Business Systems Analyst

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Job

Requisition :
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Group:
Staff
Job Category:
Business Systems Analysis

Employment Type:

Temporary
Department:
Information Systems and Technology - Office of the Registrar, Business Systems Analysis
Hiring Range: $73,695.42 - $92,119.28
Posting Information:
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Term: 2 years
This position is being offered as a Secondment or contract opportunity.
The internal posting deadline for this position is September 3, 2026, at 11:59PM.
This is a Career Path position. The final level will be determined based on demonstrated skills and experience.
Anticipated hiring ranges:

• USG 9: $ 73,695 - $92,119
• USG 10: $ 80,248 – $100,310

Primary Purpose The Registrar’s Office (RO) is involved in all aspects of academic life, including marketing for undergraduate student recruitment and admissions, enrolment, examinations, development and application of academic policies, and convocation. This position supports the systems‑based processes for these activities and drives continuous improvement through systems development projects. The Business Systems Analyst (Analyst) provides functional business analysis and project leadership in systems development related to student information systems and integrations of the University, while supporting major, more complex business processes.

There are several critical aspects of support including provision of accurate and timely data to support the Registrar’s Office units and staff and faculty to facilitate and enhance decision‑making, strategic planning, and communications.

This role is forward looking and is regularly assessing the current and future technology needs of RO stakeholders in order to meet and exceed their expectations.

• Functional Knowledge and Leadership in Business Analysis and Development
  • Provides business analysis for new problems or changing processes (may be introduced by legislative or policy changes)
  • Works closely with stakeholder groups (faculty, staff, students) to understand and interpret diverse requirements for new developments and/or improvements to existing processes; stakeholder needs are often conflicting requiring careful facilitation and negotiation
  • Identifies and/or verifies user needs; creates user stories and test scenarios for large development projects, interpreting requirements, fit/gap analysis
  • Undertakes research of new tools and functionality to support registrarial activities across the campus, including student self‑service; engaged with implementation of these tools (setup/configuration, development, analysis and forecasting, testing, training, document findings)
  • Functional project subject matter expert role in systems, working in partnership with IST and other departments on development projects, appreciation for various project management methodologies such as eg. waterfall, agile, etc
  • Functional leadership for system upgrades, enhancements, and fixes—research, identification of test scenarios, and quality assurance—and assuring that stakeholder needs are met
• Expertise, Guidance and Leadership in Complex Processes and Operations
  • Source of expertise and technical support on student information systems and related or integrated systems
  • Liaises with stakeholders from various departments, user groups…