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Information Technology & Services
Business Data Analyst
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOnsiteContractPosted 2 months ago
Role summary
This Business Data Analyst role focuses on data governance and standardization within the insurance industry, specifically for delegated authority data from MGAs and TPAs. The analyst will perform source-to-target analysis, define data quality rules, develop data dictionaries, and support partner data onboarding. Key responsibilities include gap analysis, creating validation playbooks, and facilitating data governance forums. The role requires extensive experience with complex transactional data, external partner engagement, and strong stakeholder management skills, with a preference for experience in delegated authority insurance datasets and bordereaux processes.
Responsibilities:
- Perform detailed source-to-target analysis, including transformation logic and data interpretation across MGA, TPA, and internal systems and data governance needs.
- Develop and maintain business data dictionaries aligned to canonical CLIENT’S landing models.
- Conduct gap analysis between existing BU data structures and CLIENT’S standard models.
- Define business validation rules, data quality standards, and rule hierarchies for CLIENT’S Delegated Authority data from MGA / TPAs.
- Develop validation playbooks to support consistent data intake across Business Units and external partners.
- Support discovery and analysis of MGA and TPA data capabilities, formats, and system constraints.
- Develop and maintain partner system capability matrix.
- Contribute to the design of partner data onboarding playbooks and interface approaches (real-time API and bordereaux).
- Facilitate SME Councils, BU discovery sessions, and Data Governance forums
Basic Qualifications:
- 8–10+ years’ experience as a Senior Business Analyst in data-centric or enterprise transformation programmes.
- Strong experience working with complex, high-volume transactional data (policy, premium, exposure, claims, financial movements).
- Experience performing detailed data analysis, source-to-target mapping, and business data definition.
- Experience defining data quality rules, validation frameworks, or data governance standards.
- Experience engaging directly with external partners, vendors, or third-party data providers.
- Strong understanding of delegated authority insurance datasets, bordereaux processes, or equivalent delegated business models (preferred).
- Experience supporting enterprise data model or data standardization initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge, shape requirements, and drive agreement across senior stakeholders.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience
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