QuadReal

About QuadReal Property Group 

QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its assets under management total $73.8 billion. From its foundation in Canada as a full-service real estate operating company, QuadReal has expanded its capabilities to invest in equity and debt in both the public and private markets. QuadReal invests directly, via programmatic partnerships and through operating companies in which it holds an ownership interest.

QuadReal seeks to deliver strong investment returns while creating sustainable environments that bring value to the people and communities it serves. Now and for generations to come.

QuadReal: Excellence lives here.

www.quadreal.com

Role Description

QuadReal is looking for a high caliber Senior Business Analyst to join the Enterprise Applications team who will be responsible for supporting the Anaplan application across the organization. Data Analytics and automation are big priorities for the company. This role will be an important part of helping to evolve the analytics journey, driving process evolution and efficiencies to get to insights faster and easier. The Anaplan Senior Business Analyst will help to maximize the performance of the organization through the implementation, improvement, and sustainment of leading-edge tools and processes. This will include assisting with design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of IT systems. The candidate should be someone with exceptional analytical skills who thrives working in collaborative and fast-paced environments where the ability to think creatively to deliver solutions and results is essential.

The Senior Business Analyst should be someone with a strong understanding of finance and corporate performance management (CPM) systems as they will be integral to maximizing the performance of QuadReal through the management and growth of Anaplan. This role will play an important role working closely with the business on the Anaplan roadmap journey, model building, and systems maintenance. This will include analyzing business requirements, procedures and data to establish processes and controls. The Senior Business Analyst will also be integral to improving the system and reviewing its capabilities, workflows and limitations as well as maintaining the smooth ongoing use of Anaplan by various teams across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Work in close collaboration with the Executive Sponsor, Anaplan ‘prime’, team members across Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Human Resources (HR), and Portfolio Management, as well as external implementation resources on the progression of the multi-year Anaplan Roadmap. This includes
• Building of new modules and phases;
• Establishing and refining integration and connections across multiple systems, working closely with the Integrations Team; and
• Managing enhancements and continuous improvement efforts of completed modules, including the prioritization of them based on the overall Anaplan roadmap
• Meet with relevant stakeholders to define business, financial, and operations requirements and goals for Anaplan
• Support technology design and re-design activities through interpretation, clarification, and documentation of business requirements, processes, business rules, and downstream & upstream impacts of proposed changes
• Investigate and analyze opportunities to help improve business efficiencies and maximize use of QuadReal enterprise applications
• Lead and/or assist with the creation of business cases, ROIs, and other project related documentation, as required, with input from key business stakeholders
• Investigate and analyze opportunities to help improve business efficiencies and maximize use of Anaplan
• Support activities related to system implementation and sustainment
• Create, execute, and document test cases/test scripts to validate system changes, and provide framework to support end user acceptance testing
• Coordinate, support and help business users resolve day-to-day support issues

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience working with a CPM/EPM is required
• Experience working with Anaplan is preferred, though those with deep experience with other comparable CPM/EPM systems (e.g.. Adaptive, TM1, Onestream, SAP BPC etc.) may be considered
• Experience in analysis, troubleshooting, and supporting CPM applications
• Experienced CPM Model Builder; Anaplan Level 1/2/3 certification is an asset
• Anaplan implementation and post-implementation experience with a focus in release management, optimization, and/or backlog management
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, background in finance is an asset
• Worked in complex global businesses and has a keen interest in Real Estate
• Proficient with using ERPs, CPMs, BI/visualization tools, analytical tools, and MS Office applications
• Experience with large-scale systems implementations, familiar with project management best practices, and ability to manage vendor relationships
• The ideal candidate is results-oriented, agile, analytical, and collaborative
• Set high performance standards for yourself and the team through exemplary leadership and effective executive
• You have a long track record of exceptional performance and successes
• You are comfortable adapting to and driving change
• You are a natural communicator, with exceptional facilitation and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships at all levels of an organization
• Detail oriented with superior documentation skills
• Ability to allocate one's time effectively, work under pressure and manage tight deadlines, multiple demands, projects and competing priorities.

The expected annualized base salary range for this role is $100,000 to $125,000. The actual salary offered will take into consideration a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the individual’s skill, experience, education and training, the market compensation of the role, and the consideration to internal equity. QuadReal offers a competitive total rewards package in addition to the base pay, which includes a performance-based incentive plan, comprehensive health & dental benefits, a defined contribution pension plan and paid time off.

QuadReal will provide reasonable accommodation at any time throughout the hiring process for applicants with disabilities or for those needing job postings in an alternate format. If you require accommodation, please advise the Talent Acquisition team member you are working with and include the following: Job posting #, your name and your preferred method of contact.

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