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Jim Wright

Calgary,AB

Summary

Data-driven Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience designing and developing reports. Proficient in generating and customizing reports with varying complexity. Expertly collects, organizes, analyzes and disseminates significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Analyst

Cenovus Energy
02.2024 - Current

• Work independently with users to define data management concepts or workflows and under direction of project managers
• Assist in facilitating working sessions and documenting results for the mapping of source fields to target fields of in-scope data objects
• Successfully engage, drive and facilitate multiple initiatives and deliverables simultaneously
• Perform initial Data QA / completeness checks on finalized functional design specifications documents
• Steward completed documents through the approval/sign-off process, including providing background and facilitating clarifying discussions for reviewers and approvers
• Clarify questions on the functional design specifications for the developers who will document the technical specifications
• Unit test and validate data transformations and load results
• Identify data defects and assist in their resolution
• Participate in Data standards and process creation, reviews, updates, development and documentation
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language
• Manage and execute on required stakeholder and client engagement across project deliverables to support project plan and scope outline
• Collaborate with project team members to progress the project forward as per project plan and scope outline
• Work closely with People Readiness team (OCM, Communications, Learning) to help identify / validate stakeholder change impacts, provide technical review of communications and contribute to training curriculum and learning content
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
• Lead and participate in process reviews or development and updates to or creation of associated documentation working with stakeholders

Senior Reporting Advisor

Suncor Energy
01.2023 - 09.2023
  • Responsible for Metrics development for Business Process Owners (BPO), Business Integration Leads (BIL) and Business Process Optimization Specialist (BPOS) to drive process performance and optimization
  • End-to-end perspective SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite includes process intelligence, Process Manager, Process Governance and Collaboration Hub which helps process analysis and mining, processes modeling, establish governance, and automate execution
  • Signavio dashboard, Investigations, Integrated flow diagram, widgets using the out of box and custom SAP signal queries and importing data into process intelligence by building the pipeline using SQL to bring the data from SAP tables for Suncor's different business processes
  • Leveraged SAP's oil and gas industry solutions in the upstream and downstream area, SAP BW, SAP Hana/S4 and CDS views
  • Design, configuration, and production support of SAP plant maintenance including maintenance technical object, maintenance process, enhancement for all business units (refinery, pipeline, marine, terminal etc.), preventive maintenance, master data loading and extraction, work order settlement
  • Power BI dashboards, reports, and Report Data Definition (RDD's), Power automates flow and Power Apps as well as Master Data Management
  • Experience with project management and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Stage-Gate).

Business Analyst

SMART Technologies
08.2020 - 12.2022
  • As part of a fit gap analysis project, responsible for the assessment, evaluation and recommendation of a "best fit" reporting tool based on the current requirements and existing landscape
  • Participated in User Acceptance Testing of a migration to Snowflake
  • Ensured data quality and integrity were in place to allow for insights and decisions to be made
  • Interviewed the business stakeholders to understand their requirements and provided recommendations for their reporting standards
  • Facilitated workshops with business stakeholders to gather requirements around their business needs for reporting
  • In doing so, created tailored report mock-ups as part of an iterative approach to meeting their needs
  • Responsible for providing counsel and expertise around the custom design and delivery of data visualizations that offer scalable, tangible metrics to better communicate key insights
  • Ran predictive analytics proof of concepts based on client information which will lead to less redundancy across the software platforms
  • Used Power BI, SQL, Excel, DAX, to get the most efficient data extractions available.

Data Specialist

BMO Radicle
12.2018 - 08.2020
  • Assisted in the collection of data for calculation of carbon offset credits
  • Created an Azure-based database for the purpose of ensuring accuracy of wellsite data by creating an ETL (extract, transform, and load) procedure to compare approximately 459,000 well locations to existing data
  • Built an offset calculator model in Power BI
  • Provided end user support for proprietary field data capture software
  • Created SQL queries to troubleshoot data issues as well as Master Data Management in SQL and Azure Studio.

