Senior Business Analyst – Pension Transformation

WHO WE ARE:

Mariner innovates always and everywhere, turning novel ideas into practical solutions. From products and services to venture creation, we build better futures powered by people. We partner with people embracing change, leveraging data, cybersecurity, cloud, and change management to drive successful business outcomes that matter to our customers.

Mariners build for change. Like SHIFT Energy, our energy management and decarbonization company. Or East Valley, created to scale social economic impact in our communities through investment and mentorship of emerging change-makers and their companies.

Mariner’s purpose has always been to be a great, everlasting technology company and the core values that guide us every day are:

OUR VALUES

• We care for our team.
• We care about the impact we have on our community.
• We serve by solving complex problems.
• We grow because growth fuels opportunities.
• We innovate always and everywhere.
• We build a business that lasts.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a complex Pension Transformation initiative on a short-term client project, with an immediate start preferred. This role will work across business, operations, finance, compliance, technology, and external vendors to bring structure and clarity to a highly complex transformation environment

The ideal candidate will bring strong senior-level transformation experience, with direct pensions experience highly preferred. Experience with pension administration, pension operations, pension platform migration/replacement, recordkeeping transformation, or pension administration outsourcing would be particularly relevant. Strong Financial Services or Insurance transformation experience may also be considered.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING IN THE ROLE:

• Review and clarify the existing requirements backlog, identifying gaps, duplication, inconsistencies, and unresolved decisions.

• Map and validate current-state and future-state business processes, including roles, handoffs, dependencies, controls, and process gaps.
• Facilitate working sessions with business stakeholders, SMEs, project teams, technology teams, and external vendors to clarify requirements and drive decisions.
• Translate business requirements into clear deliverables, dependencies, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and requirements traceability.
• Support data migration, system integration, reconciliation, testing/UAT, and operational readiness activities.
• Work across business and technology teams to ensure requirements are understood, validated, and aligned throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Identify and escalate risks, dependencies, requirement gaps, and outstanding decisions that could impact the program critical path or go-live.
• Bring structure to ambiguous or incomplete requirements and independently drive analysis through to resolution.

WHAT SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS YOU’LL NEED TO DO THE JOB:

• Senior Business Analyst experience supporting complex transformation programs.
• Strong experience with business process mapping, requirements elicitation, requirements documentation, and stakeholder facilitation.
• Experience supporting data migration, integrations, testing/UAT, reconciliation, and requirements traceability.
• Strong preference for pensions experience, particularly within pension administration, pension operations, or pension transformation.
• Experience with pension administration outsourcing, pension platform migration/replacement, or recordkeeping transformation is highly desirable.
• Strong Financial Services or Insurance transformation experience may be considered where direct pensions experience is limited.
• Experience working within regulated or highly controlled environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across business, finance, operations, compliance, technology, and external vendor teams.
• Strong facilitation and decision-support skills, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or incomplete requirements.

…AND YOU ARE...

• Always improving your skills and knowledge: you want to be the best at what you do
• Curious and creative; comfortable taking on new problems and challenges
• A self-starter with the ability to recommend priorities to the project leader
• Comfortable working through problems and figuring things out with minimal supervision
• Great problem-solving skills: thorough and reliable
• Able to work in a team: share knowledge and assist other team members
• A good communicator: able to explain your ideas and recommendations
• Well organized and dependable under pressure: you manage your time effectively
• Energized by our company values!

WHY MARINER?

We believe in making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work! Not only are we passionate about nurturing a thriving technology sector here in Atlantic Canada, but we are also committed to solving technology challenges that will make an impact worldwide. Technology is everlasting, and we take pride in connecting world class talent to world class projects and business solutions.

If you are an IT Professional, Software Professional, or Management Consultant, that is passionate about career development, data, and problem solving, we want to hear from you! If this sounds like someone you know, share this with them so they do not miss the opportunity to experience Mariner!

To achieve this, we know we need to be all in on training and development of our team so we can continue to move the needle in the technology sector together. Of course, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to our team, but our competitive edge is the development and training that our team experiences every day.

Be part of our vibrant community that values diversity and embraces inclusion at every level. We are committed to fostering a culture where individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life feel empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. Our collaborative environment celebrates the richness of ideas and experiences, and we believe that by embracing diversity, we can achieve greater innovation and excellence together. Come and help us create a workplace that reflects the beautiful tapestry of our global community.

Join our growing team!