CR# 2025-020 Data Strategy BSA

Job title: CR# 2025-020 Data Strategy BSA

Company: IT/IQ


Job description: Job Title: Business Systems Analyst
Perm/Contract & Duration: 6 months + extensions
Start Date: JuneLooking for a Business System Analyst to guide the analysis, development and implementation of the Commission’s Data Strategy program of projects, primarily focusing on a Data Governance Test Case. Reporting functionally to the Manager of Data Governance, the BSA will take strategic direction from the Executive Director of Research, while working closely with the DS Project Manager, Information
& Management Technology Branch, the business areas, and executive leadership.The Data Governance Test Case will be guided by a Data Governance Framework and will be serve as a Proof of Concept (POC). Working as a collaborative and detail-oriented team member, the BSA will gather and analyze business and technical requirements, translating them into clear documentation for development and implementation. The BSA ensures solution design is aligned with business needs, facilitates process mapping and stakeholder engagement, and contributes to overall project success by identifying gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities in data-related processes and systems.Responsibilities:

• Facilitate business requirements workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Develop detailed process maps to support report generation.
• Analyze, profile, and assess data quality; document findings and identify system dependencies.
• Collaborate with project team to define and prioritize a backlog based on business impact and complexity.
• Perform gap analysis between the Current and desired Future state.
• Support estimation of effort and implementation planning activities.
• Validate solutions and design artifacts against documented business and data requirements.
• Assist in mockup development and creation of source-to-target data mappings.
• Lead sprint reviews, demonstrations, and iterative feedback sessions.
• Provide ongoing support throughout implementation, including solution validation and stakeholder coordination.
• Align technical solutions with business objectives through close collaboration with SMEs.
• Document business outcomes and support roadmap planning for future phases.
• Oversee review and approval of system documentation.
• Contribute to risk identification and management activities.
• Identify high-level business requirements (HBRs) for future initiatives.

Key Deliverables:

• Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Data Analytics Requirements (DAR).
• Data Quality and Profiling Report.
• Detailed Process Maps.
• Prioritized Backlog with Effort Estimates.
• Implementation Support Documentation.
• Final Approved System Documents.
• Roadmap for Future Implementation.

Qualifications:
Ideal Candidate Must-have:

• Minimum 5 years of business system analysis experience.
• Proven experience in business analysis within data-focused projects, including data profiling, gap analysis, and documentation of complex systems and processes.

• Strong facilitation skills, with demonstrated ability to lead workshops and engage a variety of stakeholder (technical and business).
• Knowledge of data governance principles, frameworks, and best practices.
• Experience working in cross-functional project teams, ideally within public sector or complex multistakeholder environments.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements.
• Strong documentation skills, including the ability to produce BRDs, data mapping documents, process maps, and user stories/backlogs.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery environments, including participation in sprint planning, backlog grooming and sprint reviews.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to tailor communication to different audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and adapt to evolving project needs.
• Working knowledge of data systems and platforms, such as data warehouses, reporting tools, or enterprise data platforms.
• Results-oriented with strong people and time management skills, highly organized, motivated, and drive to succeed.

Expected salary:

Location: Canada

Job date: Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:45:17 GMT

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