Business Analyst (One year contract)

The role

The Business Analyst will support strategic digital and business transformation initiatives for Partnership Distribution. This person will elicit, analyze, document, and validate business requirements while supporting solution design and testing activities.

What you will do

• Conduct requirement gathering workshops with stakeholders, IT teams, and external partners
• Analyze and document business requirements, user stories, business rules, process flows, and functional specifications
• Facilitate requirement walkthroughs and solution discussions
• Manage requirement traceability throughout the project lifecycle
• Support backlog prioritization and requirement clarification activities
• Conduct as-is and to-be process analysis
• Assess impacts on business processes, operational workflows, systems, data flows, controls, and regulatory requirements
• Identify risks, dependencies, assumptions, and implementation considerations
• Manage and coordinate project deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder communications
• Develop UAT and Regression Testing plans, test scenarios, and test cases

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Insurance, Finance, or a related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of solid hands-on Business Analyst experience within the insurance industry
• Proven experience in Life Insurance business, products, operations, and system implementation projects
• Strong understanding of insurance distribution channels, customer journeys, business processes, and operational workflows
• Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering, business process analysis, solution design support, UAT management, and stakeholder engagement
• Good understanding of insurance core systems, digital platforms, CRM solutions, APIs, and data integration concepts
• Experience delivering digital transformation, business process improvement, or system implementation projects
• Good understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban frameworks
• Experience writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs
• Familiarity with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
• Experience participating in Agile ceremonies
• Ability to work effectively within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Partnership Distribution, Bancassurance, Broker, Affinity, or Digital Distribution channels

About the company

Appnovation is the AI Product Company. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, it builds AI products, delivers enterprise AI and digital solutions, and co-invests with clients to bring new AI products to market.