SAP Functional Analyst (Senior Business Systems Analyst)

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You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

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Be your best at Canada Life.

We are looking for a SAP Functional Analyst (Senior Business Systems Analyst)

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Toronto, London, Winnipeg. 

About Lifeco’s Global Corporate Technology Team

Our Lifeco Corporate Technology group is searching for an SAP Functional Analyst to join our growing team.  You will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, develop your expertise and pursue leadership, within and outside of your role. You will work collaboratively with business leaders, senior architects, and other developers to design, develop, and deploy innovative solutions at regular intervals. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

The SAP Functional Analyst will be responsible for applying business and technical expertise to design, implement and support new business capabilities into SAP systems and recommend SAP and Accounting best practices.

What you will do 

• The candidate will be responsible for delivering solutions using SAP Finance & Accounting (FICO) and/or SAP Business Warehouse (BW).
• Facilitate design workshops with business stakeholders.
• Produce solution blueprints, functional and technical designs/specifications for developers and/or end users.
• Configure FICO and/or BW per functional designs.
• Ensures configurations meet business requirements and enterprise-level policy guidance (e.g., architecture, security, risk) and ensures the translation of those processes, needs and requirements into related artifacts and documentation.
• Produce test cases/scenarios and prepare test data to test all functionality identified in the functional design. Conduct unit, functional and integration testing, and log results.
• Diagnose and resolve issues and defects through root-cause analysis and impact analysis.
• Provide support to end users for issue resolution, user acceptance testing, and training.
• Define detailed implementation plans, including deployment, cutover, and fall-back. Ensure that all objects have been promoted successfully to the production environment, and overall landscape integrity is maintained.
• Guide and execute the knowledge transfer to business and support teams as per the knowledge transfer plan.
• Apply, and ensure compliance with, all appropriate Canada Life IT standards (e.g., Security, Architecture, Project Delivery Methodology, ICOFR, etc.)

What you will bring 

• University or College education in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, Commerce, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. At least 8 years of experience in the Information technology profession focused on ERP design and management.
• Strong knowledge of SAP FICO related modules with SAP configuration and implementation experience.
• Strong knowledge of SAP BW data modeling and design
• Strong knowledge of BW reporting tools (e.g., BEx, Business Objects, MDX, Design Studio, SAP Analysis for Office)
• Extensive experience in:
  • Large project scoping, estimating, and work management
  • Complex analysis and troubleshooting
  • Developing effective working relationships with the business, consultants, and IS
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to maintain and enhance collaboration across business and technology teams
• Ability to multi-task and manage time and resources efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to work independently.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience translating business needs into clear designs and produce high-quality builds.
• Experience performing unit and functional testing of designs.
• Experience articulating functionality of systems to business and IT teams at various levels.
• Strong ability to produce detailed documentation.
• Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to own the role and provide deep functional expertise of system capabilities.

Skills Considered an asset:

• Basic understanding of IFRS17 concepts
• Certification in SAP FICO module
• Experience with CO allocations
• Experience with BW/4HANA, S/4 HANA, BW Modeling Tools, Eclipse (Web IDE)
• Experience with visualization and dashboarding tools such as SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office, SAP Analytics Cloud, and PowerBI
• Experience with ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) platforms, more specifically, ServiceNow

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today 

We are one of Canada's top 100 employers!

Canada Life serves?the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.? 

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We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee?has the opportunity to?reach their potential.? 

Canada Life?would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted?