Specialist - Business Analysis
- Markham, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Experience / Industry knowledge: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Finance Systems with extensive experience in the insurance industry
- Basic Accounting Skills: Self learning ability to write clear business requirements doc
- Write SQL queries: Excellent writing skills
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and prioritize system enhancements and improvements
- Understand and interact with Guidewire and mainframe constructs in the context of finance systems
- Conduct gap analysis and develop functional specifications for system changes
- Ensure compliance with insurance accounting standards and regulations
- Analyze data impacts on PL statements and Balance Sheets
- Understand basic accounting including balance sheet PL concept
- Work side by side with business teams throughout the life of the project understanding their needs communicating expectations and developing customer centric change proposals
- Create SQL queries and execute in Oracle Postgres Databases
- Strong understanding of insurance accounting principles and practices
- Familiarity with insurance industry regulations and standards particularly in relation to IFRS17 OSFI GISA Facility Association and GAA
- Understanding of ETL transformations and their role in data processing
- Expertise in SQL scripting
- Familiarity with Guidewire principles PolicyCenter or BillingCenter or ClaimCenter
- Knowledge of mainframe constructs and their application in Finance Systems