytical ability
• Ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders representing a broad range of functions and levels
• Effective interviewing, facilitation and presentation skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Knowledge of Financial Risk Management concepts, including but not limited to Market, Credit, and Operational Risk
• Methodologies and measures used for regulatory risk reporting
• Statistical analysis and data inference
• SQL Querying, Data Modelling concepts, creating dashboards in Business Intelligence tools like Qlik, PowerBI, and/or Tableau
• Investment trading operations (desired but not a must-have)
Every career at Manulife/John Hancock provides the opportunity to learn new skills and move your career forward. Ready to make an impact somewhere? What are you waiting for? Apply today.
About John Hancock and Manulife
John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife globally, including Canada, Asia and Europe. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were CAD$1.3 trillion (US$1.1 trillion) as of June 30, 2021. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com.
One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401(k) plans, and education savings plans. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
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 Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.