Job Description

Business Analyst
Location: This position can be located in our Winnipeg, Toronto or Burlington Offices.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023.
Our organization:
Founded in 2017, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus) is the parent company to Wellington-Altus Private Counsel and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth \xe2\x80\x94the top-rated* wealth advisory company in Canada and one of Canada\'s Best Managed Companies. With more than $20 billion in assets under administration and offices across the country, Wellington-Altus identifies with successful, entrepreneurial advisors and portfolio managers, and their high-net-worth clients.

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The opportunity:
Reporting to the AVP, Solution Delivery \xe2\x80\x93 BA/QA, the Business Analyst will elicit, analyze, validate, define, and write the business / system requirements, technology processes and solutions that meet the needs for various business areas. This role will bridge the gap between the business and technology solution providers (e.g., vendors, PMO office, Wellington Labs, etc.)
The Business Analyst will have knowledge of, and practical business analysis experience with repeated practices in a variety of complex situations. The Business Analyst will also support requirements related project activities across the lifecycle of the project (e.g., design and development, testing, training support & implementation).
Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the Project Owner, Project Sponsor and Project Manager to document the project vision and the project\xe2\x80\x99s scope.
• Understanding and communicating stakeholder requirements and distributing relevant information, documentation, and artifacts to project stakeholders.
• Owning the preparation, completion and compliance of business requirements based on business needs.
• Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, use cases, scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis.
• Supporting the Project Manager/Lead or Product Owner to manage requirements related activities and deliverables throughout the project life cycle (e.g., change requests, issues, risks, schedules, status reporting etc.)
• Supporting the Quality Assurance team towards the development of QA deliverables such as Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases & participate in the triaging & resolution of test defects.
• Working with cross-functional teams to identify, anticipate, assess, manage, and resolve issues and risks related to requirements\' activities and deliverables.
• Decomposing high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those who must base their work on the requirements.
• Proactively communicating and collaborating with external and internal customers to analyze information needs.
• Working collaboratively with Business and IT staff to develop and maintain thorough knowledge of product, system, and process capabilities, ensuring precise communications between IT and other stakeholders, technical compatibility, and user satisfaction.
• Serving as the conduit between the business, external vendor, and IT through which requirements flow.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A minimum of 5+ years of direct experience in a technology business lead/analyst role or equivalent.
• Extensive experience aligning stakeholders and communicating information that enables leaders, teams, and stakeholders to have transparency on the underlying issues and potential solutions in varying settings including workshops, small group sessions or one-on-one meetings.
• Strong business analysis skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• A detail and results-oriented approach with emphasis on a high degree of accuracy.
• An ability to work diligently and urgently on time sensitive matters.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple, competing deadlines and priorities.
• An International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) certification would be an asset.
• Prior experience in the wealth management industry would be an asset.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
• A background check, satisfactory to the employer, may be required of the successful applicant prior to commencing employment.

Wellington-Altus Private Wealth is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community and welcomes applications from women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and genders. All qualified individuals who would contribute to the further diversification of our organization are encouraged to apply.
If you require accommodation for the recruitment process, please let us know at the point of application.
To apply: Click the Apply For This Job button to submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations. You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. More information about working at Wellington-Altus can be found on our website at www.wellington-altus.com.