Senior Business Analyst

The Opportunity

Company, Department:

Nova Scotia Power, Information Technology

Location:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Type of Employment:

Regular, Full-Time

Closing Date:

September 19, 2025

We are looking for a

Senior Business Analyst

to join our IT team. Reporting to the Manager, Solution Analysis under the Program Management Office, the Business Analyst, will have extensive knowledge and experience in analysis, project execution and business process management. This role will be key to map current business processes to new systems or services and lead the evaluation engagements with its customers for analysis of options, cost benefit analysis and recommendations.

This role will have a deep understanding of business analysis organization and an understanding of project management, system development lifecycle and business analysis methodology.

Key Elements Of This Role Include As a Senior Business Analyst, you will,

- Assess business requirements and opportunities, formulates options and defines the recommended solution by consulting with business owners and clients, IT support teams, researching industry best practices, evaluating current assets and architecture, and creating and proposing transformation opportunities. Solutions may be business, process, technology and/or service oriented.

- Conducts and documents analysis for diverse, short and long-term projects related to departmental business and strategic goals.

- Leads the preparation and documentation of:

- system requirements,

- business cases/opportunity assessments,

- business process definitions,

- workflow process and data models,

- supports testing activities of proposed solutions (technical and business process),

- and assists with business transformation activities resulting from projects or business improvement activities.

- Works closely with and assists Project Managers in:

- writing project statements,

- consulting with sponsors and stakeholders,

- defining roles and responsibilities of project team members,

- obtaining signoffs,

- assisting with the creation of communication plans and change management plans,

- organizing meetings and scheduling resources,

- managing expectations of system owners,

- presenting results to sponsors and stakeholders,

- implementation plans,

- and evaluating the projects with respect to best practices and lessons learned.

- Mentors other team members in the business analysis discipline.

- Negotiates for business and technical resources.

- Participates in stakeholder and team meetings.

- Delegates and coordinates work with other teams.

- Establishes / Manages competing priorities.

- Identifies opportunities for cross-departmental or corporate initiatives.

- Contributes to corporate Information Technology initiatives and the development of corporate standards.

- Monitors tasks and quality of work.

- Plans, facilitates, and leads workshops with internal and external participants.

- Plans, develops, and conducts interviews with management and staff of client departments.

- You will be responsible for personal safety and that of co-workers by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations.

- You will be accountable for environmental performance as it relates to the environmental management system processes and initiatives.

These Skills Will Make You Successful

To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

- B.Sc. in Computer Science or similar Information Technology degree.

- 7 years' experience or acceptable equivalent.

- A professional Business Analyst Certification is preferred.

- Knowledge and understanding of standard business analysis processes and methodologies.

- Sufficient experience to demonstrate the ability to support business units.

- Knowledge of project management methods to actively participate in and support Senior Project Managers in cross-functional projects.

- Ability to problem solve, make decisions and/or recommendations.

- Knowledge of ITIL processes and standards to implement, use, and apply these.

- Analytical skills to convert business requirements into business cases/opportunity assessments.

- Ability to collect, evaluate and compress data and information from multiple sources, resolve conflicts and differentiate between actual and required user needs.

- Knowledge of Office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, Visio and collaboration software to write business cases and/or Opportunity Assessment, create reports and spreadsheets.

- Ability to communicate technical concepts to clients including negotiation and convincing.

- Knowledge and experience with Organizational change management.

- Ability to proactively keep abreast of new emerging technologies.

- Interview, facilitate working groups and develop strong relationships.

- Experience in user training and implementation of IT solutions.

- Requires excellent interpersonal skills, consensus building skills, team building skills and the ability to follow through and complete projects.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.

We offer remote work opportunities, to be discussed with your leader, however you are required to live in or be willing to relocate Nova Scotia for this role.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers. If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by

September 19, 2025

and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

- Flexibility: One flexible remote workday.

- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.

- Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.

- Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.

- Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.