Senior Business Analyst, Corporate Project Management Office

Overview

Senior Business Analyst, Corporate Project Management Office

Strategy and Transformation, Office of the CAO

Status: Regular Full Time

Hiring Range: $94,455 to $106,262
per annum (plus comprehensive benefits, where applicable)

Work Mode:
Hybrid
* see below for more details about this work mode.

The Corporate Project Management Office (CPMO) supports the successful delivery of strategic and transformational initiatives across the Region of Peel.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will act as an integrator, facilitator, and analytical specialist, helping bridge the gap between organizational priorities and project solutions. Working closely with project managers, business leaders, and stakeholders, you will lead business analysis activities that support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of programs, services, processes, and technology solutions.

This role requires strong analytical thinking
, stakeholder engagement
, facilitation
, and problem-solving skills to ensure project outcomes align with business needs and deliver measurable value.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, priorities, opportunities, and challenges.
• Support the development of business cases required for project approval and investment decisions.
• Facilitate the identification, planning, measurement, and tracking of project benefits to support value realization.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, and document business requirements using a variety of techniques, including interviews, workshops, process reviews, and facilitated sessions.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Gather, model, and analyze data to support decision-making and project deliverables.
• Break down complex business problems and ambiguous requirements into practical, implementable solutions.
• Develop and maintain process maps, business workflows, data models, diagrams, and other analytical documentation.
• Assess current-state operations and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and service delivery.
• Evaluate solution options and provide recommendations based on business needs, risks, costs, and expected outcomes.
• Support the development of procurement documentation, including scopes of work and requirements specifications.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, brainstorming sessions, and lessons learned discussions.
• Conduct research and benchmarking activities to identify leading practices and opportunities for improvement.
• Support project governance activities, including risk identification, assessment, and mitigation planning.
• Contribute to organizational change management activities that support the successful adoption of project solutions.
• Foster collaboration and consensus among diverse stakeholder groups while navigating competing priorities and perspectives.

What You Bring

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline, combined with a minimum of five (5) years of related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex projects, business transformation initiatives, or process improvement efforts.
• Strong understanding of business analysis principles, methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience gathering, documenting, analyzing, and validating business and technical requirements.
• Knowledge of project and program management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project, and Planner, as well as Visio and Power BI.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement,…