Jr. Business Analyst

Odyssey Reinsurance Company (OdysseyRe) is the global reinsurance arm of Odyssey Group, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and specialty insurance. OdysseyRe offers a broad range of property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance products, providing capital and risk management solutions for clients to efficiently manage economic risk through a network of branch and representative offices across North America, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), AsiaPacific and London.

OdysseyRe is an equal opportunity employer with excellent benefits and a strong commitment to providing training and opportunities for our staff. We provide employees an innovative, enriching environment and take great pride in their career growth.

OdysseyRe is rated A+ (Superior) by AM Best and A+ (Strong) by Standard and Poor’s. Odyssey Group is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FFH.

Junior Business Analyst

Role Overview

As a Junior Business Analyst within the OneOdyssey team, you will support data-driven projects, operational improvements, and assist with initiatives relating to training, user adoption, and project management. This entry-level role is suited for recent graduates or early career professionals enthusiastic about analytics, insurance, and organizational change.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and support operational and business reports, including summary presentations for stakeholders.

• Document and map business workflows, identifying opportunities for process improvement.

• Participate in project meetings, prepare meeting notes, and track progress of key deliverables.

• Assist with the creation and updating of user guides, training materials, FAQs, and quick reference documents for new systems and processes.

• Help organize and support internal training sessions both virtual and onsite to facilitate user adoption of new tools or procedures.

• Utilize Microsoft Stream to help create, edit, or distribute training content.

• Gather feedback from users, summarize adoption challenges, and help refine training and communication approaches.

• Maintain project documentation, timelines, and action items using project management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Visio, Power Suite).

• Research market trends, regulatory developments, and industry best practices relating to reinsurance.

• Shadow senior analysts and participate in cross-functional discussions (with actuarial, underwriting, finance, and IT teams).

• Present findings and contribute suggestions at team meetings.

• Proactively contribute to strategies that raise end-user adoption of new systems or processes.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications*

Additional Skills*

• Experience using Azure DevOps for tracking tasks and project deliverables

• Familiarity with Microsoft Stream for creating or managing video training content

• Technical writing skills; able to produce clear, concise user manuals, guides, or SOPs

• Demonstrated ability or coursework in change management or methods for raising end-user adoption

Learning & Development Opportunities*

• Hands-on exposure to project management and change management processes in reinsurance.

• Opportunities to contribute to user training and adoption initiatives during new system or process rollouts.

• Mentorship from experienced analysts, project managers, and subject matter experts.

• Involvement in documentation, reporting, and operational analytics.

• Insights into the workings of the global reinsurance industry.

• Career path into the Project Management Tree, with Delivery and Solutions architecture at the forefront of each Project.

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