Corporate Performance Analyst

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As Alberta's 'Botanical Arts City', St. Albert is a community renowned for its botanical arts, its commitment to a green lifestyle and the cultivation of activities that provide for a well-rounded quality of life. Our employees provide over 70,000 residents with high-quality programs and services and we are proud to contribute to making St. Albert one of the best places to live in Canada.

The Opportunity

We are seeking to hire a Corporate Performance Analyst to work in the Strategic Services branch of our Financial and Strategic Services department.

The Corporate Performance Analyst plays a key role within the Strategic Framework, supporting several key processes, including, strategic and business planning, service improvement and optimization, performance measurement, reporting, data analytics and data governance.

The Corporate Performance Analyst provides analytics services to the organization and departments to aid in making evidence-based and informed decisions, when solving business challenges, assessing opportunities and optimizing the performance of the organization, programs, services and processes.

The Corporate Performance Analyst facilitates and/or supports the development of performance measurement program, corporate data analytics and business intelligence practices and processes across the organization, acts as the main point of contact for key corporate data sets and facilitates the internal Analytics Community of Practice.

The Corporate Performance Analyst conducts research, analyzes and interprets data, conducts forecasts, and works with client departments to assist in delivering business and data intelligence services.

We are looking for a self starter with a strong organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to build rapport with a wide variety of clients and manage complex projects.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in Operations Management, Business, Economics or related field. A master’s degree in related field is an asset.
• The ideal candidate will have at least five years experience in providing research and analytical support. Prior experience should include conducting quantitative analysis and forecasts, leading research that provides overviews of growing trends and emerging opportunities, developing performance measures, interpreting indicators and predicting trends, and developing reports and studies.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Fully conversant in the use of Microsoft Office applications (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and SharePoint.
• Basic knowledge of introductory programming.
• Experience with or ability to learn data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or R.Programming skills for creating predictive models, performing analysis on structured data sets and data cleansing methods is required.
• The ability to develop trend and forecasting models with primary data sets.
• Experience creating predictive models, performing analysis on structured data sets and data cleansing.

Hours of Work

We offer a compressed schedule of 72 hours bi-weekly (Monday - Friday, 8:00 – 5:00 with a regular day off every two weeks).

Remote Work:
This position is designated for full-time remote work; however, given the nature of the role, there may be a requirement to attend meetings at a City facility from time to time. Candidates must live within Alberta and complete a remote work agreement to meet all policy requirements.

Compensation

$79,053 - $ 97,296 per annum. In addition, the City of St. Albert offers a generous and comprehensive flexible benefit package.

Conditions of Employment

• The successful applicant will be required to obtain a satisfactory police information check.
• An Alberta Class 5 Driver’s Licence and access to a personal vehicle for business use are required.
• The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of educational and professional credentials.

Application Information

• Please upload a cover letter and a resume when applying for this opportunity. These will need to be uploaded as two separate documents.
• Applications will only be accepted to 10:00 p.m. MST on the closing date.
• Please note that the City conducts most interviews via video conference and will provide a link and instructions to applicants selected for an interview.

Closing Statement

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. However, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. The City of St. Albert will no longer accept applications in person, via fax, email or by post.