Job Description
McCarthy Tétrault is a Canadian law firm that offers a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. At McCarthy Tétrault, we offer challenging and rewarding career opportunities in our offices in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary and Vancouver. We are delighted to have earned the distinction of one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for the thirteenth consecutive year in 2025. Our culture is built on professional excellence, collaboration, innovation, thought leadership and entrepreneurialism. We embrace inclusion in all its forms and we provide the tools and opportunities to help our people develop to their full potential.
We are recruiting for a Business Analyst to join our team in our Toronto office. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Business Analysis and Project Management and will be responsible for gathering and analyzing business requirements, leading and managing small to medium-sized projects and project teams, and developing and maintaining key project documentation. McCarthy Tétrault employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.
As a Business Analyst, you will be:
Business Analysis
Gathering and documenting business requirements through interviews, workshops, and analysis of existing processes.
Analyzing and evaluating business processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Translating business needs into functional specifications for technical teams and stakeholders.
Collaborating with project managers, developers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
Developing process maps, workflows, and use cases to support solution design and implementation.
Performing data analysis and reporting to support decision-making and validate business requirements.
Facilitating stakeholder meetings and workshops to clarify requirements and manage expectations.
Supporting testing and quality assurance activities by creating test cases and validating solutions against requirements.
Monitoring project progress and provide status updates to stakeholders, ensuring timely delivery of milestones.
Assisting in change management and training activities to ensure smooth adoption of new processes or systems.
Managing Small to Medium Projects and Project teams
Building and leading the project team.
Providing direction as required to meet the project objectives and commitments.
Creating and executing project work plans
Gathering business and technical requirements for proposed projects and establishing appropriate project design through a full understanding of business requirements.
Managing changing priorities to complete project delivery within defined constraints.
Identifying resources needed and assigning individual responsibilities; supporting and utilization of McCarthy Tetrault project resource management processes and tools.
Managing day-to-day operational aspects of projects and/or programs including scope and deliverables.
Applying MT project management methodology effectively, utilizing MT project management processes and tools to enforce project standards and meet requirements for MT PMO reporting.
Developing an appropriate risk management plan on all projects, ensuring timely response and escalation of issues that can lead to unexpected changes in time, quality, scope and budget.
Applying Change Management principles and tools to enhance successful operationalization of projects.
Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.Working closely and maintaining strong work relationships with stakeholders and sponsors from all functional areas of business.
Developing and maintaining key project documentation, including the project plan, periodic reports, schedule, issues, quality and risk documents.
Conducting appropriate project meetings, including Project Kickoff, Team and Steering Committee meetings.
Overseeing key project components including communication plans, change management plans, training plans, testing plans and roll-out plans.
Ensuring sufficient communication is taking place, at an appropriate level of detail, to keep stakeholders appropriately aware of project statuses.
May be assisting Business Analysts with identification of business requirements, integration needs, baseline metrics, feasibility studies and cost benefit analyses.
Providing and maintaining accurate project forecasts for budget, resources and schedules.
Documenting lessons learned and facilitating their translation into ‘Best Practices’.
Project and Portfolio Management Practices and Capabilities
Identifying and recommending enhancements to the project management methodology and toolset.
Encouraging the use of appropriate and effective project management practices.
As our ideal candidate, you will distinguish yourself by the following profile:
Experience using project management methodology (minimum 4+ years of experience) with experience leading small to medium sized projects.
Minimum bachelor’s degree in information systems/technology, computer science, engineering, business administration, finance or other undergraduate program.
Project Management Institute (PMI) project management professional (PMP) certification
Experience guiding others through project processes.
Solid understanding of Organizational Change Management an asset.
Demonstrated effective time management skills by leading multiple initiatives concurrently.
Demonstrated ability in carrying out complex work requirements while working autonomously to meet the needs of the project and timelines.
Solid experience and understanding of technology initiatives.
Consulting experience in a client-facing role – an asset.
How to Apply:
We encourage external candidates to apply online and internal applicants must apply directly through our internal careers portal on Espresso. We look forward to receiving your application.
We thank all applicants for their interest in McCarthy Tétrault; however, only chosen applicants will be contacted. We regret that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries about application status. McCarthy Tétrault is an equal opportunity employer that fosters an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. Please notify us if you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process.
