Senior Business Analyst

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All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current OMERS and Oxford employee, and then must apply through the unique link received via their email.

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We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

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Reporting to the Director of Value Management as the Senior Business Analyst, your primary accountability is to develop and maintain a consolidated view of all work items across Data and Technology (D&T) teams, including planned, in development and operational. You will be responsible for generating monthly leadership reporting, tracking KPI’s and presenting actionable insights to help teams deliver their strategic objectives.

As a member of this team, you will:

• Manage a consolidated view (or portfolio) containing all D&T work items within Azure DevOps, consisting of products, services, operational work and one-time projects

• Create automated reporting using Power BI and run the governance processes required to maintain high data quality across all work items

• Own and maintain the D&T portfolio management strategy, ensuring teams have a standardized methodology, requirements and controls for tracking work

• Act as a SME and support contact to help teams implement and comply with the portfolio management requirements

• Manage the Value Management teams board of work items related to the D&T operating budget, headcount management, Software Asset Management and operations process to keep the team running

• Partner on strategic initiatives

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in Data and Technology as a Business Analyst, Product Manager, Program Manager or similar function

• A strong understanding of how technology delivery teams plan, prioritize and deliver work (Agile, Scrum, Program or Project Management skills are a strong requirement to understand how boards are structured)

• Expert knowledge of Azure DevOps and Microsoft 365 Apps

• A university degree in Business, Science or Engineering is preferred since the candidate will be working with data and data tools as a business user

What We Are Looking For:

• An outcome-focused, critical thinking mindset with the ability to generate actionable insights from data

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

• Act as a trusted advisor and foster strong working relationships with leadership

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 3 days per week.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.