Strategic Planning Analyst III - Value Realization & Strategic Investment

Edmonton; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) Enterprise Investment Office seeks a capable leader to guide business case development, benefits realization, and investment planning. You will ensure value-based decisions across the Service by grounding cases in credible analyses and measurable outcomes, while collaborating across units.

Your role connects strategy to investments, shaping standards, methodologies, and governance to support senior leadership decisions and successful program delivery.

Qualifications

• University degree in business administration, public administration, political science or related field.
• Seven years of progressively responsible experience in strategic/operational planning, budgeting and policy development.
• PMP or CPA designation is a plus.
• Experience developing and reviewing business cases with cost-benefit and risk analysis.
• Experience tracking benefits including non-financial outcomes like service delivery and risk reduction.
• Experience with operating and capital budgets and cross-functional leadership in a matrix environment.
• Data analysis skills and knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen are assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise business case development with standards, templates and QA practices.
• Develop and refine complex business cases with undefined requirements and benefits.
• Design analytical methodologies: cost-benefit, risk, sensitivity, scenarios, and feasibility.
• Oversee analytic work for quality, consistency, and alignment with enterprise frameworks.
• Provide executive advisory on methodologies, options and recommended actions.
• Translate complex information into clear, defendable investment recommendations.
• Lead enterprise benefits realization framework, with baselines, targets and reviews.
• Establish and monitor performance indicators, including non-financial measures.
• Oversee enterprise reporting on planned, forecasted and realized benefits.
• Analyze results to identify risks and improvement opportunities; advise leadership.
• Lead post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned.
• Supervise, train and develop a team of professional analysts.
• Direct work allocation to ensure timely, high-quality enterprise business cases.

Skills

Business case development

Benefits realization

Strategic planning

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Project management

Public sector experience

Education

University degree in business administration/public administration/political science

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has a mission to be relentless on crime and be a leading partner in building community safety. In service of this, the Enterprise Investment Office has been created to ensure alignment of strategy and implementation. The Office requires a highly effective team player to lead business case development, benefits realization, and enterprise investment planning in support of value-based decision making across the Service. The primary focus of this position is to ensure enterprise initiatives are grounded in clear value, supported by credible and comparable business cases, and tracked through to measurable outcomes. This role plays a critical part in connecting strategy to investment decisions by integrating business case development, benefits realization, and operational and capital budget planning. Through strong collaboration, analytical rigor, and leadership, this position supports the organization in making informed, transparent, and impactful decisions. We have a lot to do, and we want you to have fun doing the following:

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise business case development function, including the establishment of standards, evaluation criteria, templates, and quality assurance practices for operating and capital investment proposals.
• Lead the development and refinement of complex business cases in areas where requirements, processes, benefits, risks, and potential solutions are not fully defined.
• Develop and approve analytical methodologies for business cases, including root cause analysis, options and scenario development, cost-benefit analysis, sensitivity analysis, distributional impacts, risk assessment, change readiness, implementation feasibility, and sustainability of proposed solutions.
• Assign, oversee, and approve analytical work completed by team members, ensuring quality, consistency, comparability, and alignment with enterprise frameworks and senior leadership decision requirements.
• Provide corporate expert advice to senior leaders, initiative sponsors, and governance forums on methodologies, assumptions, options, and recommended courses of action.
• Translate complex, incomplete, and competing information into clear, structured, and defensible recommendations that inform enterprise investment decisions.
• Lead the development, implementation, and governance of the enterprise benefits realization framework, including benefits taxonomy, baselines, targets, measurement methods, benefit ownership, post-implementation reviews, and escalation of benefits at risk.
• Establish and monitor financial and non-financial performance indicators and targets, including measures that may be undefined at the outset of complex initiatives.
• Oversee enterprise-level reporting on planned, forecasted, and realized benefits, including service delivery, risk reduction, community safety, equity, organizational effectiveness, and public value outcomes.
• Analyze results to identify trends, value leakage, risks, and improvement opportunities, and recommend corrective action to senior leadership or governance forums where benefits are not on track.
• Lead post-implementation review practices and ensure lessons learned are incorporated into future business cases, investment planning, and benefits realization methods.
• Directly supervise, train, coach, and develop a team of professional analyst staff responsible for business case development, value assessment, benefits tracking, and reporting.
• Assign, prioritize, monitor, and approve work to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of enterprise business cases, analysis, and advisory products.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams and working groups from different business lines to develop business cases, value assessments, and funding recommendations for complex corporate initiatives.
• Review and validate team outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, methodological rigor, and adherence to enterprise standards, frameworks, and governance requirements.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance planning, performance evaluation, employee development, and timely resolution of performance or quality concerns in accordance with EPS and City processes.

Qualifications

• A university degree in business administration, public administration, political science, or a discipline as required by area of specialization. (A graduate level degree in one of these disciplines is preferred).
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in a combination of: strategic/operational business planning, working with corporate performance measures and budgets, policy development and leadership and project management experience. Experience working within a public sector environment would be an asset. Positions with supervisory responsibilities must have two (2) years progressively responsible supervisory experience.
• Professional or technical designations such as PMP or CPA or similar would be considered an asset.
• Demonstrated experience, within the above, developing and critically reviewing business cases, including options, cost-benefit and risk analysis.
• Experience defining and tracking benefits, including non-financial outcomes such as service delivery, risk reduction and community impact.
• Experience working with operating and capital budgets.
• Experience developing frameworks or standards where no formal guidelines exist.
• Experience leading professional staff and cross-functional groups in a matrix environment.
• Experience in data analysis, including analyzing financial and non-financial data to produce insights and recommendations.
• Data analysis certification and continuous improvement certification (for example, Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen) are assets.
• Training in social return on investment or program evaluation is an asset.
• Indigenous Awareness training and GBA+ is an asset.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Hours of Work

Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Hours of work may be subject to the terms and conditions of variable hours of work program and will be mostly at the TD tower in Downtown Edmonton at 10088-102 Avenue but may require work at other Edmonton Police Service Facilities as required.

Salary Range

Salary Range: 21M, Salary Grade: 032, $54.15 - $69.11 (Hourly); $3,655.50 - $4,664.90 (Bi-Weekly); $95,407.57 - $121,754.54 (Annually). The rates quoted are in accordance with a collective agreement between the Union and the City of Edmonton.

General

• The City of Edmonton thanks applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Candidates considered for the position will be contacted.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.
• Please include a current resume and cover letter with your online application.
• Applicants may be tested.
• As part of your pre-hire screening, you will be required to complete an Enhanced Security Clearance. Should you accept employment with the Edmonton Police Service you acknowledge and agree to participate in future Enhanced Security Re-Clearances at schedule intervals or in any other circumstances, exigent or otherwise as required by Human Resources Division.

Applicants who have completed post secondary education outside of Canada are encouraged t o obtain an assessment of their credentials through the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS), https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx or another recognized Canadian credential evaluation service. For a list of designated evaluators, please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada, https://canalliance.org/en/default.html. Including an IQAS certificate or other credential assessment certificate from a recognized Canadian credential evaluation service with your application is recommended to support the evaluation of the applicant’s educational qualifications.

The Province of Alberta is a party to the Federal Agreement on Internal Trade, the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility with British Columbia and the New West Partnership Trade Agreement with British Columbia and Saskatchewan. All of these agreements promote labour mobility between the Provinces. Applicants may obtain information regarding recognition of extra provincial credentials at www.newwestpartnershiptrade.ca.

Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.

HR Technician: KJ