Senior Analyst, ERP

Alta Genetics; Airdrie; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alta Genetics seeks a Senior Analyst to ensure our JD Edwards ERP supports evolving business needs. You will partner with business stakeholders and IT to translate requirements, configure JDE, and drive continuous improvement across Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales.

You will lead end-to-end functional design, coordinate changes, and provide Tier 2 support, contributing to strategic ERP initiatives in a global dairy genetics environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on JD Edwards (JDE) ERP experience.
• Strong functional and configuration expertise across modules.
• Experience gathering requirements and translating to ERP solutions.
• Knowledge of change and release management in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with process owners to understand, document, validate requirements.
• Translate needs into functional JDE solutions for Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales.
• Configure JD Edwards modules to support evolving processes.
• Design end-to-end functional solutions and data flows, ensure scalability.
• Coordinate configuration changes, testing, and deployments with governance.

Skills

JDE ERP experience

Functional & configuration

Finance

Supply Chain

Sales

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Change & release management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

JD Edwards (JDE)

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Analyst, you will play a key role in ensuring our JD Edwards ERP environment effectively supports evolving business needs and organizational goals. You'll partner closely with business stakeholders and IT to understand business processes, translate requirements into functional solutions, configure JDE, and drive continuous improvement across the organization.

As a Senior Analyst, you will play a key role in ensuring our JD Edwards ERP environment effectively supports evolving business needs and organizational goals. You'll partner closely with business stakeholders and IT to understand business processes, translate requirements into functional solutions, configure JDE, and drive continuous improvement across the organization.

What You'll Do

Business Analysis & Partnership

• Partner with business process owners to understand, document, and validate requirements.
• Translate business needs into effective functional solutions within JD Edwards.
• Serve as a trusted liaison between business teams and IT, helping ensure solutions align with business goals.

JD Edwards Functional Expertise

• Configure JD Edwards modules to support new and evolving business processes.
• Provide functional expertise across Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales.
• Maintain system documentation, including configuration records, processes, and SOPs.
• Identify opportunities to improve system functionality, efficiency, and user experience.

Solution Design

• Design end-to-end functional solutions, including integrations and data flows.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with established architecture and best practices.
• Partner with technical teams to translate functional requirements into successful system solutions.

Change, Release & Project Delivery

• Coordinate configuration changes, testing, and production deployments.
• Ensure changes meet governance standards while minimizing business disruption.
• Manage functional deliverables and timelines within assigned projects.
• Contribute to JD Edwards implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and other strategic initiatives.

Support & Continuous Improvement

• Provide Tier 2 functional support, including root-cause analysis and issue resolution.
• Troubleshoot complex functional issues in partnership with business and technical teams.
• Recommend system improvements and enhancements based on business needs.
• Continuously look for opportunities to simplify processes and improve how JD Edwards supports the organization.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with JD Edwards (JDE) ERP systems.
• Strong functional and configuration expertise.
• Deep expertise in at least two functional areas: Finance, Supply Chain, or Sales.
• Proven experience gathering business requirements and translating them into functional ERP solutions.
• Experience with solution design, system configuration, integrations, and data flows.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, upgrades, and major enhancements.
• Understanding of change and release management within enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and develop practical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating AI services with JD Edwards or using AI-enabled tools to improve business or system processes.
• Experience working across multiple business functions or within a complex, global organization.

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to do more than maintain an ERP system. You'll have the ability to influence how JD Edwards supports the business, partner across functions, contribute to meaningful system improvements, and help shape solutions as business needs continue to evolve.

About Us

As a holding company with cooperative and private ownership, URUS is a family of businesses at the heart of the dairy and beef industry - Alta Genetics, GENEX, Genetics Australia, Leachman Cattle, Jetstream, PEAK, SCCL, Trans Ova Genetics and VAS. Each organization has its unique identity, products, and services. These companies work globally to provide cutting-edge dairy and beef genetics, customized reproductive services to maximize conceptions, dairy management information to take producers to the frontline of progressive dairy farming, and an array of products and services to help bovines reach their full genetic potential. URUS has 9 brands in 17 retail countries and employs nearly 2,800 people globally.