Full-Time

Business Analyst

Updated on 7/8/2026

OMERS

OMERS

Manages defined-benefit pension plan assets

Compensation Overview

$72k - $108k/yr

Toronto, ON, Canada

Hybrid

Minimum four in-office days per week; hybrid work arrangement.

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Power BI
Microsoft Azure
Agile
Software Testing
SQL
Visio
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • 1–3 years experience in business analysis supporting investment systems
  • Strong analytical skills with SQL and Excel
  • Experience with requirements gathering, process mapping, and user stories
  • Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps, Visio, Power BI
  • Knowledge of investment lifecycle (exchange-traded and OTC products)
  • Strong attention to detail and end-to-end process understanding
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, collaborative environments
Responsibilities
  • Participate in Agile and Waterfall projects related to Portfolio Servicing Platform enhancements and integrations
  • Support the Platform Owner in managing backlog, roadmap, and prioritization
  • Lead business analysis across the full project lifecycle
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document requirements
  • Ensure project scope, deliverables, and timelines are clearly defined
  • Design and develop reporting and dashboards (SQL, Power BI, SSRS)
  • Define and execute testing strategies including integration and performance testing
  • Support change management activities including training and communications
  • Partner with technology teams on enhancements and system upgrades
  • Develop and maintain documentation and knowledge base content
  • Analyze issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions
  • Provide recommendations to improve BA practices and delivery
  • Build strong stakeholder relationships and foster collaboration
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field (CS, Finance, Engineering, etc.)
  • CPA or CFA (completed or in progress)
  • Certifications in BA, Change Management, or Project Management
  • Experience with investment platforms (e.g., Calypso, SimCorp, Aladdin)
  • Experience with advanced reporting and analytics
  • Growth mindset and openness to continuous improvement
  • Ability to handle ambiguity and competing priorities
  • Strong sense of ownership and delivery excellence

OMERS is a large Canadian defined benefit pension plan that administers pensions and manages investments for active, deferred, and retired employees of Ontario municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies. It is funded by member contributions and investment returns, with OMERS handling member records, retirement benefits, and pension payments while investing to grow the fund for future payouts. It stands out as one of Canada’s largest defined benefit plans by net assets (about C$138.2 billion as of Dec 31, 2024) and has a long history, with offices around the world supporting a diverse asset base. Its goal is to provide secure, sustainable retirement benefits for its members while prudently investing the fund to maintain long-term financial strength.

Company Size

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Company Stage

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Total Funding

$274.2M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1962

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Infrastructure assets deliver steady results aligned with expectations despite global uncertainty.
  • Fixed income strategy boosted returns via interest income and declining yields.
  • OMERS retains AAA rating due to high assets and low debt despite funding deficit.

What critics are saying

  • Direct private equity strategy may be curtailed within 6-12 months due to low deal activity.
  • Recent growth-venture vintages likely underperform promised returns within 12-18 months.
  • Deutsche Glasfaser recapitalization faces 40-60% collapse risk within 6-12 months, threatening existential loss.

What makes OMERS unique

  • OMERS increased infrastructure allocation to 55% to offset private equity volatility.
  • OMERS shifted Asia-Europe private equity strategy to fund investing, reducing deal flow risk.
  • OMERS' active currency hedging added nearly 1% to H1 2025 returns.

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Company News

Mobile Europe
Apr 21st, 2026
Germany's largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt.

Germany's largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt. 21 April 2026 Canadian pension fund Omers and private equity group EQT have jointly offered another €5 billion - they are already investors in the altnet. The Canadian pension fund Omers and private equity group EQT offered to put an additional €5 billion into the German altnet firm Deutsche Glasfaser. The Financial Times reports [subscription needed] that the broadband provider is heavily indebted and in danger of being seized by lenders. The two have already invested €4 billion in Glasfaser., which has debts of more than €7 billion gross debt. They had put forward a refinancing deal last December but creditors rejected it. Unnamed sources suggest the new deal could be sealed this week. It is preferred to the previous offer as it shifts more debt to the 'holding company' some of the same sources added. Germany still playing catch-up Germany, along with the other major economies such as the UK and Italy (but not France) was a laggard in the fibre broadband stakes, but has accelerated the roll-out in the last few years. Although full FTTH/B coverage is still behind some EU counterparts, Gigabit speed connectivity is available to 77-79% of households using various technologies such as copper, cable and fixed wireless access for the final link into customers' premises. The big three Glasfaser was set up in 2011 and is Germany's second-largest fibre broadband provider, serving more than 2.6 million homes. Its focus is rural and suburban areas, but has almost halved its target of premises passed by 2032 from 6 million to 3.2 million having failed to attract enough customers - retail and wholesale. Deutsche Telekom is the largest provider of fibre broadband in Germany, both in terms of network infrastructure and active customers, having passed more than 12 million households and businesses. In January it announced it has exceeded coverage of more than half of Germany's permises and says that by 2027, it aims to pass 17.5 million homes. Vodafone Deutschland claims to have the largest full fibre netork in Germany and offers fibre broadband to more than 11 million households through a combination of its own infrastructure, a joint venture called OXG Glasfaser, and through wholesale partnerships with Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Glasfaser. OXG was launched by Vodafone and Altice in 2023.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 6th, 2026
Canada's largest pension funds report steep PE losses despite sophisticated management

Canada's largest pension funds have reported weak private equity performance for 2025, but consultant Alexander Beath argues the poor results may reflect flawed benchmarking rather than actual underperformance. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan recorded a 5.3% loss on its PE portfolio, whilst Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System saw a 2.5% loss. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec's buyout portfolio returned just 2.3%, missing its benchmark by over 10 percentage points. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan gained 0.6%, whilst Alberta Investment Management Corporation's PE portfolio returned 3%. Beath contends these pensions measure PE performance against benchmarks heavily weighted towards large-cap stocks, particularly the Magnificent Seven, which saw massive 2025 returns. This makes PE appear worse by comparison, despite industry-wide headwinds from slow dealmaking and valuation declines.

Benefits Canada
Mar 24th, 2026
OMERS appointing Luca Lupo as senior managing director and head of Europe.

OMERS appointing Luca Lupo as senior managing director and head of Europe. * By: Staff * March 24, 2026 * 11:00 The infrastructure arm at the Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement System is appointing Luca Lupo as senior managing director and head of Europe, effective immediately. Lupo joined the OMERS in 2022 as part of the infrastructure team. In this new role he will lead the regional team based in London and will oversee regional origination activities and the platform's management of its investments in Europe, according to a press release. In addition to his knowledge of the European markets and the investment organization's portfolio, Lupo is highly respected by portfolio company management teams, advisers and investment partners, said Michael Hill, executive vice-president and global head at the OMERS Infrastructure, in a press release.

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