Senior Data BA

Job Title: Senior Data BA

Work Location: Ontario, CA (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Must Have:

• 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).
• Proven 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.
• Ability to translate complex technical and data concepts into clear business language.

Nice to Have:

• Delegated Authority / Bordereaux environments and formats
• MGA / TPA data integration
• Regulatory environments such as Lloyd’s, Solvency II, or equivalent
• Experience working alongside Data Architects, Data Governance, or Data Engineering teams
• We are seeking Senior Business Analysts to support the Global Specialty Insurance (GSI) Delegated Authority Data Workstream.

1. Data Model Requirements & Definition

• Facilitate business and SME workshops to gather and refine data requirements across Contract, Premium/Risk, and Claims domains.
• Support the Senior Data Architect by translating business requirements into clear data definitions, field-level specifications, and business context.
• 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 GSI landing models.
• Conduct gap analysis between existing BU data structures and GSI standard models.

2. Data Quality Rules & Standards

• Define business validation rules, data quality standards, and rule hierarchies for GSI Delegated Authority data from MGA / TPAs.
• Develop validation playbooks to support consistent data intake across Business Units and external partners.
• Collaborate with SMEs and governance forums to agree critical data controls, mandatory fields, and completeness expectations.
• Ensure business rules support regulatory, financial, and operational reporting needs.

3. Partner Data Engagement

• 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).
• Participate in external partner discussions to clarify data requirements and integration expectations.
• Provide analysis support for future partner onboarding execution where required.

4. Operating Model & Governance

• Support the design and documentation of the GSI Delegated Authority Data Intake Operating Model.
• Facilitate SME Councils, BU discovery sessions, and Data Governance forums.
• Drive alignment across Business Units to the GSI landing data standards and intake approach.
• Document onboarding workflows, roles, and responsibilities across people, process, data, and technology.
• Produce discovery outputs to support BU implementation planning.

5. Programme Analysis & Deliverables

• The role will produce key programme artefacts, including:
• Business data dictionaries
• Validation rule catalogues
• Partner capability assessments
• Onboarding playbooks and process documentation
• BU discovery and implementation inputs