Job Title: Analyst - Canada Insurance Practice: Toronto

Alpha’s North America Insurance practice continues to expand and grow to deliver value for our clients across business and technology outcomes. We offer services across strategy, operations transformation, technology and data strategy and technology implementation services across P&C, L&A, Broker clients. Our clients span Personal and Commercial Lines, Life and Annuity, Group and Retirement. They recognize Alpha for the unique value proposition we have to deeply understand the insurance domain and connect the business goals with enablement areas across operations, technology and data.

What makes us different?

Established yet entrepreneurial – We believe that Alpha is the perfect combination of a successfully established firm (founded in 2003) whilst being entrepreneurial, dynamic, and growing. This means, your contributions are not only impactful and valued, but you also have the support of a top-tier organization with rapid growth and progression opportunities

Work alongside the best in the industry – Working at Alpha gives you the opportunity to work alongside both the leading organizations in our industry, and also experts within the Alpha team. Learning directly from both will allow you to accelerate the development of your own expertise in the asset and wealth management space

We invest in developing your talent – We run tailored training for all levels and support our talent with industry-leading qualifications. To support ongoing learning and development, we also offer up to 5 days of paid training time per year

A true meritocracy – At Alpha, we don’t have any concept of ‘time at level’ or promotion quotas – which means that your potential is truly driven by your performance, and you are in charge of your own career trajectory

High responsibility and autonomy – Each member has a high level of responsibility and autonomy on every project, as well as exposure to senior team members (e.g. Partners) who continuously support, train and develop you

You share in our success – We enable everyone to share the firm’s success with unique incentives

Culture and community – We pride ourselves on creating a supportive, nurturing environment where people can be themselves

Position Overview:

We have a fast-growing team of dedicated consultants with deep experience from working both within the industry and consulting. Successful candidates should expect a diverse range of complex and strategic engagements across the Insurance market. As we continue to expand our client base and expertise, we are looking for individuals to join our team to support our growth journey. Please see below an outline of the responsibilities of the role as well as the requirements.

As an Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Contribute to client projects, supporting project design to delivery.
• Support the creation of high-quality work products within expected timeframes.
• Own key items for project delivery – including possible ownership of deliverables or workstreams within a project.
• Actively participate in the preparation of materials for and delivery of project and client meetings.
• Identify and internally discuss ideas for further business opportunities.
• Track and monitor project plans and milestones, as well as key project issues, risks, actions, and dependencies, and escalating where appropriate.
• Manage competing demands and priorities, from internal and external stakeholders.
• Understand Alpha’s services and actively assess ways to serve clients.
• Stay abreast of General Insurance & Specialty trends relevant to the client's business.
• Contribute to business development, supporting with the development of internal business management areas (e.g. contributions to thought leadership, recruitment or Alpha proposition development)

Requirements:

• A Bachelors’ Degree in a related field, along with Professional experience working in Management Consulting, especially in Finance Services and/or Insurance.
• Experience with projects focused on Target Operating Models, business processes and/or IT solutions in some of the following areas: Sales & Marketing, Distribution, Underwriting and PAS, Claims, Operations, IT, Data, and other insurance transformations are strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills; confident at structuring and articulating messages and adapting communication style for different audiences.
• Experience with relationship development, especially with business development/ account management is a plus.

Compensation and Perks:

As part of the Alpha team, you will be rewarded with the following:

• Competitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity
• 401k matching
• 25 days of annual paid time off
• Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
• Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses
• Choice of laptop
• North America team-wide training and retreats
• Sponsorship towards professional certifications / training supported with 5 days of paid training time

There are a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, and licensure and certifications. A reasonable estimate of the range is $85,000 to $115,000 subject to change based on salary benchmarking. In addition to this salary, employees would be eligible for both variable and non-variable benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Alpha is an equal opportunities employer and the Group’s policy is to ensure that all employees, or those seeking employment, are treated fairly. All decisions relating to recruitment, selection and promotion are made objectively regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, age, or disability.