Senior Business Systems Analyst

The Salvation Army in Canada; Canada; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

The Salvation Army in Canada seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst to design, implement, and optimize enterprise platforms including DXP/DAM and Shopify e-commerce. You will translate business needs into functional requirements and support platform delivery and integration to drive measurable outcomes.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract focused on end-to-end requirements, stakeholder alignment, and collaboration with architects and vendors to deliver SaaS solutions.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst in enterprise or digital environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting DXP/DAM implementations and e-commerce Shopify.
• Strong expertise in requirements analysis, process modeling, and solution design.
• Experience working in SaaS and cloud-based platform ecosystems.
• Solid understanding of system integrations, APIs, and relational databases.
• Proven ability to collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, and external vendors.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting digital transformation initiatives; non-profit experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end requirements gathering across business, digital, and operational workflows.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for Salesforce, ServiceNow, and DXP/DAM platforms.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, interviews, and design sessions to align on solution outcomes.
• Partner with architects, developers, and integrators to support platform design and implementation.
• Manage and trace requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring scope and quality control.
• Support vendor evaluation, RFP development, and SaaS solution selection.
• Coordinate and support system, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Identify system or process gaps and recommend improvements that enhance efficiency and user experience.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Process modeling

Solution design

System integrations

APIs

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Salesforce

ServiceNow

DXP/DAM

Shopify

Job description

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description:

The Senior Business Systems Analyst partners with business and technology teams to design, implement, and optimize enterprise platforms such as Digital Experience/Digital Asset Management (DXP/DAM) and e-Commerce Shopify solutions. This role translates business needs into clear functional requirements, supports platform delivery and integration, and ensures technology solutions drive measurable business and user outcomes.

This is a temporary, fixed-term contract position of 12-months.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead end-to-end requirements gathering across business, digital, and operational workflows
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for Salesforce, ServiceNow, and DXP/DAM platforms
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, interviews, and design sessions to align on solution outcomes
• Partner with architects, developers, and integrators to support platform design and implementation
• Manage and trace requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring scope and quality control
• Support vendor evaluation, RFP development, and SaaS solution selection
• Coordinate and support system, integration, and user acceptance testing
• Identify system or process gaps and recommend improvements that enhance efficiency and user experience

Key Skills & Experience:

• 7–10+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst in enterprise or digital environments
• Hands-on experience supporting DXP/DAM implementations and e-commerce Shopify.
• Strong expertise in requirements analysis, process modeling, and solution design
• Experience working in SaaS and cloud-based platform ecosystems
• Solid understanding of system integrations, APIs, and relational databases
• Proven ability to collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, and external vendors
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience supporting digital transformation initiatives; non-profit experience is an asset

This is a temporary, fixed-term contract position of 12-months.

Compensation:

The target hiring range for this position is $105,518.40 to $131,913.60 with a maximum of $158,288.00. Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email [e-mail] if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.