Partner, Business Systems - Montréal, Canada - CN

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Montréal, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

At CN, everyday brings new and exciting challenges.

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We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference.

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Job Summary

The Partner, Business Systems is responsible for overseeing the Financial Planning (FP) functional technology processes, which includes the development, automation, integrity, continuity, security, and support of financial system processes.

The role partners with CN's Technology and Systems Applications and Products (SAP) S4 Hana project groups on Financial Planning's digital transformation initiatives.

The incumbent controls reports and tools used by numerous financial partners to provide insight to their customers, including their automation and maintenance.

Moreover, the position assists in the creation and development of data and tools to assist in handling CN's financial planning's activities as well as financial analysis in a support function.

Main Responsibilities
Financial Planning Systems Processes

Lead and support FP systems ranging from SAP/S4 Hana, Business Warehouse (BW), Analysis for Office, Dodeca Excel Addin, Basic Points (BPS), Oracle Essbase and Structured Query Language (SQL)
Monitor budget and forecast consolidation while ensuring data integrity
Expand and enhance reporting tools continuously while ensuring their effectiveness and dependability for accurate budgeting and forecasting together with critical business decisionmaking
Sustain integrity and accuracy of systems and data while ensuring process fluidity
Maintain systems and processes continuity, collaborate and coordinate with Information and Technology (I&T) to ensure processes and systems are up to date with CN I&T standards
Process change requests through the Master Data Maintainer role in SAP S4 Hana
Handle security roles and controls and direct annual access reviews for BW Operating and Capital cubes, SAP S4 Hana accesses, Essbase, SQL and other related systems
Handle FP communications on key deliverables, knowledge sharing and updates including the FP SharePoint site
Take on new processes as required, analyze options, and make recommendations on solutions including implementation roadmap with change management for successful deployment
Find and interpret rich data sources, merge, and ensure consistency of datasets
Direct to appropriate I&T support to resolve certain issues

Financial Processes Support and Analytics

Respond to ad hoc requests, and leverage judgment and skills by providing insights in a format that can be easily consumed and interpreted by internal customers and executives
Provide visibility on controllable and actionable cost levers, trend analysis, sensitivities, and performance to enable CN leadership team in effective decisionmaking and draw insights on action items that can positively impact operations
Prepare monthly consolidated Business Performance Monitor report, which is issued to the Executive Committee and act as liaison with financial partners representing various functions
Prepare recurring deliverables including the statistics submissions for the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), fuel dashboard, regulatory reports, and external audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) deliverables
Ensure dashboards KPIs are dynamic, appropriate, and that management actions result from analysis through translating management information into recommendations
Query large datasets and use data science techniques and link related factors to reveal performance, safety, or costsaving opportunities

Continuous Improvement

Act as main contact and Product Owner for enhancement of internal reporting systems by collaborating with the Technology group to develop a service offering for systems support
Support SAP S/4HANA implementation to ensure smooth integration and advising on enhancement opportunities
Remain up to date with latest technologies and best practices in line with CN's standards
Document asis and tobe processes, gather requirements, develop test scenarios to ensure quality, and drive change management
Contribute to FP initiatives and projects, and help implement new processes to meet department and corporate needs
Automate processes, improve data availability, and create workload bandwidth for the department
Develop selfserve options and innovative solutions on FP processes
Train colleagues on data access, offer training sessions and produce job aids for FP systems
Maintain internal documentation and creation of standard operating procedures on processes and automations for continuity

Working Conditions

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