City : EDMONTON

Category :

Industry : Materials & Construction

Employer : Stantec

Business Analyst - ( 2200011Q )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that accomplishes operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 25,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

Your Opportunity

Reporting to the Director Finance/Project Accounting Solution Delivery within the Business Experience (BX) group, this position is responsible for engaging with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to translate their business needs into system solutions that achieve desired outcomes.

To accomplish this, the analyst develops a close relationship with designated business process leads and undertakes a disciplined approach to develop a keen understanding of business requirements and engages with system experts to design and validate system solutions. This position will predominantly focus on Project Accounting including project setup costing and billing and associated business processes that may include project delivery tools.

Stantec offers a flexible work environment with hybrid work from home options and we are open for this role to be based out of any posted location.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Engaging with Business Process Leads to maintain an understanding of the business domain and current and future needs.
• Analyzing current state business processes, identifying pain-points, and developing recommendations for process/system improvement.
• Scoping business requirements and formulating a plan with the technical teams to optimally solicit detailed requirements to design and develop the solution most efficiently.
• Combining your domain experience with the business analysis discipline to perform the following activities:

+ Conducting stakeholder workshops to elicit requirements.

+ Developing process models and other project deliverables using Confluence, Jira, GitLab or Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.

+ Assisting with technology assessment and selection.

+ Researching, recommending, and implementing system solutions.

+ Working with stakeholders to develop business practice and policy documentation.

+ Facilitating formal user acceptance testing and participating in testing activities such as test case creation, execution, and issue resolution.

• Adhering to Stantec’s Solution Delivery Framework and Change Management process requirements.
• Supporting cross-functional programs and projects that may include Finance, IT, Payroll, Project Accounting, and other user communities.
• Being an advocate for business process management.
• Processing service requests, coordinating and participating in testing and implementation for large scale upgrades and integrations.
• Assisting with day-to-day operational issues.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities & Credentials

• Strong customer service focus with demonstrated interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time management, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Excellent team player demonstrated by being held accountable to other team members while also holding other team members to their tasks.

Education & Experience

• Business Analysis experience working in a complex business environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a related field. A/E industry experience in project accounting processes considered an asset.
• Experience eliciting and documenting high-level and detailed requirements, including use cases.
• Experience in test planning, preparation, and execution. Experience with QA testing tools (qTest) a definite asset.
• Understanding and experience working with agile development practices would be a significant asset.
• Post-secondary degree; ideally related to Business or Management Information Systems. A professional accounting designation and/or IIBA certification, or substantial progress towards one, would be a significant asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library).
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Edmonton

Job : Application and Systems Administration

Organization : BC-1310 Business Experience-Canada

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Mar 16, 2022, 1:04:02 PM

Req ID: 2200011Q

Vaccine Policy: Stantec requires some positions in North America to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to reasonable accommodation to the extent required by law because of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans