Who We Are
Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.
Student Services at Simon Fraser University is a large and diverse organization comprised of multiple departments working towards the common goals of strategic enrolment management, holistic student development and well-being, academic growth and success, co-curricular learning, and many other critical services and resources supporting individual SFU students along their educational journey. Dedicated to an inclusive and accessible approach to understanding its ever-changing student community, Student Services is proactive and responsive to the needs of SFU students and determined to meet its students where they’re at with innovative and student-centric initiatives.
About the Role
The Business & Policy Analyst participates in all phases of analysis involving complex business requirements for student-related enterprise systems and programs. The position consults and collaborates with users and business stakeholders within the AVP Students and International portfolio, the Faculties, and other service units across the institution to lead projects, analyze business needs, develop policy and document business processes. The Business & Policy Analyst facilitates large-scale projects, business requirement gathering and process description reviews from internal and external stakeholders, involving complex task and workflow analyses; writes business processes and related functional specifications; plays a key role in re-engineering business practices; analyzes and provides guidance and recommendations to appropriate stakeholders for policy changes; designs and helps to implement change management plans; develops and coordinates functional testing and UAT (user acceptance testing) and, facilitates, coordinates, and monitors the automation of business processes. The role provides quantitative and qualitative information analysis and reporting to support strategic, policy and operational decision-making by the University's senior administration, including the provision of student enrollment data required to meet the annual undergraduate enrollment plan.
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