Manulife

IT Business Analyst

Manulife

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$86,100 - CA$136,100 per year

About the role

  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, Quality Engineers, Business partners, and Scrum teams to define Epics, Features, and detailed User Stories
  • Translate life insurance product specifications into technical requirements and system designs
  • Collaborate to help develop and execute test strategies, plans, and acceptance criteria for product implementations and system enhancements
  • Understand testing requirements and build and support test planning and execution to validate that system solutions meet the business requirements
  • Perform analysis of complex system calculations including actuarial rate models, identify root cause of problems, and contribute to development of technical solutions
  • Partner with internal teams and external vendors to ensure alignment with business needs and IT standards
  • Support system, regression, and user acceptance testing activities
  • Enhance workflows and processes in alignment with business and technical strategy
  • Monitor industry trends and contribute to communities of practice
  • Manage multiple initiatives concurrently and navigate ambiguity with a customer-centric mindset

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of individual life insurance operations and product development
  • Preferred to have experience with Illustration Systems
  • Must have Actuarial or strong Mathematical background
  • 5+ years IT industry experience
  • 2-3 years of experience in Insurance or Banking and Financial sectors is highly preferred
  • 1–2 years of progressive business analysis experience supporting small to medium-sized projects
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams
  • Foundational knowledge of system design and testing processes
  • Agile team experience where responsibilities include the planning and delivery of user stories in an Agile SCRUM environment
  • Proficiency in systems design, structured analysis, and testing methodologies
  • Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills to support multiple initiatives
  • Effective communication and stakeholder engagement across cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams
  • Demonstrable ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment with geographically dispersed Business partners and peers
  • Skilled in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel), JIRA
  • Proven ability to leverage emerging market trends including adoption of tools and best practices using Generative AI to transform Business analysis and product delivery
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to a fast-paced environment
  • Awareness of organizational dynamics and informal structures
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Hard Skills & Tools
ActuarialMathematicsSystems designTesting methodologiesBusiness analysisUser storiesTest planningRegression testingAcceptance criteriaStructured analysis
Soft Skills
Analytical skillsPlanning skillsOrganizational skillsEffective communicationStakeholder engagementCollaborationIndependenceCustomer-centric mindsetAdaptabilityNavigating ambiguity