[cmath] Performance Measurement Analyst Position - CGA-Canada

[Alan Kelm]

CGA is the fastest-growing accounting designation in Canada.

With a focus on integrity and ethics and the highest education 
requirements, CGAs are accounting and business leaders, providing 
strategic counsel, financial leadership and direction to all sectors of 
the Canadian economy. Founded in 1908, the Certified General Accountants 
Association of Canada represents 64,000 CGAs and students in Canada, 
Bermuda, the Caribbean, Hong Kong and China.  The Association sets 
standards, develops and maintains education programs, publishes 
professional materials, advocates on public policy issues and represents 
CGAs nationally and internationally.

Position Vacancy

Job Title: Performance Measurement Analyst
Status: 9 month contract position
Location: Vancouver
Reports To: Manager, Performance Measurement and Reporting

Job Summary (Mission)

Working in the Examination's Department, this position is responsible for 
researching, developing and implementing business processes that enable 
analyses and reporting of student and examination performance measurement 
information.  The incumbent will be expected to ensure that the 
examinations process meets or exceeds best practices in the "tests and 
measurement" area as well as work within various guidelines and standards 
set by CGA-Canada's Examinations department.

Direct Reports: n/a

Indirect Reports

IT staff who are assigned to Exam projects
(i.e.) collaborate with IT to ensure proposed tools match closely with functional requirements.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESULTING OUTCOMES

Measurement and Evaluation

- Research, design, develop and implement, statistical methodologies based
   on the analysis of performance measurement information from the CGA
   Program of Professional Studies
- Develop and implement performance measurement indicators such as flow
   through, alpha marks, etc. for use in a certification/education
   environment
- Prepare reports, trends and complex analysis documents, and present
   findings to management for decision making purposes that influence
   future development of exams

Technical

- Representing the business unit (Exams), participate in project teams
   that create and/or implement systems to support the department's business
   requirements.  Example of upcoming project: data integrity project and
   coordination with IT in the migration of data from MS Access to MS SQL
- Develop business processes and procedures to ensure data integrity and
   to resolve data discrepancy issues
- Identify data that needs to be extracted/exported and perform data
   manipulation as dictated by the analysis method required (i.e. student
   performance, marker performance, etc.)
- Responsible for the design, implementation, programming and testing of
   MS Access database applications based on EXAMS requirements.
- Ensures data integrity
- Participates in data extraction, manipulation and analysis


QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge & Experience

- Bachelor's degree in an appropriate analytical discipline (such as
   Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Educational Studies), with
   specialized courses in information systems, applied statistics or
   research methodology
- Minimum of 2 years work experience in a professional or education
   environment
- Plus 2 years of related experience in the quantitative research and
   relational database systems design field.
- Knowledge of inferential statistics and their application to educational
   research
- Expert working knowledge of the MS family of Office products
   (specifically creating interfaces and queries using MS Access) and
   familiarity with other survey design and analytical software
- Some understanding of object-oriented database design would be an asset
- Knowledge of database query languages
- Understanding of complex student information structures (at the
   post-secondary level)

Skills and Abilities

- Sound numeric skills
- Results oriented, with the ability to work collaboratively in a
   project-team environment
- Good presentation and interpersonal skills and excellent report writing
   abilities
- Ability to present complex concepts to a non-technical audience as well
   as articulate the business needs to IT by identifying activities which
   may be improved through the use of technology
- Proven analytical, problem-solving, organizational and project
   coordination skills

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Please send your résumé and cover letter by May 07, 2007, to:

CGA-Canada, Human Resources Department
800 - 1188 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A2

Fax: 604-605-5016
E-mail: hr at cga-canada.org

www.cga-canada.org/canada
Shortcut: Career Opportunities

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