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Manager - Continuous Improvement & Innovation

Manager - Continuous Improvement & Innovation

Kinross Gold CorporationToronto, ON, Canada
12 days ago
Salary
CA$89.65 hourly
Job type
  • Temporary
Job description

Location : Toronto, ON M5X 1A1 (Hybrid - twice / week on Tue / Thur)

Duration : 6 months

Contract Type : T4 only

Pay Rate : CA$89.65 / Hour

Role Mandate :

  • Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and recommends solutions to enable the achievement of organizational goals.
  • Builds exceptional relationships with business partners and internal stakeholders. Analyzes data and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders.
  • Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meet essential quality standards.
  • Participates in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of work products.

Role Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to) :

  • Manages complexity across business value, technology, and interaction models.
  • Possesses a deep understanding and problem-solving ability of various complexities.
  • Develops innovative approaches to create solutions to resolve problems and significant issues.
  • Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
  • Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
  • Contributes to the development of the seed funding request by ensuring project scope and benefits are clearly articulated and risks are identified.
  • Enables groups to successfully accept changes by informing stakeholders of their implications; recommends actions as appropriate.
  • Prepares and delivers presentations for senior leaders.
  • Acts in a larger project planning capacity.
  • Audits the quality of reports submitted by analysts and provides related coaching and support.
  • Supports the Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) with vendors if required.
  • Leads the preparation of end user reference materials and prepares end-user training materials.
  • Works with project stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis models via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.
  • Ensures system specifications meet expectations / requirements and negotiates solutions.
  • Creates documentation to ensure the supportability of analyses.
  • Maintains existing requirements to ensure that current-state needs are known.
  • Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
  • Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.
  • Interprets large data sets that cover all lines of businesses at Client’s Financial Group. Ability to filter and “clean” / normalize data.
  • Remains alert to new techniques for insights, analytics, and data visualization, and devises new ways of applying them.
  • Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
  • Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency.
  • Facilitates discussions and follows a structured approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage requirements with stakeholders.
  • Provides analytical support and insights.
  • Identifies opportunities to strengthen business analysis capability, such as : sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across Client.
  • Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.
  • Focus is primarily on business / group within Client; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.

    • Must-Have Skills :

  • Typically between 10 - 15 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Possesses analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Extensive experience working with large data sets. Any / all financial sector experience is an asset.
  • Demonstrates applied knowledge of one or more analysis and problem decomposition technique.
  • Understands complete Software Development Life Cycle and can apply the applicable portions of the ‘Feasibility,’ ‘Requirements,” and ‘Analysis’ phases.
  • Demonstrates writing and documentation skills.
  • Understands and can explain to others the core processes involved in their area of support.
  • Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
  • Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth.

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