ERP Business Analyst, Data

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Job Title:
ERP Business Analyst, Data

Employee Group:
Administrator

Employee Type:
Temporary (Fixed Term)

Start Date:
Monday, October 20 2025

End Date (if applicable):
Wednesday, March 31 2027

Job Summary:
In January 2020, Langara College migrated its HR and finance operations to the cloud-based Workday ERP platform. Langara is now moving into an exciting new phase of transforming its Student Information Systems (SIS) through a suite of solutions, including the Workday Student product.

Under the general guidance of the Technical Project Manager, the ERP Business Analyst, Data leads the assessment of client requirements and needs for technical delivery streams within the project (Reporting, Integrations, and Data Conversion). This position provides expertise in modern software and product testing techniques. This role works in close collaboration with functional data owners and technical team; and is a champion in ensuring high data quality. The Business Analyst, Data is an integral member of the Student Projects and Improvement team, has a strategic perspective and a broad-based understanding of business operations whilst integrating with an enterprise solution. This position will actively contribute to the testing and changeover activities in the current stage of the implementation project.

We are seeking an ERP Business Analyst, Data passionate with exceptional analytical thinking, superb communication, and a positive customer service attitude to join our team. Experience with ERP systems is preferred. Experience with Workday Student or HCM is preferred. Experience in higher education or public sector is an asset. Knowledge of student life cycle processes in higher education environment is an asset.

**Job Description**:
Duties & Responsibilities:
Core Duties:

- Leads the assessment of client needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) to identify business priorities and recommends options to prepare legacy data.
- Identifies, elicits, and documents business requirements, defines business rules and communicates requirements for the implementation of business solutions with regards to preparing legacy data.
- Conducts workflow and gap analysis for data cleansing requirements.
- Performs analysis and identification of requirements for data.
- Works closely with Functional Workstream, Technical Workstream and other stakeholders in implementing data quality improvements, documenting agreements, and discussions with data. Position is privileged to highly sensitive information relating to business or technological changes.
- Provides consultative services for the development of policies and procedures.
- Analyzes metrics to ensure for client satisfaction.
- Provides input and recommendations to feasibility studies for standard development projects and enhancements.
- Provides technical guidance and leadership to less-experienced individuals.
- Prepares functional, system and program specifications with regards to data.
- Develops and implement data cleansing plans describing the overall approaches to resolve data integrity and quality issues in preparation for data conversion.
- Documents data cleansing requirements in collaboration with the technical and functional teams for the development of data extracts.
- Develops and implement data cleansing maintenance plan to keep the data clean post cleansing.
- Develops validation reports and/or setup validation tool to monitor the ongoing data quality.
- Conducts ongoing data quality audits to uncover trends and anomalies and develop actionable insights
- Where data cleansing is not possible in the legacy system, document all data that cannot be cleansed prior to data conversion.
- Supports the data conversion including quantitative and qualitative validation of converted data.
- Conducts data analysis using statistical software, databases querying, spreadsheets and various reporting tools, and visualization tools.
- Contributes to the development of data management procedures, processes, standards and data governance framework.
- Prepares status reports to summarize findings communicate to client.
- Maintains appropriate professional designations and up-to-date knowledge of current information technology techniques and tools.
- Acquires and maintains working knowledge of the College's technical and business environment.
- Builds and maintains good working