Sr Solution Analyst, IT, Finance - Calgary, Canada - Nutrien

Description

At Nutrien, our purpose is Feeding the Future and we do so with safety, inclusion, integrity and results as our core values. Nothing is more important than sending our people home safe, every day.

Nutrien is a leading provider of agricultural products, services, and solutions. With nearly 25,000 employees world-wide, we are the largest producer of potash (by capacity) and one of the world's largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate. We also operate a leading agriculture retail network that services over 500,000 growers globally.

We harvest the best. Diverse views and experience make us strong. We look for people who have a safety-first mindset, who are collaborative team players, who deliver on their commitments, act with integrity, and who support inclusion.

Working at Nutrien will provide you an opportunity to help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career.

Reporting to the Director, IT, Retail Finance Services & Apps this role is a key member of the Retail Finance and Finance Services group, which will support multiple project teams to ensure that business requirements are well defined and reflect the needs of our Business Partners. This role will work cross-functionally and will support all of Nutrien's Business Units.

What you will do:

• Act as a Liaison between IT and our Business Partners to uphold a clear understanding of requirements and to ensure functional deliverables align with the clients' needs.
• Analyzes stakeholder's operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Elicitation and delivery of clear, detailed, unambiguous business requirements and solution specifications.
• Ability to become a High-Level Subject Matter Resource for the applications being supported by the group.
• Facilitation of requirements gathering and solution design through interviews, existing documentation analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, and business process modeling.
• Critical evaluation of information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposition of high-level information into details and managing scope creep in partnership with the Business Partners.
• Proactive communication and collaboration with external and internal stakeholders to develop: Business Cases, Objective Models, Business Requirements Documentation and Mapping, Data Dictionary, Use Cases, Process Flows, Report design, Test Plans, Defect / Enhancement tracking, Business Process Procedures (BPPs).
• Successful engagement in multiple project initiatives simultaneously in a fast paced environment.
• Working independently with stakeholders, as well as under the direction of BRMs and project managers in a team environment.
• Produce deliverables according to standard templates appropriate for project scale.
• Collaboration with developers, vendors and subject matter experts to establish the operational vision and to perform a gap analysis.
• Assist in user acceptance testing, test planning, development of test cases and test execution management to ensure alignment with original requirements.

What you will bring:

• A background of 6 to 8 years of practical experience in business analysis and processes.
• Financial designation or strong Financial background.
• A professional degree or a combination of education and experience may also be considered.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) designation preferred.
• Experience documenting the detailed requirements around complex reporting initiatives strongly preferred.
• Competent and proficient understanding of a variety of technology platforms, including ERP's such as SAP and PeopleSoft, as well as current Microsoft and Internet technologies.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills with expert fluency in Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project.
• Strong negotiation, consensus and agreement building skills.
• Previous project experience either as a leader or working team member.
• Business aptitude for strategy and benefits realization alignment.
• Excellent knowledge and experience with Business Process modeling tools and techniques.
• Experience participating and managing within the governance structure of a defined Project Methodology.
• Understanding of the IT Life Cycle.
• Proven capability and experience managing requirements gathering initiatives across multiple teams and business areas.
• Exceptional communication, both written and verbal, and facilitation skills.
• Comfortable leading working sessions at both junior and senior levels.
• Detail oriented.
• An aptitude for teaching, instructing and mentoring.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence and promote cross functional collaboration.
• Ability to partner with both technical and non-technical staff.
• Ability to participate in limited travel when needed.

Are you a good match? Apply today

Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

This job will remain posted until filled. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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