Finance Business Systems Analyst

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competitive
Oct 22, 2021
Nov 19, 2021
42181-en_US
Permanent
Full Time
English
The Kinross Corporate Head Office is located in downtown Toronto and supports Kinross' operations and projects worldwide. Corporate functions include Finance, Procurement, Health & Safety, Human Resources, IT, Investor Relations, Exploration, Geology and Mine Planning, among others.

Job Description

Kinross is currently seeking a Business Systems Analyst to support finance applications. This role will document and support processes, practices, and methodologies in Business Systems as they relate to Oracle JD Edwards ERP system, Concur, Capital Expenditure Management System, Financial Consolidation, amongst others. As well, they will participate in new projects and provide support to optimize these systems and to ensure adherence to industry regulations and organizational standards.

Job Responsibilities

Analysis of Business Requirements

• Collaborate with the business to identify systems requirements.
• Translate business needs and requirements into coherent functional and technical specifications.
• Review business opportunities, technical specifications, as well as provide advice to determine if the initiatives are feasible.
• Maintain Business Process maps and system documentation around the processes and configuration for business applications
• Create ad hoc reports responding to requests for data and analyze business procedures and problems to develop specifications.
• Analyse data in the databases and identifies data integrity issues; implements solutions to maximize data quality and compatibility with existing systems.
• Act as an advisor and make recommendations in response to new solutions.
• Ensure roadmap for Finance Applications is aligned with other IT roadmaps.

Documentation of Processes and Technical Specifications

• Participate in the definition and improvement of business application support processes and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation and update of business processes.
• Prepare, maintain, and distribute business applications technical and end-user documentation.
• Prepare and deliver informative, well-organized presentations, communications, and train end-users.

Troubleshooting and Systems Maintenance

• Troubleshoot, analyze, prioritize, and help coordinate the resolution of problems and issues with financial applications.
• Provide Tier 2 support for business applications including Oracle JDE 9.2, CAPEX, Bottomline AP Automation, Financial Consolidation or EPM systems, amongst others, and liaise with the IT Service Desk on incidents or service requests.
• Provide system-level support for a multi-user operating environment.
• Coordinate and participate in the implementation of changes, enhancements, and upgrades to financial applications.
• Participate in and coordinate all types of testing and quality assurance activities related to specific financial applications.
• Configure financial applications per business and technical requirements.
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with business partners.
• Coordinates change requests and software support requirements

Education and Experience

Education
• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Management Information Systems, or Certificate in Business or Information Systems Business Analysis.
• CPA, CBAP or PMP designation or in the process of certification is considered an asset

Experience
• 5 years of related work experience with 3 - 4 years of relevant financial business system analyst experience supporting or implementing and converting manual or semi-automated Finance processes to an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications.
• Experience implementing and supporting JDE Financial, release 9.0 and above

Skills

• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with third parties' analytics and reporting tools, such as Reports Now, Microsoft Power BI, etc.
• An open and articulate communicator with strong analysis, presentation and written and verbal communication skills. Fluent in the English language
• Willing to actively develop and maintain strong relationships with internal business partners and earn trust by providing them with the quality and value of service and products
• Ability to work productively, efficiently, and contribute.
• Ability to analyze complex business situations, and summarize key issues and make practical value-added recommendations within the project scope
• Ability to perform concurrent tasks/projects and change priorities when needed
• Travel required up to 30%, or as required by the business

Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Russia, Ghana and Mauritania, employing approximately 9,300 people worldwide. Our core purpose is to lead the world in generating value through responsible mining.