Full-time Business Analyst, Strategy and Planning

Business Analysis 

• Facilitate small to large planning and information-gathering workshops across academic, administrative, and student areas of the College;

• Document current-state and future-state practices for College portfolios;

• Conduct interviews to gather planning inputs and information via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios and other methods;

• Work with stakeholders and relevant internal partners to determine the relative importance of collected planning inputs for inclusion in planning and reporting activities;

• Analyze and verify planning information for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards;

• Develop and utilize standard templates to accurately and concisely write planning documentation;

• Participate in reviews and evaluations to assess how planning approaches align with institutional needs and expectations;

• Synthesize planning information from multiple sources to identify themes, gaps, and interdependencies across College portfolios to support integrated planning and decision-making;

• Develop and maintain planning outputs, including structured summaries, reporting materials, and visual representations to support senior leadership decision-making;

• Utilize business intelligence and reporting tools to organize, analyze, and present planning information in a clear and accessible format;

• Support the development of data-informed insights by consolidating quantitative and qualitative inputs gathered through planning activities.
   

Planning Alignment and Data Infrastructure 

• Research and establish methodology for documenting the relationship between planning elements and related outputs;

• Identify and document the lineage of each planning element, including any derivation, its allocation, and its relationship to other planning elements throughout the life of the planning cycle;

• Provide support to review and validation activities by establishing acceptance criteria for planning outcomes based on articulated and documented planning information;

• Establish the ability to articulate and represent planning artifacts in various ways and at various levels of detail; 

• Establish measurements to ensure outputs satisfy the intended definition of documented planning outcomes;

• Provide oversight and guidance to more junior internal collaborators in maintain planning documentation; 

• Integrate planning alignment methodology across planning, reporting, and workflow tools utilized for College-wide integrated planning;

• Responsible for the design and maintenance of planning data infrastructure, including the structure, organization, and integrity of planning information within established tools and platforms;

• Establish and maintain practices related to planning data accuracy, consistency, version control, and change documentation across planning artifacts;

• Configure and maintain planning alignment and tracking tools to support the traceability of planning elements across the lifecycle of planning initiatives; 

• Support the integration of planning information across reporting tools and systems to enable consistent tracking and visibility of planning outcomes.
   

Integrated Planning Consulting 

• Assist in conducting research on tools and systems to support agreed-upon integrated planning needs and analytical activities;

• Participate in internal reviews and evaluations and represent institutional interests in discussions related to integrated planning and reporting capabilities;

• Establish clear alignment between planning inputs, performance measures, and reported outcomes;

• Participate in the review of implemented integrated planning and reporting approaches to ensure they adhere to agreed definitions and meet stated objectives;

• Lead the selection of any integrated planning documentation tools that the Strategy and Planning team may opt to use;

• Utilize business intelligence and reporting platforms to develop dashboards, visualizations, and reporting outputs that support integrated planning and institutional decision-making; 

• Analyze and interpret planning data to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern to inform planning discussions and recommendations;

• Support the consolidation of planning and performance information to enable consistent reporting across institutional planning activities;

• Keep current with industry best practices related to integrated planning, reporting approaches, and tools used across the post-secondary sector.
   

Stakeholder Relationship Management 

• Document current-state planning approaches and work with planning stakeholders to articulate future-state approaches and objectives;

• Understand College portfolios sufficiently to be able to represent their needs in reviews and evaluations;

• Set expectations with internal stakeholders and re-evaluate on an ongoing basis, to ensure they have a reasonable expectation of planning outcomes as it relates to their area of responsibility;

• Maintain communication with internal stakeholders to ensure they remain cognizant of planning information, revised business processes, and ongoing issues. This includes ongoing and scheduled reporting via documentation, meetings and workshops; 

• Communicate changes, enhancements and modifications of planning information – verbally or through written documentation – to relevant internal stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood; 

• Work with internal stakeholders to manage changes to planning information and ensure they understand planning impacts within their functional area;

• Support stakeholders in interpreting planning information, including explaining implications, dependencies, cadence and timelines of planning cycles; 

• Facilitate alignment discussions across stakeholder groups by identifying common priorities and resolving inconsistencies in planning inputs;

• Provide guidance to stakeholders on the use of planning tools, templates, and reporting outputs to support consistent participation in planning activities;
  Other related duties as assigned.