The Business Analyst is responsible for leading discovery workshops, defining business requirements, and mapping processes to align stakeholder needs with technical solutions. They act as a bridge between business and technical teams to ensure project direction, delivery readiness, and successful implementation of outcomes.
Company Profile
IX Solutions is Western Canada’s go-to boutique IT firm, sought after by leading tech talent and forward thinking organizations for their innovative approach, trusted team, award-winning service and standout company culture. We act as a trusted advisor to forward-thinking organizations and their IT teams, empowering them to fulfill their potential through innovative solutions and technology that solves business problems. We help our clients effectively leverage modern technology and embrace digital transformation to achieve their critical business outcomes.
Ultimately, we’re here to inspire innovation — for our customers and our people. For us, that means inviting ambitious individuals to the table — those who are primed to push the envelope — and fostering an imaginative environment for them to thrive. Why? Because we believe when you bring visionaries together with a genuine drive to do better and give them transformative technology as the toolkit, the possibilities and potential for your business become boundless.
For us, success is measured in the lasting relationships we build with our clients. We go the extra mile to deliver a positive customer experience and trusted solutions that are flexible to meet their needs. Founded in 2018, our company supports clients across Western Canada from remote offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and the BC Interior.
Position Summary
As Business Analyst, you are accountable for business-level discovery, process and operating-model analysis, requirements definition, prerequisite identification, and decision support for client projects and advisory engagements. This role connects stakeholder needs, operating requirements, governance considerations, and technical prerequisites into clear planning inputs that help IX Solutions deliver effective solutions and deliver on defined outcomes.
You will lead discovery and planning conversations with business and technical stakeholders, clarify desired outcomes and measures of success, document requirements and dependencies, and maintain alignment between business needs and implementation outcomes throughout delivery. You will work closely with Account Executives, Solutions Engineers, Architects, Consultants, Project Managers, and IT Managers to ensure project direction is grounded in clear requirements, ownership, and delivery readiness.
The position reports to the Director, Client Solutions and works 40 hours per week, with typical business hours being 8:00am to 4:30pm or 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. Balancing multiple client priorities with deadlines is a requirement, and after-hours availability may be required on occasion.
This role is intended for a structured, curious, and business-aware facilitator who can turn stakeholder input into clear requirements, practical process direction, defined prerequisites, and actionable handoffs for technical and delivery teams.
IX Solutions is committed to helping all employees grow and develop within the organization, and the responsibilities below may be adjusted periodically to align with employee goals or aptitudes while supporting overall business objectives.
Compensation
The Business Analyst position is a full time, salaried position. Compensation range is between $120,000 - $155,000 and is commensurate with the skills, experience and duties included in this position.
What You’ll Do Here
Discovery and Requirements Definition
Lead discovery and planning workshops with business and technical stakeholders, creating a clear structure for the conversation and keeping discussion focused on business outcomes, delivery needs, and decisions required to move forward
Develop a strong working understanding of the client’s business context in the areas being analyzed, including relevant processes, stakeholder needs, operating constraints, decision points, and success measures
Gather and clarify business requirements, desired outcomes, constraints, and key decisions needed to guide project or initiative direction
Turn discovery findings, stakeholder input, current-state issues, and operating constraints into clear requirements and planning direction for technical and delivery teams
Connect requirements and process decisions to the business outcomes the client is trying to achieve within the engagement
Separate confirmed requirements from preferences, open questions, assumptions, and unresolved decisions to reduce ambiguity before work moves into design or delivery
Document decisions, ownership, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and required follow-up actions in a format that supports delivery execution and stakeholder accountability
Maintain alignment between business requirements and implementation outcomes throughout delivery by revisiting requirements when scope, design direction, or client priorities change
Process and Operating-Model Analysis
Map current-state and future-state business processes where process change, workflow improvement, automation, or operational handoff is part of the engagement
Identify business, operational, governance, data, security, resilience, and support requirements that affect project direction, delivery readiness, or long-term usability
Help define business-level models such as access control, information classification, recovery expectations, approval flows, and privileged access operations where those models are required for project success
Clarify how people, process, controls, ownership, and support expectations should shape the technical outcome, including how the solution will be used and supported after implementation
Surface gaps between the client’s current operating model and the future-state process so stakeholders can make informed decisions before delivery assumptions become embedded
