Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Finance (Northbrook)

CF Industries
Northbrook, IL
At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.



Function:
Information Technology

Job Summary:

The Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst knows how to drive initiatives of all sizes across the Business Function. You are a self-starting individual with an aptitude for creative and critical thinking. You use your business expertise and enjoy collaborating with partners and helping implement positive changes.
You envision solutions that follow good data design and create insightful data visualizations to drive impactful business decisions.

You love to collaborate with techies and subject matter experts to establish the vision. You balance tradeoffs with partners between development time, usability, and performance needs. You think critically, plan and execute effectively and collaborate cross-functionally with business and IT peers. You nurture positive, professional relationships, acting as a trusted partner and a respectful challenger.

CF Industries has a cloud first IT Strategy. We've invested in the good stuff; SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Azure, ServiceNow and Tableau and the teams are working to get all our business units integrated.

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities:
  • Lead solutions through the system's life cycle following through from inception to go live and beyond.
  • Actively provide support and new initiatives in S4HANA CO module with special focus on actual costing.
  • Works closely with Production and Plant Maintenance teams on integration and reporting needs from accounting team.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze business needs and deliver creative solutions.
  • Deliver functional and technical requirements to development teams.
  • Advises decision makers by providing insightful data visualizations and reporting to drive impactful business decisions.
  • Leads projects in consultation with IT Security, Infrastructure Team, Business Owners, and Vendors. Drive projects end to end while ensuring stakeholder alignment along the way.
  • Ensures that all deliverables are completed in accordance with Project Management methodology; clearly and frequently communicates the status
  • Responsible for influencing the future of business Systems while engaging and participating in System / Product selection & evaluation.
  • Define Scope and strategy of quality assurance to keep the business Systems current & reliable
  • Analyze the overall health of business systems at CF through system issue tracking and cross-functional alignment.
  • Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.

Incumbent Attributes:
  • Education : BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience typically required to complete all essential job functions. MS/MA/MBA may be preferred. Typically, incumbents will have industry-recognized professional certifications as a demonstration of their technical/ professional knowledge.
  • Years of experience : More than 7 years of related professional work experience is typically required to complete all essential job functions.
  • Other unique job-relevant attributes:
    • Experience of and participation in the change process, attending change board as a representative
    • Knowledge of systems capabilities and business operations
    • Business test planning/coordination experience
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills with organization and time management skills
    • Ability to learn, demonstrate and apply knowledge of the business to deliver improvements in solutions and processes and better align IT Service with Business goals
    • Expert in SAP S4 / ECC in areas of Finance. Controlling and Actual costing areas.
    • Good knowledge of 3rd party system integration into S4.

The estimated base pay for the position is typically between $99,500 - 139,900

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education, training, skills, qualifications, competencies, years of experience, job-related knowledge, and scope of the role, and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-being incentive program, 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employer's contribution, life and disability insurance, paid time off programs and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

For more detailed information on the CF programs, please visit our Total Rewards website at:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by person(s) assigned to this job. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position.

FMLA:

Employee Polygraph Protection Act
  • Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the Canadian Human Rights Act.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at [email protected] .

JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK

FMLA:

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

  • Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the Canadian Human Rights Act.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at [email protected] .

JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK

Posted 2026-03-03

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