Functional Analyst

What makes us a different kind of employer?

As a national health solutions partner, Medavie is committed to improving the wellbeing of Canadians — and in our digital-first culture, technology is key to providing the products, services and solutions that increase access to care and improve health outcomes.

Our technology team is the backbone of our organization with over 500 employees and growing. We are constantly creating, testing, and learning to enable personalized, digital experiences in all we do.

When you join us, you’ll be part of an in-house, innovation led team focused on cutting edge digital health solutions that help provide the best care possible, when and where it’s needed.

 The Opportunity:

We’re looking for an outstanding Functional Analyst  to help lead the our effort in improving and revitalizing our administrative applications. You’ll collaborate with the team to turn complex business needs and functional requirements into efficient easy to use maintainble solutions, while following Medavie processes, methodologies and standards.

Our ideal candidate is collaborative and team-minded, while also being capable of independent self-direction. You're a great communicator, with a knack for innovative solutions and a keen interest in dynamic and emerging technologies. You see challenges as puzzles to be solved, not roadblocks. You are detail-oriented and organized, able to understand the big-picture goal while focusing on a complex timeline of tasks, while helping to remove roadblocks for team membes.

Your everyday with us will consist of:

• Analyze requirements and conceptualize, define and document appropriate solution considering development and Quality Assurance
• Analyze data and system integrations to understand underlying functional impacts introduced through business requirements
• Estimate with high degree of accuracy the effort required to produce appropriate solution
• Lead efforts to carry out appropriate solution with goal of fulfilling all business requirements
• Assess business needs and document requirements
• Transition and communicate problem solution to architects, developers and testers
• Communicate and collaborate with business counterparts the solution status and plans
• Advise, persuade &/or negotiate on problems or situations of a simple to complex nature
• Manage multiple priorities and activities
• Provide supervision, leadership, mentorship, coaching and guidance to team members, ensuring all members follow the direction provided.
• Plan and coordinate simple to moderatly complex projects and activities with team members and any stakeholders both internal to Medavie Blue Cross and external clients.

Security Clearance Requirement: In conjunction with our contract with the Federal Government, you will be required to have Reliability Status Clearance (Enhanced Level B) prior to your start date.  This includes; Fingerprinting, Criminal Record Check, Credit Check and you must have resided in Canada for at least 5 years and hold Permanent Resident or Citizenship Status.

What you need to succeed:

• Education:  University degree or college diploma in Computer Science or a similar program
• Work Experience: 4+ years as a System anlayst, senior programmer/analyst, Enterprise Business Analyst, or Funcational Analyst role
• Language Skills: Proficiency in English is required (written & spoken).  Proficiency in French would be an asset.
• Skills: Hands on experience in technical solution design, software specifications, conceptualization and development; Hands on experience in agile projects; Customer oriented and focused on delivering high value innovative solutions.  Tecnical experiece in Oracle, Java, Javascript frameworks, GIT, UX design would be considered an asset. 

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Medavie Blue Cross strives to foster a culture where everyone is enabled to achieve their full potential - a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) where we live our values every day in the way we treat each other, our members and the communities we serve. Accessibility is a top priority.

For applicants with disabilities, we provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Medavie Blue Cross Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

We would like to thank all candidates for expressing interest. Please note only those selected for interviews will be contacted.