Job Purpose
The Business Analyst \& Project Coordinator is a versatile and analytical professional responsible for supporting the successful delivery of client engagements through structured project coordination and in-depth business analysis. This role plays a key part in managing project logistics, analyzing business environments, and enabling effective technology strategy and adoption. By combining precision in planning with a strong grasp of business processes and systems, the Business Analyst \& Project Coordinator ensures that projects are executed smoothly and deliver meaningful value to clients.
You will collaborate with clients, vendors, and internal teams to uncover current state challenges, identify improvement opportunities, and support the implementation of innovative technology solutions. Your ability to connect business needs with practical execution---through documentation, analysis, coordination, and follow-through---will be essential in driving projects forward and enabling lasting change.
Accountabilities
- Happy Client
- Healthy Project
- Everyone looks good
- Client has Matured
Responsibilities
Project Coordination
- Ensure the project schedule, tasks, budget, risks, etc. are clear and documented
- Maintain and distribute project artifacts such as status reports, RAID logs, vacation calendars, and communication plans
- Schedule and monitor meetings
- Take meeting minutes, note decisions and actions during meetings with owners and due dates
- Follow up with clients, vendors, and consultants regarding outstanding actions
- Identify and capture risks and challenges on the project and report to Project Lead
Current State Analysis
- Collect and analyze client background information and artifacts
- Plan, schedule, and lead current state discovery sessions
- Uncover, clarify, and document current state processes and challenges
- Create current state process maps, approved by clients
- Capture and complete initial prioritization for business, technical, and reporting requirements based on current state analysis
Technology Strategy
- Analyze the technology environment for software improvement opportunities
- Draft technology roadmaps that identifying solutions, systems, and tools that will create positive change for clients
Technology Selection
- Complete initial vendor evaluations and draft short list of potential solutions
- Prepare key selection artifacts such as demo scenarios, decision matrices, and shortlist presentations
- Support project leads in presenting findings and recommendations to clients
Technology Adoption
- Participate in vendor led design sessions, capturing key requirements and considerations for testing, training, and transition to operations
- Support User Acceptance testing by drafting test scripts that cover both industry standard and client specific scenarios, scheduling testing touchpoints, and tracking testing progress
- Coordinate key user and end user training activities completed by vendor and client resources, including creating training plans, training agendas, and scheduling training activities
Other
- Research new practices, concepts, and technologies, bring them forward to the team, and implement the ideas that bring value to our clients
- Duties and responsibilities as assigned from time to time by Meira management
Key Requirements
Meira team members have wide and varied backgrounds, ranging from education to medical, and from mining to construction. We're keen to find people with varied experience who can bring a fresh perspective and increase our collective knowledge base.
This role requires:
- 3 years of experience in an operational role
- Manufacturing / assembly
- Warehouse / inventory management
- Distribution / supply chain management
- Strong business acumen across functional areas
- Master of Business Administration an asset
- Experience in process design and process mapping
- Lean certification an asset
- Experience in project execution / IT project management
- PMP, Agile, or Waterfall certification is an asset
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Critical thinking and sound judgement
- Proven experience directly managing direct reports
Salaried Position
This is a salaried position with a range of $70,000-$85,000.
Why we exist
Meira helps organizations reach their business goals by aligning people, process, and technology.
We do this by clarifying and understanding the client's long-term business goals, developing a roadmap to transform their current state into their future vision, and providing support every step of the way.
We are improvement driven. We leave things better than we found them and are inspired by others who feel the same way.
Who we are
Meira is made up of a team of helpful, passionate, resourceful people who love all things business. With all the complexities of business, the vast amount of information available, and all the possible solutions out there, we pride ourselves in being able to figure out the best solutions for our clients. We cut through the fog and help clients get where they want to be faster and with fewer headaches and restless nights along the way. We're there to make it easy and fun, even when things are rough.
To keep this true, we look for people who share our values.
We leave our ego at the door
- We recognize that our clients are the expert in their business
- Our job is to provide ideas, methodologies, concepts, and guidance to help the client succeed
- We bring positive vibes, energy, and make the process fun
We are avid learners
- We seek out and create cutting edge business knowledge, concepts, and methodologies and bring them to our clients
- We stay on top of technology trends and advancements
We teach
- We are there to make things better for people and businesses, to craft workable, permanent solutions, and teach them what we know
We measure our integrity by our behavior
- We recommend what is best for the client, not Meira or ourselves
- We are with our clients to provide value, not bill hours
- We are accountable for the quality of our work
Why working here is great
We're a fun, happy team of smart, driven people.
Some perks:
three weeks at your discretion and a week off for us all between Xmas and new years
40-hour work week, seriously
- A beautiful, bright office in Vancouver
- Awesome clients across a broad range of industries
- A focus on professional development
Who we work with
Our clients span across North America, with some global. They range from enterprise to private equity to public sector. These companies know things aren't working as they should and need a guide to know what changes to make, how to go about it, or how to get something unstuck and over the finish line.
Who You Are
- You get things done but also know when to pause and ask questions
- You're creative in seeking different solutions and tackling puzzles
- You bring positive vibes, even when things feel a bit messy
- You're adaptable to people, situations, and ways of thinking;
change doesn't scare you
- You're endlessly curious and love to learn
Interested?
Send your cover letter (mentioning 'purple monkeys'), resume and the following information about yourself to *******@meiraconsulting.com. AI generated content will be turfed.
- The most fun you've had using your brain recently (escape room, sport, board game, etc.)
- Your favourite hobbies (indoor and outdoor)
- Recent book you've read or podcast you're listening to
Note:
Only those who follow the above instruction will be considered for the role. Attention to detail is critical.
