Senior Business Analyst (10+ years) to provide Business Analysis services supporting Oracle ERP implementation - BC 8811

Our marine and energy client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst (10+ years) to provide Business Analysis services supporting Oracle ERP implementation

Join a high-impact Oracle ERP transformation within a leading marine and energy business. This role focuses on refining finance and supply chain business processes to align with Oracle capabilities and operational controls. The Business Analyst will focus is on process design, documentation, business enablement, issue analysis, and requirements definition.

3 months, with potential extension based on project needs. 4 days/week onsite in North Vancouver.

Must Haves

• 10+ years in Business Analysis supporting Oracle ERP or similar ERP implementations across finance and supply chain domains
• Expert-level process mapping of current-state and future-state workflows
• Experience aligning business requirements with Finance and SCM modules
• Background in multi-entity environments covering finance, operations, and energy-related business units
• Post-secondary education in business administration, finance, or related field

Nice to Have

• Experience tailoring Oracle business processes for marine, fuels, or energy operations
• Familiarity with billing controls, revenue allocation, and inventory management practices

The objective of this engagement is to provide Business Analysis services to support the ongoing Oracle ERP implementation at SMG. The primary focus is to map, refine, and tailor business processes across multiple business units, ensuring alignment with Oracle capabilities, operational requirements, and control expectations.

The Business Analyst will be responsible for producing structured process documentation, training materials, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to support business readiness and adoption. This role will also assess business pain points, identify control and efficiency gaps, document process and data dependencies, and support the definition of future-state process improvements for Oracle-enabled operations.

Scope of Work

1. Requirements Gathering and Analysis

• Validate and consolidate business requirements
• Confirm alignment between business needs and Oracle system capabilities
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, control weaknesses, and pain points in current processes
• Analyze manual workarounds, parallel processes, spreadsheet dependencies, and documentation gaps
• Provide recommendations for process improvements, control enhancement, and operational efficiency

1. Process Mapping and Documentation

• Document end-to-end business processes across finance and operations, including O2C and P2P
• Develop detailed process maps (L3/L4 level) for current-state and future-state workflows
• Capture documentation requirements at each transaction stage, including source documents, approvals, tax support, and audit evidence
• Ensure consistency of documentation while capturing business-specific variations by customer, business model, and operating scenario
• Maintain a structured process documentation repository

1. Business Process Tailoring (Primary Responsibility)

• Adapt global design processes to SMG business units (Marine, Fuels, Energy)
• Tailor processes for operational and financial differences, including contract-based and spot-market billing models
• Assess process design for billing, sales order, purchasing, inventory, costing, and revenue allocation activities
• Review process steps where data should be captured earlier in the workflow to reduce downstream manual effort
• Identify gaps and recommend improvements, including opportunities for Oracle configuration or process redesign

1. Stakeholder Communication and Facilitation

• Act as liaison between business, IT, and implementation teams
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions to validate pain points, requirements, and solution options
• Ensure alignment on decisions, priorities, and process outcomes
• Support the translation of business issues into clear requirements for Oracle support, AMS, or implementation partners

1. Change Management and Training

• Develop training materials and SOPs
• Support business readiness and adoption of Oracle-based processes and documentation standards
• Enable super users with documentation and guidance
• Support transition away from external spreadsheets, links, and offline tracking where Oracle can serve as the system of record

Functional Scope

Finance Modules

• GL, AP, AR, FA, Expenses, FCCS
• Month-end close, intercompany, financial reporting
• Billing controls, invoice generation, revenue allocation, and customer invoice presentation requirements
• Tax-related process inputs, exemption documentation handling, and audit support requirements

SCM Modules

• Inventory Management
• Requisitions and Purchase Orders
• Sales Orders
• Inventory valuation, procurement, and fulfillment processes
• Review of lot/lotless process applicability, inventory visibility, and transaction reporting requirements

Deliverables

• End-to-end process maps (L3/L4) for current-state and future-state processes
• Business-specific process variants, including Energy billing and invoicing scenarios
• Gap analysis and recommendations covering controls, efficiency, and Oracle enablement opportunities
• SOPs and training materials
• Documentation supporting operations, billing, tax support requirements, and month-end processes
• Pain point log with prioritized issues, root causes, and proposed improvement opportunities
• Requirements documentation to support invoice template updates, document attachment practices, reporting needs, and inventory/costing process decisions