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The Manager, Software Engineering (Lead BSA) maintains a “businessperspective” through all phases of the problem resolution and systems enhancement for Data Technology support & projects. Senior IT Business Systems Analysts work closely with the business to understand their needs, opportunities, and requirements.  The manager component of this role will include management and HR related duties. 

Essential Functions:

• Contributing to and completing tasks related to performance appraisals
• Performing one on ones with team members to mark their progress
• Regularly communicating with and receiving job direction from the Senior Tech Leads
• Facilitate and document the elicitation of the business’ requirements
• Providing Leadership and Liaising between business and technology stakeholder
• Defining and designing the business functionality of the system
• Ensuring that the system meets the defined business requirements
• Defining business problems/opportunities, and performing benefit analysis
• Performing business and systems analysis and design, articulating the logical design alternatives, and recommending appropriate solutions
• Performing functional analysis and design, defining and documenting detailed business requirements
• Performing functional testing of system changes and supporting user acceptance testing of those changes
• Contributing to training strategies and business implementation planning
• Produce linage data mapping with complex transformations

Qualifications:

• Degree in related discipline (Commerce/Management Information Systems, Business Administration, etc.) or equivalent combination of training and experience with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in a business analyst role.
• Excellent understanding of business principles and experience with a broad range of different types of business functions
• Excellent understanding of general IT project methodologies, processes, and practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that rely on a structured approach to problem solving
• Exceptional internal consulting skills with a strong customer service orientation
• Experience with Data Lake and Data Warehousing concepts.
• Has a solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ITIL Foundations
• Experience and ability to understand and effectively work with legacy technologies and contribute as legacy applications evolve and are migrated to new platforms would be as asset.
• Understanding of Data modeling, SQL (Advanced) and Insurance Knowledge is an asset.

• Having worked with data in multiple forms and environments, includes structured and unstructured data, relational and non-relational environments

• Communicates in a clear and concise manner, both written and verbal, that is appropriate for the audience
• Proven leadership skills with a commitment to customer service.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to adapt to change and perform effectively under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to drive solution from inception to end state. 
• Ability to prioritize, plan and organize your own work
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in person or remotely  

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.