Strategic Business

**Position**: Strategic Business Analyst

**Position Type**: Full-time, Permanent, Excluded [Internal and External]

**Classification**: Pay Group V

**Salary Range**: $72,800 - $104,000

If your brain intuitively understands the difference between the urgent and the important,

you could be our next Strategic Business Analyst

What you’re passionate about

A typical day for the Strategic Business Analyst
- Collaborate closely with the VP, Information Services and Technology (IST) on ongoing divisional activities and strategic priorities, including within APS and client-facing.
- Monitor, track and report on progress against the IST divisional (business) plan (which you also created).
- Monitor and manage IST financials to budget, collaborating with managers and directors to provide variance analysis and forecasting, and to manage changes as they arise.
- Support the IST management team in working to achieve shared and team goals.
- Prepare, review and provide quality assurance for all IST presentations and other communication collateral to the Executive Team, APS Board, external partners and peers.
- Consult on IST staff engagement strategies and activities.
- Monitor and report on IST-owned risks, mitigations and KRIs.
- Consult on internal and external communications and communication strategies.
- Manage projects on behalf of the VP’s office and IST management team.

What you bring
- Diploma or degree in business administration, commerce, technology or a related discipline;
- 5 years of progressive leadership experience in strategic planning, business process improvement, and project/change management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong relationship building ability.
- Strong interpersonal skills including negotiation, team building and conflict management.
- Strong organizational ability, demonstrable attention to detail and a goal-oriented approach.
- Ability to see the big picture.
- Passion for taking ownership and driving continuous improvement.
- Strong analytical, creative, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues in confidence, and to deal appropriately with senior levels of management.
- A positive, self-directed individual who will challenge existing processes and organizational inertia to achieve the corporation’s long term goals;
- Ability to motivate and support employees to enable and encourage them to achieve excellence in service delivery.
- Readiness to coordinate with other sections and customers to meet goals and objectives, and to accept responsibility for the outcomes of group efforts.
- Keen ability to identify and remove barriers to allow employees to do their best work.
- Ability to act as change agent and translate goals into practical implementation steps by communicating and gaining commitment.
- Experience in business needs identification.
- Experience in work, resource and budget management.
- Demonstrated leadership and advanced communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, both technical and non-technical), including the ability to relate to all levels within the organization including the senior corporate leaders.
- Ability to understand abstract complex systems from technical descriptions and quickly and easily convey information to non-technical peers.
- Experience consulting and working with non-technical stakeholders to define, clarify and articulate business requirements and associated information needs to meet stakeholder needs.

Why choose APS
APS is made up of hard-working, respectful and talented people who understand and invite diversity to the workplace. We take pride in holding ourselves accountable and continuing to meet or exceed service levels for plan members, pensioners and employers. We ensure they receive quality services because they—along with our people—are the reason we endure and succeed.

And it sure feels good helping hard-working Albertans receive their well-deserved pensions.
What APS has to offer
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Flexible work arrangements that make sense to you: work from home, compressed work weeks and more
- Community-minded workplace with a friendly team environment
- Vacation starting at 15 days per year, 13 statutory holidays, personal days, plus office closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Competitive benefit package featuring extended health and dental benefits and a 100% employer-paid flexible spending account
- In-house training programs, extensive career development and coaching program, access to LinkedIn Learning tracks
- Discount programs through various partner agencies