Senior Business Analyst Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,IT/Tech

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Job Title:

Senior Business Analyst Employee Group: CUPE Employee Type:
Permanent

Start Date:

Monday, September 14 2026 End Date (if applicable):

Job Summary:

The Senior Business Systems Analyst leads and delivers complex enterprise initiatives involving data, enterprise systems, and cloud‑based solutions. This role is considered a senior individual contributor responsible for performing hands‑on business and systems analysis across the full lifecycle of projects and initiatives — from early‑pre‑stage analysis (e.g. pre‑project intake) to detailed needs assessment, solution evaluation, delivery and implementation. This position supports key institutional priorities, including enterprise system transformations, data integration, reporting and analytics, and adoption of cloud‑based platforms.

The role operates within the Information Technology’s Product and Project Portfolio team, and collaborates closely with academic, business stakeholders, technical teams and peers.

Job Description:

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Duties & Responsibilities:

1.Enterprise Intake, Solution Analysis, and Architecture/Security Alignment Conduct the analysis of project proposals and product intake requests, including elicitation of business needs, high‑level requirements, expected outcomes, and identifying business value. Analyze and provide recommendations to support classification and prioritization of initiatives using defined criteria (e.g., scope, complexity, cost, risk and impact). Facilitate enterprise solution evaluation, coordinating cross‑functional input across business, data, integration, and technical domains.

Develop solution options and recommendations, including analysis of benefits, trade‑offs, risks, and dependencies. Prepare business cases, feasibility assessments, cost‑benefit analysis, and benefits realization measures to support decision‑making and investment prioritization. Support vendor and product assessments, including RFI/RFP analysis, fit‑gap assessments, demonstrations, evaluation scoring, and recommendation development for third‑party or enterprise technology solutions. Analyze the current enterprise systems landscape to identify duplication, integration opportunities, and alignment with institutional architecture and security standards.

2.Business and Systems Analysis Delivery Perform end‑to‑end business and systems analysis for complex initiatives, including elicitation, analysis, validation, and documentation of requirements. Translate business needs into structured requirements and solution artefacts (e.g., functional, and non‑functional requirements, use cases, process models). Support solution design discussions by identifying impacts to systems, integrations, and data structures. Support primarily Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery approaches by leading requirements elicitation, analysis, comprehensive documentation, validation and traceability, while producing decision‑ready and governance ready analysis deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.

Identify and recommend process improvement, standardization, automation, and service optimization opportunities that improve efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance user experience.

3.Technical and Data‑Focused Analysis Analyze and support initiatives involving:
Data integration, reporting and analytics solutions, data quality, data governance, and data classification practices. Collaborate with technical teams to define integration requirements, data flows, and interface specifications. Contribute to solution design by understanding system capabilities, constraints, and integration patterns. Support transition activities, including testing (UAT), validation, and data‑related readiness to ensure delivered solutions meet business…