Senior Business Analyst, Data Integration & Performance Platform

at  OMERS

Why join us?
Are you looking to join a dynamic pension plan that embodies the strong values of its 500,000 members and is an industry leading global investor? If so, we would love to tell you our story.
At OMERS we put our people first and are proud to embrace the diversity of thought and leadership that comes from having locations in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. Our culture is truly one of a kind. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live with an ever-constant eye to the global investment markets.
This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking team to progress a digital transformation that will enable OMERS Capital Markets businesses and supporting functions to deliver on our pension promise. Our team is at the early stages of defining a strategic roadmap, and the selected candidate will work with internal partners to understand their needs and deliver outcomes, with excellence. This role joins a team on a journey, with significant future potential in a global, sophisticated, and complex enterprise.
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. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 3+ days per week.
Scope of Position
Reporting to the Director, Data Integration & Performance Platform, the Senior Business Analyst will support and deliver a variety of change initiatives to mission critical data and investment performance platforms. The incumbent will ensure that platforms align to department objectives, and the needs of our internal partners by delivering high value solutions and resolving issues.
Responsibilities
Lead and participate in both Agile and Waterfall projects related to data and performance platform enhancements, system integrations, and process improvements that benefit OMERS investment teams, Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Finance
Ensure that project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines are clearly documented and communicated
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements for projects impacting the OMERS investment data warehouse, and performance measurement platform (e.g. user stories, business requirements documents, BPMN, data flow diagrams, etc.)
Design and develop complex investment reporting (SQL, SSRS, OLAP, Power BI etc.)
Define and execute business test plans, including performance and integration tests
Ensure change management principles are considered throughout delivery, including the early capture of stakeholder impacts, end user training, and communications
Partner with technology teams to implement system enhancements, upgrades, and patches
Act as a subject matter expert for the data warehouse and performance measurement platforms
Develop and maintain support documentation, including troubleshooting guides and knowledge base articles
Ensure data accuracy, integrity and availability by monitoring and resolving production data and platform issues, ensuring minimal disruption to investment teams
Develop and maintain data documentation, including data dictionaries, data lineage, and metadata
Develop relationships among partners by supporting a culture of transparency, collaboration, and service excellence
Qualifications
Minimum 6 years experience in business analysis roles supporting data warehouse platforms, including production support, change initiatives and/or large transformation programs
Expert knowledge of business analysis strategies (requirements elicitation, business process modeling, user stories, source to target mapping etc.)
Expert knowledge of SQL and relational databases
Expert knowledge of ETL/ELT tools and design patterns
Knowledge of investment performance measurement and attribution methodologies for fixed income and equity strategies
Knowledge of the investment lifecycle and data domains for exchange traded and OTC products, including exotic instruments
Hands-on experience delivering complex data assets, and a proven ability to manage multiple projects
Experience implementing and delivering change to leading investment applications (e.g. Eagle, SimCorp, FactSet, Bloomberg)
Experience with the Azure cloud platform and/or Snowflake are nice to have
Excellence in all types of communication and facilitation with colleagues at all levels
Self-motivated with strong, proven, analytical and problem-solving skills
Thrives in highly collaborative environments with a focus on team success
Bachelor’s Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, and Economics.
CBAP certification considered an asset
Possesses drive, optimism, and a desire to deliver with excellence and continuously improve
Experience with using generative AI tools and prompt engineering a nice to have

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