Senior System Analyst

Job title: Senior System Analyst

Location: Toronto, Ontario OR Winnipeg, Manitoba.

12-month contract.

Salary: $90 - $95/hr depending on experience.

Reporting to the Application Delivery Leader, the Senior Systems Analyst (SAN) is responsible for the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for assigned delivery items. As a contributing member of a 3-person SAN team, you will work across requirements gathering, solution design, build, testing, and post-production support for Advisor Compensation policy and model updates.

What You’ll Do

Delivery & Operations

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned functional changes and initiatives
• Support operational needs during work hours, including investigations and workarounds
• Participate in quarterly release cycles, following SDLC processes in JIRA & Confluence
• Adhere to release checklists, timelines, and team delivery milestones

Collaboration & Governance

• Participate in weekly business triage meetings for intake, prioritization, and status updates
• Collaborate weekly with the SAN team on tasks, assignments, and project delivery
• Work closely with Systems Architects, Developers, and Business Representatives to deliver effective solutions

Analysis & Design

• Define, maintain, and own systems analysis and design deliverables
• Investigate business problems and opportunities, including impact analysis and SQL-based data analysis
• Partner with developers during design and build to ensure solutions meet business requirements
• Contribute to the design, configuration, testing, and implementation of:
• Varicent Incentive Compensation Management (ICM)
• SAP solution components (as per architecture)

Testing & Implementation

• Provide UAT support for owned deliverables
• Ensure high-quality implementation through effective testing and validation
• Communicate clearly with business sponsors, leaders, and project teams throughout delivery

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Hands on experience with the Varicent Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) cloud platforms or other incentive compensation platforms.
• Experience across all phases of the project life cycle
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Hands-on experience with:
• Database table design and maintenance
• Writing complex SQL queries and procedures
• Analyzing large datasets, preferably within investment or insurance environments
• Ability to produce clear, concise documentation aligned with delivery frameworks and standards
• Strong understanding of:
• SDLC methodologies
• Business Analysis practices
• Process modeling and design tools

Ability to:

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Assess system and functional impacts
• Challenge technical designs constructively to ensure business needs are met
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

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