Senior Consultant, Strategy Decision Support

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - Excluded M&P

Job Profile

XMP - Accounting Level D

Job Title

Senior Consultant Strategy Decision Support

Department

Consultant Support Strategic and Decision Support VP Academic

Compensation Range

$7622.83 - $11886.67 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

June 23 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

At UBC we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research innovation and learning for all faculty staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description Summary

Strategy & Decision Support (SDS) is responsible for providing the UBC Executive Faculty Leadership and Business Units Leads with the strategic insight and capabilities to enable UBC to identify and realize the major opportunities and to tackle the major challenges that will shape the Universitys current and future success.

Collaborating with UBC partners to realize the Universitys vision SDS provides a suite of in-house advisory services to UBC Faculties and Administration in strategy development and integration financial health and operational effectiveness.

SDS concentrates on focused pieces of work to answer strategic questions identify solutions to complex problems and provide advice on how to confront complex challenges. All of the assignments undertaken by SDS have a significant impact for UBC and are aligned with the University Executives overall direction.

The Senior Consultant Strategy and Decision Support has the opportunity to manage and lead strategic initiatives/projects across all SDS service offerings including business strategy development strategic planning financial health and operational effectiveness referenced for decision making purposes within the Universitys multi-billion dollar budget. The Senior Consultant provides significant expertise and has demonstrated experience in managing/leading strategic planning in a complex stakeholder environment including facilitation consensus building synthesis of key strategic insights project management and formulation of a cohesive strategic plan. The Senior Consultant is also responsible for planning and managing strategic projects across diverse portfolios at the University supporting both Academic and Administrative initiatives involving complex analysis strategy formulation strategic recommendations to support decision making financial modelling and business process improvement.

Organizational Status
Reports to Associate Director Strategy & Decision Support. Regularly interacts with other managers and directors throughout the University on a project basis led by SDS Director Associate Director or Managers. Works in an office environment with frequent deadlines on multiple projects that may require flexibility on work hours.

Work Performed

Strategy and Decision Support

• Managing strategic planning projects in a multi-stakeholder environment including facilitation consensus building synthesis project management and formulation of a cohesive strategic plan

• Responsible for managing complex projects across all SDS service offerings (strategy financial health and operational effectiveness) including:

• Develop project plans including objectives scope approach budget schedule performance measures interdependencies order to accomplish project objectives.

• Responsibility for the implementation of the project plans within the agreed upon scope timeline and budget.

• Engagement in the formulation of strategic insights and advisory and decision support to meet project objectives

• Leading or facilitating client-facing and external facing meetings including interviews focus group discussions facilitated sessions and engagement meetings.

• Developing project reports and presentations as required.

• Responsible for leading strategic projects across diverse portfolios at the University supporting both Academic and Administrative initiatives.

• Collaborates in close partnership with Senior Leadership and both Administrative and Academic Department Heads on projects of a sensitive confidential nature by identifying clarifying and resolving complex issues that are critical to the strategic and operating success of the University by:

• Conducting multisource research to support innovative solution development

• Testing quality of data and reconciling data across sources

• Distilling research data discussion and ideas into key findings and insights

• Contributing to the development of analytical models

• Designing the form of output of complex results in order to highlight trends and critical patterns

• Developing scenarios and sensitivity studies

• Managing stakeholder relationships across the University at many different levels of seniority

• Assisting with sizing risk and identifying mitigation strategies

• Helping interpret results from multiple project components and translating these findings into clear compelling and incisive recommendations and solutions

• Contributing to the development of financial models for a broad range of University and department strategic initiatives. The financial modelling will be prepared as required to assess the financial viability and resource allocation impact of new and existing strategic initiative projects.

• Develops tools/reports for Senior Leadership that enables them to monitor the financial health of the Departments make informed resource allocation decisions and enable potential problems to be detected.

• Provides strategic advice to units in regards to the usage of financial resources aligned with organizational objectives.

• Provides analysis and review on the annual financial budgets and business plan as required by the Board of Governors.

• Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of Board reporting and presentations as required.

• Performs ad-hoc analytical reporting.

• Analyzes prepares and assists in preparing forecast results for current and future years by determining assumptions coordinating input from various sources and compiling results.

