Business Systems Analyst

Job Description

WHAT'S THE JOB?

The Business Systems Analyst, reporting to the Director, Financial Systems, will be responsible for developing and enhancing the Dexterra OneStream framework, translating business requirements into functional designs, and collaborating with the financial systems team on architecture enhancements, design changes and continuous improvement within the application to support the business units.

The role also will be responsible for maintaining documentation, managing change and release management processes, providing administrative support for OneStream and integrated systems, facilitating continuous improvement, interfacing with business application users, managing metadata and business rules within OneStream, overseeing testing processes, addressing user requests, and fostering long-term partnerships with business stakeholders.

The Business Systems Analyst has oversight over the following :

• Developing and enhancing the OneStream framework, including implementation of new modules
• Translating business requirements into functional requirements and design considerations
• Collaborating with teams across the business to understand needs, use cases and areas for improvement
• Work with operations and other functional stakeholders to prioritize requirements effectively based on business value, risks and constraints.
• Manage change to processes and the application release management processes
• Developing and facilitating OneStream training to business users and stakeholders
• Provide administrative support for OneStream and integrated systems
• Facilitate continuous improvement and collaboration between operations, IT and finance
• Interface with business application users at all levels
• Own and manage existing reports and new report design, development and report governance framework within OneStream
• Support the user intake, administration and access process
• Work with the technology provider to understand the technology roadmap and assess the impact to the current version of the platform
• Work with external service providers on upgrades, enhancements, testing and updates when necessary
• Act as a liaison between the business and technology to ensure business needs are being met and compliant with the technology management and deployment framework
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to understand their needs, priorities, and concerns.
• Must be able to work with a diverse stakeholder group, identify areas of contention and create a shared understanding between the business units and the solution delivery team while maintaining alignment with Business and IT Strategies.

Qualifications

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Undergraduate degree in an applicable discipline
• 3+ years as a business system analyst with experience implementing and maintenance of IT applications
• Experience in a complex service-based company environment involving multiple business units and legal entity structure
• Experience with NetSuite and / or OneStream is an asset
• Professional accounting designation (CPA / CA / CMA / CGA) is an asset
• Experience with implementation and management of Enterprise Performance Management ( EPM ) system
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior written communication skills with experience in preparing financial documents, business cases and detailed analysis
• Experience working with multiple business lines across a variety of end markets
• Focused on details, highly organized and works effectively with shifting priorities
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals and objectives
• Able to manage multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity and a high level of multitasking
• Experience with evaluating and improving policy and processes
30+ days ago