Senior BA

Job Description

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation. Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues. Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers. Job PurposeWere looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our IT and Change team. Our team has a great track record of delivering positive business outcomes for our customers through agile delivery with Product Teams and also in larger scale change programmes. Youll therefore need to have the right mix of experience using agile and otherchange methodologies to help drive our transformation journey. As a Senior Business Analyst in our Finance Product Team, youll work closely with the Product Owner to bring to life the priorities and outcomes the wider team need to deliver, modelling those in a roadmap which clearly sets out the future sprint targets.Together with the team, suppliers, and the wider Canada Life Europe team youll help to drive out positive outcomes for the Finance line of business. Job Summary The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for enabling business change through:

• Using analytical skills and experience to review and improve Finance business operations, processes, and systems, including the role and utilisation of data across each of these areas.
• Leading or participating in testing, documentation, and implementation of business solutions
• Providing technical/industry expertise and guidance on business solutions/opportunities
• Evaluating and developing business strategies and models to improve efficiency, productivity, or profitability of Finance operations.

What Youll Do

• Working with the Product Owner or delivery lead to successfully deliver change that meets business needs, on time and within budget
• Managing stakeholders to identify business need and translating into change items for delivery
• Ensure that target solutions meet legal, regulatory, compliance and contractual obligations and deliver aligned business benefits
• Ensuring business analysis artefacts are produced to a level of quality that meets audit requirements and traceability from Solution Architecture designs through to testing outputs
• Utilise analytical tools and techniques to undertake business and data analysis, with a forensic level of attention to detail
• Provides support for wider BA community to help solve problems
• Provides leadership within IT&Change function to champion best practices and standards and ensures that projects adhere to them providing feedback on enhancements

Who You Are

• Detailed knowledge of the Life Insurance industry including the governing regulatory framework
• Experience of working with Finance Teams (on Transformation/regulatory deliveries)
• You will have been involved in automation of Finance data sets or data driven projects within Finance.
• Useful to have knowledge of some of the technology (Azure, SAP, Prophet, Blackline, Databricks), but not essential.
• Experience of Project Delivery methodologies, including Agile Framework, Scrum, Waterfall and Lean Engineering
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence key stakeholders to support proposed strategies, process improvements and operational decisions
• Experience of sharing technical and non-technical details in a manner that is easily understood by stakeholder groups
• Resourcefulness and ability to devise creative solutions to problems
• Experience of testing and mapping business processes and protocols
• Knowledge of industry technology systems to gather data and problem solve

Qualifications Demonstrable experience in working with Finance teams in Life Insurance industry Benefits of working at Canada LifeWe believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package thats regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, youll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pensionand bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development. How we work at Canada LifeOur culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationshipswe have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward. We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. Thats why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop. Diversity and inclusionBuilding an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress were making in DEI,and we continue for it to be a significant focus. "At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all."Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. Were happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for.