Business Analyst

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 62323
Ministry: Infrastructure
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: September 23, 2024
Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment

**Salary**: $2,757.39 - $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967 - $94,068/year)

Alberta Infrastructure designs, builds, manages, and maintains government-owned and operated facilities, and collaborates with other ministries to ensure that schools, hospitals, and government facilities infrastructure meet the needs of Alberta’s population. The Ministry also provides accommodation services and manages a large portfolio of owned and leased facilities while maintaining fiscal accountability and optimizing value for Albertans.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Alternative Capital Financing Partnerships Office is a division that leads the assessment and procurement processes for a wide range of infrastructure projects (e.g., education, housing, environment, health, transportation) via alternative capital financing strategies (e.g., private-public partnerships [P3], unsolicited proposals [USP], and through Canadian Infrastructure Bank [CIB] financing).

The Analyst contributes to the Alberta's utilization of diverse alternative capital financing strategies to deliver infrastructure projects, through the effective assessment and development of creative financing and funding options and monitoring of related approved projects. The position leads the analysis of alternative funding options and works with multiple stakeholders within and outside the GoA (e.g., different ministries, industry) to define funding arrangements and project parameters. The Analyst prepares reports and develops recommendations on partnership opportunities. This position also contributes to the development and management of an overarching framework for alternative capital financing (e.g., assessment processes and guidelines) to increase consistency across projects.

**The primary responsibilities for the Business Analyst include, but are not limited to**:

- Identifying and exploring alternative financing options for infrastructure projects in collaboration with ministries and public agencies.
- Collecting and reviewing statistical information (also developing financial models if needed or required) to assist management in making decisions that optimize value in potential partnership opportunities.
- Developing Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) or Requests for Proposals (RFP) or Request for Expression of Interest (RFEOI) that accurately reflect the needs, roles, and responsibilities of all involved parties.
- Reviewing requests for additional funding on approved projects to inform formal approval decisions (e.g., identify the source, such as cost escalation or scope change, and ensure the consistency of the information with any past submission and current knowledge).
- Completing assessment and review of existing and completed projects to identify lessons learned to shape ongoing management of the overarching framework and specific strategies.
- Developing responses to action requests, preparing briefing notes and reviewing communication releases.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work with diverse stakeholders (e.g., professional services, private and public entities, government officials.
- Highly effectively verbal and written communication skills; ability to consult and negotiate the needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders.
- Business acumen, financial analysis and multi-dimensional analytical ability.

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**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

- **Systems Thinking**: Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them.
- **Creative Problem Solving**: Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues.
- **Agility**: Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks.
- **Develop Networks**: Leverages relationships to build input and perspective.

**Qualifications**:
**Required**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics or related discipline
- 4 years of progressively responsible related experience

**Assets**:

- An accounting designation or an MBA
- Related experience in a capital planning environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of alternative capital financing options for public capital projects

**Notes**:
**Hours of work**: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 hours per week

**Location**: Edmonton, AB

**What the GoA has to offer to prospective employees**:

- Working for the Alberta Public Service
- Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)
- Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP)
- Alberta