Business Integration Consultant

Xcel Energy; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Xcel Energy in Denver is hiring a Business Integration Consultant to align processes, data, and systems across units. You will analyze technical solutions, define process changes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to meet business needs.

The role emphasizes enterprise data management, governance, and change management, with opportunities to lead cross-functional projects and build strategic workflow designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five years related business area/industry experience or SAP/equivalent ERP/core enterprise systems use.
• Deep knowledge of leading business process solutions through technology enablement.
• Ability to effectively communicate to a variety of audiences and analyze complex business scenarios.
• Leadership, change management and program/project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Business Integration: Primary business area owner for processes, data, reports, testing, training or communication material for updates or enhancements.
• Business Process Design, Data Management, and Governance: Enforces change controls and designs rulesets to meet compliance and end user needs.
• Value Realization: Tracks process effectiveness and leads teams to address performance gaps.
• Demand Management & Prioritization: Facilitates demand management and business case development.
• Project Management: Serves as solution designer and project lead for initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Project management

Effective communication

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

SAP S/4

Coupa Source to Pay

Job description

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy.

Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

Business Integration Consultant

Position Summary

Drives toward strategic enterprise integration and alignment of processes, data, and systems that impact a given business unit and or functional area. Responsible to analyze and define technical solutions and recommend process changes or enhancements to meet business unit needs for continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities

• Business Integration: Primary business area owner for processes, data, reports, testing, testing coordination/defect resolution/troubleshooting, training, education or communication material for process or application updates or enhancements. Acts as a key liaison between business units.

• Business Process Design, Data Management, and Governance: Enforces established change controls for enterprise process design documentation, role assignments, performance measures, reports, and training and education materials. Maintains and applies current knowledge of functional, technical and industry trends. Accountable for designing business rulesets/roles that meet compliance requirements and end user needs. Facilitates enterprise data management disciplines and process adherence across business areas. Troubleshoots and ensures problem resolution.

• Value Realization: Routinely tracks and measures process effectiveness, efficiency, and adherence across departments within a given business area. Assembles and leads teams utilizing data and metrics in their analysis work to investigate the root cause of behavior and process performance gaps. Designs and implements action plans. Tracks and drives business-area accountability for realization of benefits associated with continuous improvement projects, enhancements, and upgrades.

• Demand Management & Prioritization: Facilitates the demand management and prioritization process for continuous improvement opportunities associated with business processes, reporting, data and systems within a functional area. Facilitate business case development, quality requirements gathering and validating the solutions meet end user needs. Captures new business unit requirements from entire business area end user set and incorporates them into continuous improvement efforts.

• Project Management: Serves as solution designer and project lead for one or more continuous improvement initiatives, enhancements, or special projects. Translates business needs into process or technical requirements as they relate to the enterprise vision.

• Training, Education and Effective Communication: Leads training/support for new implementations. Actively engages with and supports the communities of practice. Drives effective communication of changes and supports change adoption.

• Provide strategic consultation for process improvement initiatives and develops, implements, and manages an integrated, effective workflow design across the entire business unit.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Five years related business area/industry experience or SAP/equivalent ERP/core enterprise systems use and implementation experience.

• Deep knowledge of leading business process solutions through technology enablement.

• Ability to effectively communicate to a variety of audiences and analyze complex business scenarios.

• Leadership, change management and program/project management experience.

• Experience in integrating new technological and process solutions.

• Proven success gaining cross-functional consensus on large strategic and portfolio management initiatives.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience using SAP S/4 and experience working with Coupa Source to Pay

Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.

Our Values

Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

Our Employee Commitments

• Work that makes a difference

• A team you can count of

• Opportunities to grow

• Rewards that help you thrive

Xcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=g6WyJAVcaku06U4S3AAlrVld9SFTyvlNkqxgjYWAK9xUQ1JIS1JUSjg3TkNXU1hVU01PS1pVSEVDNSQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl) .

Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $84,900.00 to $111,650.00 per year

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

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Deadline to Apply: 11/20/26

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