Senior Business Analyst

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Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level E Job Title Senior Business Analyst Department OCIO | Chief Data Officer Compensation Range $9,859.25 - $15,380.75 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job. Posting End Date July 1, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date Ongoing At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job Summary The Senior Business Analyst analyzes business needs and develops overall strategies for how automated systems can be used to support the short and long term direction of the business. The Senior Business Analyst assists with the formation and execution of a data governance framework, policies and standards for UBC. This role provides expertise and assists with the development and promotion of information governance policies to ensure good quality data through all business processes. Organizational Status This position works closely with data governance stakeholders, data stewards and the Enterprise Architecture team, to document standards and coordinate the resolution of data integrity gaps while supporting the implementation of systematic and procedural controls. There will be extensive consultation and interactions with technical project team members; UBC IT Team members; the extended IT at UBC community; data stakeholders from across the UBC academic and administrative community. Work Performed Specific Duties: Work with faculties and central units, data governance stakeholders and the Enterprise Architecture team to identify and document critical data elements, including metadata, lineage and business rules for in-scope systems. Play a key role in the development, documentation, and implementation of data quality policies, procedures and standards to ensure a high level of asset-related data integrity. Create and disseminate information and policies to create awareness of data governance quality standards and monitoring requirements. Participate in the development of policies and processes to manage incidents of poor data quality or data conflicts. Work with the Enterprise Architecture team members to ensure any identified data integrity gaps. Participate in the development of procedures to ensure data management incidents are appropriately escalated, logged and analyzed to determine root cause(s); work with business partners, data governance stakeholders and IT to implement timely remediation recommendations. Create and execute a communication plan that ensures data owners and data stewards are aware of and understand the development and rationale for an information governance strategy. Work closely with data owners and data stewards to help them comprehend their role and responsibilities in relation to the implementation of a new data governance framework and policies. Act as a resource and subject matter expert to business partners to ensure alignment between business unit-level procedures and data governance policies. Maintain positive relationships regarding data governance matters with relevant cross-functional business partners, providing input and feedback on emerging policy lines. Recommend enhancements to data collection processes to improve the accuracy of data repositories. Provide recommendations for measuring and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of data governance, operational control processes, and compliance activities. Develop and refine high quality monthly and quarterly reports demonstrating program activities. Assist with the development of enterprise data methodologies and techniques, including data standards and guidelines for enterprise wide use in systems development processes. Communicate the practical implications of data decisions, issues and plans to senior management. Identify and promote opportunities for cross-business sharing and re-use of data components, rationalization of data and integrated data. Core Duties: Analyzes business needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes). Develops overall strategies and provides advice on options, risks and costs versus benefits. Communicates with stakeholders of varying techn

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