Position: Senior Business Analyst

Location: Winnipeg

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of investment funds and other managed asset products, with over $163.2 billion in total assets under management as of May 31, 2020. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corporation and Investment Planning Counsel Inc.

As part of Power Financial Corporation, we are focused on the long-term strength and stability of our companies. We recognize these as core responsibilities to our clients and shareholders as we adapt and lead in an ever-changing world.

The Role

The Business Analyst will work closely with business units to fulfill its mandate and business needs by understanding functions, regulations, processes, and products. The role will contribute to strategic planning activities and work closely with counterparts in Technology to ensure that technical solutions are aligned with business needs.

Core accountabilities:

• Business Requirements
• Business impacts of product, system or regulatory changes
• New business process flows
• Business implementation plans with all impacted business units
• Business processes to identify opportunities for improvement or new products

Key Activities:

• Deliver consistent, quality and timely Requirements Management Plans, Business Requirement documents and related process flow diagrams.
• Ensure that business problems, opportunities, requirements and recommendations are well documented and align with change and business objectives.
• Apply a structured and consistent business analysis approach and methodology across all assigned business analysis initiatives.
• Analyze business processes to identify opportunities for improvement or new products (ex. efficiency and productivity gains, timeliness, and cost avoidance or reduction).
• Support the identification and implementation of business requirements, plans, and related business process flows with impacted business units/partners.
• Analyze and prepare business impact documentation, identify system or regulatory changes, and change management and training requirements.
• Support the definition and design of interactions between processes, people, and systems.
• Work with cross-functional teams on technical projects as assigned.
• Participate in JAD sessions and assist in business design reviews, or by consolidating a consensus business view.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following qualifications:

• At least 5 years working experience in business analysis or equivalent roles with increasing consulting and supervisory skills
• Between 2-4 years' experience in portfolio/investment management
• Post-secondary education required
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong organizational skills and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to develop, maintain and manage relationships at various levels within the Company
• Proven leadership skills with strong decision-making capability and judgment
• Demonstrated analytical ability with a focus on detail and accuracy
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills to guide business teams through the decision-making process and understand the implications of their choices
• Problem-solving skills to apply critical thinking to understand business needs and solutions
• Proficient with MS Office, and diagramming techniques and tools such as Visio
• Completion of CSC and IFIC are desirable

Please apply by July 10, 2020. For technical difficulties when applying