GOAPRDJP00000600 - Business Consultant - Senior

Client: Government of Alberta

Work Location: +515 - 107 ST, Edmonton Alberta, CAN, T5K 2C3, Remote

Estimated Start Date: 02/07/2025

Estimated End Date: 31/03/2026

#Business Days: 18+.00

Estimated Hours per Day: 7.25

Maximum Duration of Extension: 12 Months

Description

Project Name:
• SF/SAP Time Management, Leave, Schedule and Payroll
• Position Title: Payroll and Time Business Analyst

Scope
• 1GX Center of Excellence (CoE) manages and oversees the performance of the Government of Alberta’s (GoA) enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, 1GX. The CoE has overall accountability for service delivery and associated contract and vendor relationship management. 1GX is the core ERP solution for GoA functional areas including human capital, time and pay, employee central management and release management. 1GX CoE also provides strategic leadership for the ongoing enhancement and development of 1GX applications to meet the GoA’s evolving mission and continually changing business environment.
• Reporting to the Manager for their functional specialty area, the Senior Payroll and Time Analyst is responsible for proactively engaging with stakeholders. The role is expected to apply critical thinking and to question the solution provider to ensure systems are meeting the needs of clients and users. The role requires strong project management skills since they lead large and complex projects (e.g., projects related to Open Enrollment, T4s, Health Spending Account, Integration e.g., API’s, disclosures etc.) guiding junior analysts on their project team. In addition to strong project management skills, this position requires in depth knowledge of the systems and how they utilized. They must also anticipate issues and develop innovative approaches to resolve issues.
• Due to the integrated nature of the 1GX solution and processes, the position operates in multi-stakeholder environment and is required to collaborate and liaise with functional and technical teams within 1GX as well as other shared service functions across the GOA under the direction of the Manager. This role would also be expected to collaborate with peers in other branches (Change Management, Communications, etc.)
• The work products this position is responsible for would be far-reaching across the APS landscape. In some cases, the position activities would be aimed at all employees. In other cases, initiatives would be targeted to a sub-set of 1GX users.

Duties
• Provide leadership, coordination, and support to stakeholders and project teams in the analysis, configuration, design, testing, quality assurance, and implementation of new releases, modules, and functionality of 1GX systems.
• Key liaison and senior point of contact to ensure 1GX system changes are reviewed, assessed, and controlled to ensure alignment to Government, ILO and Ministry business plans and adherence to policies, procedures, and standards.
• Provide expertise in issue resolution in support of 1GX operations and the 1GX production environment.
• Develop, recommend, and implement process improvements in accordance with government, ILO, and Ministry goals and objectives.
• Proactively engage and consult with stakeholders including 1GX users, Relevant Stream Business Community (HCM, Payroll, etc.), and Service Managers, to identify impacts of business decisions and to ensure that the business needs of the stakeholders are considered, and that issues and problems are addressed.
• Provide project management and project leadership to large and complex projects, drawing on knowledge of business and client needs, business process design and project experience, support project management from inception to completion.

Note
• Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the Province
• Work must be done from within Canada, due to network and data security issues.
• The role will be remote, however in the event of an onsite meeting, the GoA does not pay for travel to attend on-site meetings, nor any expenses related to relocation, commuting, housing/accommodation, food/drink.
• The resource will work remotely but must be available for on-site meetings when required. On-site meetings may include, but are not limited to, strategic, analytical, and technical discussions, as well as meetings with team members, senior managers, directors, executive directors, and business clients. The frequency of these meetings could be up to 3-4 times per fiscal year. Actual on-site attendance may be negotiable, particularly if the resource lives outside Alberta.

Eligibility and Application Steps

If you are enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity, we kindly request you to provide the following documents: hrsmss@smsoftconsulting.com

Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.
• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
• Visa Status (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)

Please only apply if you meet the qualifications mentioned above. Feel free to share with your network or tag someone who fits for this role!

If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to call or text at (647) 408-1348.

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