Strategic Analyst
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Standard Job Description
Basic Qualifications
- Scans environment for business opportunities, maintains surveillance over market, and may perform financial analysis of acquisition candidates
- Develops and monitors profitability, productivity, and growth targets
- May prepare acquisition proposals, recommend financial and non-financial strategic objectives and alternatives, and implement and maintain strategic and operational plans
- Plans and coordinates business reviews, resource allocations, organization structures, and financial analysis.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, International Relations, Communications, Management, or a related discipline
- Minimum three years of relevant experience in strategic planning, business operations, executive support, governance, stakeholder engagement, event coordination, or a related field
- Experience conducting research and analysis and synthesizing findings into recommendations, briefing materials, reports, and presentations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level correspondence, presentations, and briefing materials
- Demonstrate organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when handling confidential or sensitive information
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams
- Willingness to support occasional travel and flexible work hours as required.
- Experience supporting senior executives, leadership teams, or a Chief of Staff function
- Knowledge of corporate governance, strategic planning processes, business operations, and organizational effectiveness practices
- Experience developing executive briefings, dashboards, key messaging, reports, and strategic communications products
- Experience coordinating executive engagements, conferences, trade shows, sponsorships, memberships, and industry events
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, including experience interacting with customers, government stakeholders, industry associations, and senior leaders
- Familiarity with records management, information governance, and knowledge management practices
- Experience using reporting, analytics, and data visualization tools such as Power BI
- Experience within defence, aerospace, technology, government, or other highly regulated industries
- Understanding of Canadian government, public policy, defence, and industry stakeholder environments
- Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration, Public Policy, International Relations, Communications, or a related field is considered an asset
- Strong business acumen, problem-solving abilities, and a continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to anticipate leadership requirements, identify risks and opportunities, and proactively recommend solutions.
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Responsibilities
Analyze business opportunities, market conditions, profitability, and strategic priorities, and provide recommendations and executive-ready briefings to support leadership decisions. Coordinate governance activities, business reviews, stakeholder engagements, resource planning, and strategic and operational initiatives across business areas.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and at least three years of relevant experience are required, along with strong research, analysis, communication, organization, and stakeholder relationship skills. Candidates should be proficient with Microsoft 365, exercise discretion with sensitive information, and be able to manage multiple priorities; experience with executive support, governance, Power BI, or regulated industries is an asset.
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Business Operations
- Research And Analysis
- Executive Support
- Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Coordination
- Financial Analysis
- Executive Communications
- Microsoft 365
- Power BI
- Records Management
- Information Governance
- Knowledge Management
- Relationship Management
- Organizational Effectiveness
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
- Finance & Accounting
- Government & Public Sector
- Administrative
Keywords
- Strategic Planning
- Business Operations
- Market Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Profitability Targets
- Productivity Targets
- Growth Targets
- Executive Support
- Corporate Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Executive Briefings
- Strategic Communications
- Business Reviews
- Resource Allocation
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Microsoft 365
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Outlook
- Teams
- SharePoint
- Power BI
- Records Management
- Information Governance
- Knowledge Management
- Defence
- Aerospace
- Public Policy
- Industry Events
- Cross-Functional Collaboration