Senior Business Analyst (12-month contract)

The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda; Toronto; On-site; CAD 97,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Business Analyst, where you'll play a crucial role in transforming finance systems. This exciting 12-month contract position offers the opportunity to lead the migration of ERP systems to a cloud-based solution, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Collaborate with diverse teams, influence leadership with data-driven insights, and drive change initiatives that enhance operational efficiency. Be part of a dynamic team that values creativity and continuous learning, making a meaningful impact in communities across Canada and Bermuda. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and contribute to a noble cause, this role is for you!

Benefits

Continuous learning and growth

Creative and dynamic team environment

Opportunity for career advancement

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business analysis for finance systems.
• Deep understanding of finance processes and enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and process design for finance systems.
• Drive ERP system migration and ensure project deliverables are met.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Agile Methodologies

SDLC Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field

Tools

BusinessWorld

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Workday

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (12-month contract)

Location: Hybrid (Greater Toronto Area)
Division: Information Technology
About The Salvation Army
For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army (TSA) has had the privilege of serving vulnerable people in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Last year, we helped 2.6 million people, providing necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter. We continually adapt to meet emerging needs.

These are exciting times at The Salvation Army as we launch a significant digital and business transformation. We are in the midst of revolutionizing our core capabilities to maximize service and mission outcomes. This will include an integrated platform for relationship and people management, learning, intranet, and data warehouse.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead the assessment and optimization of enterprise finance systems. This role will work closely with finance and ERP capability leaders to migrate the current on-prem ERP system to a cloud-based solution ensuring alignment with finance system capabilities and organizational strategies, redesign system integrations according to data privacy and security requirements.
This is a 12-month project-based contract role.

What you will be doing:

Finance System Implementation & Integration

• Lead technical requirements gathering and process design sessions with finance stakeholders, IT teams, and external vendors.
• Drive finance ERP system migration to ensure acceptance criteria is met according to success factors.
• Identify pain points in finance operations and propose scalable, cost-effective solutions.
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and technical teams to ensure all project deliverables are completed successfully.

Stakeholder Communication & Change Management

• Act as a bridge between finance, IT, and leadership teams, ensuring alignment on financial system improvements.
• Present findings, recommendations, and prototypes to key stakeholders.
• Influence senior leaders with data-driven insights and strategic proposals.
• Develop and manage change initiatives, ensuring successful system adoption across finance teams.

What you bring to the table:

• 7+ years' hands-on experience with business analyst functions supporting Finance Systems in complex organizations.
• Deep understanding of finance processes and enterprise finance systems (BusinessWorld, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Workday, etc.).
• Non-profit experience is an asset.
• Experience in financial process automation, compliance, and reporting.
• Strong skills in business case development, stakeholder management, and change management.
• Proficiency in Agile and SDLC methodologies for finance system projects.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

What We Promise

• Belonging to a creative, dynamic team of IT professionals where what you do will make a difference in your own backyard and across Canada & Bermuda.
• Continuous learning and growth through challenging work.
• An opportunity to launch and/or grow your career with a huge, stable, international not-for-profit organization.
• We live our Core Values as a faith & values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds, faiths, and traditions - there's a place for everyone to belong here.

Compensation
The salary range for this position is $97,656 (min.) to $122,070 (mid.). Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

How We Hire
We are committed to creating a workplace where people experience meaningful work, a sense of hope and optimism, an environment of trust, and inspired results. If this sounds like an environment in which you would like to work, apply here today!
We embrace equity, diversity, justice, inclusion, and belonging and we're committed to building a team that represents many backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, representative of the communities we serve. The more inclusive we are, the better our work and workplace will be.
The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please let us know if you have a need for any accommodation.

We thank all applicants; however, only those candidates to be interviewed will be contacted. Internal Applicants must advise your managing supervisor of your intentions prior to submitting your application.