Identify blockers, risks, and unresolved decisions that may affect delivery readiness, adoption, supportability, or project success
Planning Inputs and Delivery Support
Support architecture and design activities by turning business requirements into clear planning inputs that help technical teams make appropriate design and implementation decisions
Define prerequisites, dependencies, constraints, ownership, and decision points required for successful delivery, including items that must be confirmed by the client before work can proceed
Maintain client and engagement context across advisory, sales, technical, project, and managed-services teams so important requirements, decisions, and constraints are not lost during handoff
Prepare structured handoffs that help technical and delivery teams understand requirements, acceptance criteria, risks, decisions, stakeholder context, and known dependencies
Support projects involving AI, SharePoint, Power Platform, automation, business intelligence, security, cloud, infrastructure, and business and technology resilience by helping define the business and operating requirements behind the technical work
Work with Solutions Engineering, Architects, Consultants, Project Managers, and IT Managers to maintain a shared understanding of project direction, client expectations, scope boundaries, and delivery risks
Stay engaged during delivery where needed to clarify intent, confirm whether proposed changes still meet the business requirement, and help resolve requirement-related questions
Stakeholder Facilitation and Communication
Facilitate business and technical conversations in a structured, clear, and outcome-focused way, helping stakeholders move from discussion to decisions
Ask clear questions that separate stated requests from requirements, constraints, risks, operating impacts, and decisions needed for delivery
Communicate clearly with clients and internal teams in writing, workshops, meetings, and delivery discussions, adapting the level of detail to the audience and purpose
Summarize stakeholder input, open questions, and required decisions in a way that supports action, accountability, and follow-through
Keep stakeholders aligned when priorities, requirements, or delivery constraints shift, ensuring the impact of those changes is understood before decisions are made
Support ambiguous or sensitive stakeholder conversations where requirements, trade-offs, ownership, or delivery direction need to be clarified
Documentation and Continuous Improvement
Create clear, usable documentation for requirements, process flows, decisions, dependencies, acceptance criteria, and delivery handoffs
Maintain accurate notes and project artifacts that support continuity across advisory, technical, project, and managed-services teams
Organize information so that clients and internal teams can see what has been decided, what remains open, who owns follow-up, and what must happen next
Identify recurring discovery, requirements, process, and handoff patterns that can improve IX Solutions’ templates, delivery practices, and advisory capability
Contribute to templates, checklists, workshop approaches, and reusable planning materials that improve consistency and delivery readiness
Use delivery feedback to improve how requirements are captured, documented, communicated, and transitioned into technical work
Who You Are
The Business Analyst role requires a structured facilitator who can connect business needs, operating requirements, governance considerations, and technical prerequisites to functional delivery direction. The person in this role must be able to listen carefully, ask useful questions, organize incomplete information, and produce clear requirements and planning inputs that help projects move forward successfully.
Professional Characteristics
Builds trust through preparation, follow-through, clear documentation, and practical communication
Uses structured questions to clarify business needs, desired outcomes, risks, constraints, and decisions
Balances detail orientation with the ability to summarize what matters for stakeholders and delivery teams
Works effectively across business, technical, project, advisory, and managed-services conversations
Turns ambiguity into organized requirements, documented decisions, and actionable next steps
Understands how process, governance, data, security, support, and operational requirements affect technical outcomes
Demonstrates curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to learn across a range of client environments and technologies
Maintains a calm, constructive, and professional approach in ambiguous or sensitive client situations
Qualifications/Expertise
3-5 years of relevant experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, process analysis, project delivery, technology consulting, operations, or a related role
Demonstrated ability to facilitate discovery sessions, clarify requirements, and document decisions with business and technical stakeholders
Strong understanding of business process mapping, current-state and future-state analysis, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and project handoffs
Comfortable supporting projects involving Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, automation, business intelligence, security, cloud, infrastructure, resilience, or similar business technology environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify options, risks, trade-offs, prerequisites, and unresolved decisions
Detail-oriented, organized, business-aware, and comfortable balancing structured documentation with practical delivery needs
Proficient with Microsoft Office and common collaboration, documentation, diagramming, project, and requirements-management tools
Requirements
Legally permitted to work within Canada
Hold a valid Driver’s License and vehicle
Ability to speak and write English fluently
Be able to travel occasionally for business purposes
IX Solutions is pleased to offer remote work opportunities for our employees, however we do require employees to reside in Alberta or British Columbia, Canada.
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