Sr. Business Analyst

Opentext - The Information Company

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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YOUR IMPACT

The Business Operations team partners with leaders across OpenText to bring structure, visibility, and discipline to financial and operational processes. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will support cost governance, procurement workflows, financial tracking, and business process improvements that enable informed decision-making and operational efficiency.

In this role, you will work closely with Finance, FP&A, Procurement, and Chief Digital Office (CDO) stakeholders to analyze information, coordinate approvals, review financial details, track key activities, resolve process issues, and identify opportunities to streamline and standardize ways of working. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with financial data, processes, systems, and cross-functional teams to improve execution and deliver a strong stakeholder experience.

What The Role Offers

• Lead and support key business operations processes across cost governance, procurement activities, and workflow management, helping ensure requests are managed efficiently, accurately, and in alignment with governance requirements.
• Support the end-to-end cost approval process, including business case intake, financial accuracy reviews, workflow tracking, governance reviews, approvals, communications, and decision tracking.
• Prepare and coordinate purchase requisitions, ensuring accurate coding to GL accounts, cost centers, and projects, while supporting purchase order activities and related process guidance.
• Complete goods receipts accurately and on time to support invoice processing and vendor payments.
• Serve as a key contributor to the software request process, creating PRs once approvals are secured.
• Support business and finance teams with budgets, monthly financial reviews, accruals, spend analysis, and ad-hoc financial analysis.
• Support P-Card administration, including process guidance, spend tracking, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, standardize, and improve business processes, reporting, and workflows.
• Support special projects and strategic initiatives that improve business operations, strengthen governance, and enhance cross-functional execution.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in finance, business operations, procurement operations, or a related analytical role, ideally within a technology or fast-paced corporate environment.
• Experience supporting procurement processes, including PR creation, PO support, goods receipt processing, invoice inquiries, and accurate financial coding.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. SAP or similar ERP experience is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with leaders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, solve problems, and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines.
• Self-starter with strong attention to detail, sound judgment, a continuous improvement mindset, and the ability to collaborate across global teams.
  
  

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