Senior Analyst, Financial ERP

at  Strathcona County

The Senior Analyst, Financial ERP is apart of the Business Excellence (BEX) department and will work closely with the Financial & Strategic Services (FSS) department leading operational support and continuous improvement of Strathcona County’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application Oracle Fusion.
This role provides recommendations to address problems or improvements and leads the implementation of those recommendations. This position also executes configuration changes in Oracle Fusion, with larger and more complex changes, the Senior Analyst, Financial ERP will leverage project management methodologies to effectively manage the implementation of the desired change.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Diploma or degree in Accounting or Information Technology, with experience focusing on financial ERP application administration, including: application functionality, general ledger and subledger interactions, maintaining application configuration settings, developing, modifying, or maintaining reports, and ERP application sustainment and support
• Demonstrated functional understanding of financial management and accounting function is required
• At least 7 years progressively responsible and related experience working in the implementation and/or operational sustainment of financial ERP systems
• Training, certification, and/or experience in Oracle Cloud Financials and/or Questica Budget will be considered an asset
• Business analysis, project management, and/or change management experience is considered an asset
• Experience with MS project, MS Visio, IBM BlueWorks Live or other process modelling tools would be an asset

WHO WE ARE:

Strathcona County is a specialized municipality located in the heart of Alberta. Our vision is to become Canada’s most livable community, where our workplace culture and identity are supported by our people plan and values of integrity, respect, safety, fairness, and cooperation.

Why Join Strathcona County: (depending on position)

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, which includes:
• Extended health and dental coverage
• Health and wellness spending account
• Life and disability insurance and critical illness programs
• Retirement and pension programs
• Paid and unpaid leave programs
• Earned day off program
• Employee and family assistance program
• Commitment to employee development, through internal and external training and development opportunities
• Well-being programs and a safety culture focused on physical and psychological health in the workplace

Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered. This role may be eligible to participate in our hybrid work program.
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies for similar positions within the next 6 months.
Strathcona County is committed to an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace that represents the community we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds who can contribute diverse perspectives and experiences.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacte

• Lead the operational sustainment of Oracle Fusion Financial Management modules, ensuring financial management processes are properly supported
• Lead issue investigation, including coordination of issue review between relevant stakeholders, investigation from technical and functional perspectives to identify potential causes, research and develop recommendations for solutions, and lead engagement with product vendor support and/or 3 rd -party product support
• Guide the development of issue solutions, including the design of system configuration changes and/or transaction processing procedures, to resolve the issue
• Steer solution testing, including executing unit testing, leading user acceptance testing (UAT), bug-fix resolution and UAT sign-off
• Lead continuous improvement of Oracle Fusion Financial Management modules, ensuring financial management processes remain efficient, effective, and relevant
• Develop recommendations for improvement solutions, and lead engagements with SMEs and other relevant stakeholders to evaluate and make decisions on recommendations