• Researches and reports on various finance issues and the potential impact on University programs.

Business Process Improvement / Operational Effectiveness

• Partners with many levels of the Universitys department and academic units to ensure organizational operations are effective efficient consistent and aligned with strategic objectives through analysis of business processes business outcomes and key performance measures.

• Engages sponsors and key stakeholders to determine business needs cost reductions reforms and improvement opportunities.

• Defines key metrics required for strategic decision making in various organizations across UBC.

• Analyzes and evaluates organizational metrics against strategic objectives and provides recommendations for measure adjustments/changes to more effectively monitor performance.

• Enables multiple organizations to work cooperatively to develop optimized shared processes to streamline operations and improve effectiveness.

Project Management

• Plans manages and structures work as well as drives execution of assigned projects while guiding and directing project team members.

• Develops project plans including scope approach budget schedule performance measures interdependencies order to accomplish project objectives.

• Manages the implementation of the projects within the agreed upon scope timeline and budget using innovation in the planning analysis and execution of tasks and judgment in the assessment and resolution of unusual problems.

• Facilitates/co-facilitates plans schedules and prepares for workshops and interviews gathering documentation and liaising with client staff.

• Coordinates directs and oversees work done by Consultants and/or subcontractors.

• Leads consulting projects or work streams that consistently deliver results that meet or exceed client expectations.

• Executes engagement tasks independently or in a team setting and delivers to high quality standards.

Other

• Develops an understanding of the functions and procedures of each Admin/ Academic/ Business Unit.

• Remains current on University priorities

• Presents final deliverables to senior roles in various areas of the organization.

• Responsible for building and maintaining positive working relationships with relevant stakeholders.

• Remains current on financial and analytical concepts.

• Represents SDS on relevant committees to work towards University goals.

• Extracting data and generating financial reports by using Workday as required.

• Performs other related duties as required by the position.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
As a member of the Strategy & Decision Support team whose mandate is to provide institution wide support any errors in assessment could materially impact the planning decision making and financial viability of central operations faculties and departments. Inaccurate financial modelling projections and forecasts may lead to mismanagement of resources which could result in significant financial losses and negatively impact UBCs ability to perform and uphold its reputation as a world class institution.

Supervision Received
Works within broad policy and procedural guidelines in accordance with professional standards. Works under the direction of a Manager Associate Director or Director Strategy & Decision Support. Work is reviewed in terms of adherence to University policy legal and financial obligations.

Supervision Given
This position currently has no direct reports however the nature of the project work requires project teams or working groups to be developed for defined periods of time to deliver specific objectives In general SDS leads these working groups and as such the Senior Consultant is required to manage resources and work load of cross-organizational project team of up to 6 people. May supervise consultants clerical staff and student workers.

Minimum Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Completion of the CPA accounting program (CA CGA or CMA). Minimum of seven years of related experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives including perspectives in conflict with ones own.

• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing ones own awareness knowledge and skills related to equity diversity and inclusion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in a relevant discipline preferred. Alternatively the successful candidate may possess an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Relevant disciplines are preferably in the area of Economics Commerce Business Administration and Engineering.

• Preference would be given to individuals with an MBA.

• Experience must be in a related business or financial role with similar scope and accountability.

• Strategic planning analytical and planning experience.

• Experience in financial modeling and business process improvement is an asset.

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge and expertise in strategic planning and business strategy.

• Knowledge and expertise in facilitation and consensus building.

• Knowledge and expertise in highly complex business concepts.

• Knowledge of accounting systems project financing procedures and financial instruments.

• Advanced knowledge of computer software applications (primarily Excel and Microsoft product platform) including complex spreadsheets data warehousing and business intelligence tools.

• Effective verbal and written communication report writing interpersonal problem-solving planning and organizational skills.

• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy analyze and extract complex data to produce business statistical and financial reporting.

• Ability to think strategically grasp complex business and financial theories identify key information and issues and suggest viable options as required.

• Ability to work under pressure adapt to changing priorities multi-task and meet deadlines.

• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

• Ability to build relationships at all levels of the department and the University. Commitment to respectful collaborative work environment.

• Must be able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.

• Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail while maintaining an overall big picture perspective.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 7622 - 11886