Senior Business Analyst

Sanling Energy
01.2018 - 11.2018
  • Managed operating budget (including production, revenue, operating expense and royalty forecasts)
  • Created financial forecast models for cashflow, accruals, and future capital requirements
  • Created reports for production operations, accounting, and land departments
  • Reserves database management with quarterly/yearly updates and reconciliation
  • Administered software and servers for various users (Mosaic, QByte, PVR, Synergy)
  • Maintain data integrity across company databases and systems utilizing master data management techniques
  • Analyzed potential Acquisition and Divestiture candidates
  • Automated time-consuming processes using internally built or 3rd party software tools.

Information Technology Specialist

Whitecap Resources Inc.
03.2017 - 01.2018
  • Subject matter expert in the oil and gas industry to assist the business in delivering information and insights
  • Conducted analysis and research to drive business value utilizing business intelligence models from Tableau
  • Designed and developed sustainable processes to continuously augment the Data infrastructure environment with an emphasis on data quality and Master Data Management
  • Developed standardized tools to deliver process efficiency and quality
  • Assisted in new data acquisition and examination
  • Collaborated with internal departments on cross functional projects and Tableau support.

Reservoir Engineering Technologist

Tervita Corporation
01.2015 - 09.2015
  • Prepared reservoir volume calculations based on volumetric, pressure and material balance calculations as well as determine future value of disposal capacity and built databases using SQL based on historical Excel templates
  • Oversaw annual pressure testing requirements and performed Pressure Transient Analysis to determine and confirm reservoir characteristics to reduce costs and increase efficiency
  • Determined future waste management requirements by analyzing industry activity across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
  • Assisted in creating reports on current asset base and future growth potential.

Evaluations Engineer Technologist

ATB Financial
08.2013 - 01.2015
  • Facilitated communication with clients and prospective clients for information on client's reserves profiles, future drilling programs, current production, operating costs, and various other metrics
  • Prepared risk assessments on oil and gas properties making recommendations lending values on specific properties based on various technical criteria, ATB lending guidelines and experience and to determine areas of concern
  • Utilized data analysis and database management and interfaced with third party consulting engineers on the preparation and completion of reserve reports to obtain an understanding of a customer's oil and gas properties.

Engineer Technologist

NAL Resources
03.2010 - 08.2013
  • Evaluated properties and corporations for potential acquisition based on strategic metrics for economic transaction, satisfied business requirements, and corporate stakeholders using ValNav, Mosaic, and PEEP
  • Managed 3700 BOE daily production of sour gas in the Doig formation and liquids rich Montney gas
  • Established technical and economic summaries in a timely manner to meet land sale, acquisition and divestiture, competitive, and budget timelines
  • Compiled and presented corporate reserve data to executive management and board members
  • Spearheaded appraisal well programs design and executed at optimal performance with cost Efficiency
  • Presented programs, schedules, economics and annual budget to Senior Management
  • Supported technically and recommended action plans for projects
  • Collaborated with field staff to support and direct production operations to meet corporate targets
  • Assessed and evaluated field inventory.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Athabasca University

Skills

  • Advanced Data Analysis
  • Performance metrics analysis
  • Project management abilities
  • Data Visualization Mastery
  • Report Design Expertise
  • Power BI Competency
  • Tableau Software Experience
  • Expert Excel Skills
  • Business Intelligence
  • SQL and Databases
  • Data and Analytics
  • Documentation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Analysis
  • KPI Tracking
  • Data Mapping
  • Business Requirements

Timeline

Business Analyst

Cenovus Energy
02.2024 - Current

Senior Reporting Advisor

Suncor Energy
01.2023 - 09.2023

Business Analyst

SMART Technologies
08.2020 - 12.2022

Data Specialist

BMO Radicle
12.2018 - 08.2020

Senior Business Analyst

Sanling Energy
01.2018 - 11.2018

Information Technology Specialist

Whitecap Resources Inc.
03.2017 - 01.2018

Reservoir Engineering Technologist

Tervita Corporation
01.2015 - 09.2015

Evaluations Engineer Technologist

ATB Financial
08.2013 - 01.2015

Engineer Technologist

NAL Resources
03.2010 - 08.2013

Bachelor of Science -

Athabasca University
Jim Wright