Business Analyst - CEPA

Job Title:

Business Analyst - CEPA

Job Requisition

Ministry:
Treasury Board & Finance

Location:

Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full-Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary/Wage:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
November 4, 2026

Classification:
Program Services 3

Salary: $2,935.39 to $3,850.29 bi-weekly ($76,613 - $100,492/year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding career opportunities.

The Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance (TBF) is tasked with high profile and highly impactful work that reaches across all ministries and numerous provincial agencies, and which impacts all Albertans. TBF has responsibility for 42 Acts, in addition to related regulations.

Please review Treasury Board and Finance to learn more and what it has to offer.

Join a team that plays a critical role in supporting how government manages secure and efficient electronic payment services across Alberta. As a member of the Central Electronic Payment Administration (CEPA) team, you will provide strategic business analysis, project leadership, and expert advisory services that support government-wide payment administration, compliance, and financial operations initiatives.

In this role, you will collaborate with ministries, service providers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to enhance business processes, support system improvements, and deliver standardized shared services that align with government priorities. You will help drive effective decision-making by ensuring business needs, policies, compliance requirements, and technology solutions work together to support operational excellence. The position focuses on and contributes to Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance activities, merchant services initiatives, and the ongoing enhancement of CEPA applications and business processes.

If you are a collaborative problem solver with strong business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills, this is an exciting opportunity to make a broad impact across government.

• Supports the delivery of Merchant Services and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to meet operational and business requirements.
• Participates in procurement activities, including the development and review of Statements of Work (SOWs) and related business requirements and documentation.
• Identifies process and system change requirements necessary to support growth initiatives identified in the organization’s business plan.
• Identifies opportunities to enhance Government of Alberta (GoA) processes and services in support of continuous improvement.
• Provides consultative support to Treasury Board and Finance (TBF) and the GoA by assessing the business-process impacts of business decisions and recommending appropriate change initiatives.
• Manages and supports the business change process for CEPA, ensuring changes are delivered in alignment with TBF and GoA-wide objectives and priorities and support the effective delivery of system change initiatives.
• Provides business analysis expertise and project management support for projects undertaken in support of the Finance Operations business plan.
• Develops and prepares business analytics, project documentation, and templates and tools, including stakeholder matrices and dashboards, business-unit impact analyses, decision diagrams, and presentations to support business decisions, change initiatives, and risk management.
• Participates in consultation sessions with GoA representatives to evaluate policy, regulatory, and…