Contract Analyst - Identity and End User
Top Benefits
About the role
What You'll Do The Contract Analyst, Identity and End User is responsible for the commercial, contractual, and licensing oversight of the End User & Identity cost centers. This role goes beyond contract analysis by serving as the commercial and operational bridge between Finance/Procurement and the technical delivery organizations (Engineering, Architecture, and SRE). The Analyst ensures that contracts, licensing, and vendor engagements are data-driven, cost-optimized, and aligned with how services are actually built, run, and experienced.
- Act as the commercial and operational bridge between Finance/Procurement and technical delivery teams
- Analyze cost center spend and identify overlapping or redundant services for consolidation
- Track license utilization vs entitlements and propose right-sizing or SKU rationalization
- Review and maintain vendor contracts, renewals, and amendments while identifying risks
- Submit, manage, and track procurement workflows (PIFs, ITPRs, Contract Intake Forms)
- Coordinate Vendor Assessment Questionnaires (VAQs) with Cyber, Privacy, and Legal
- Maintain a unified pipeline of requests and proactively flag renewals
- Report on contract status, spend, vendor performance, and consolidation opportunities
- Partner with Engineering & Architecture for roadmap and utilization insights
- Partner with SRE to validate service performance and vendor SLA compliance
What You Bring
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in finance, procurement, vendor management, or a similar role within a technical environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience negotiating contracts, tracking and enforcing vendor SLAs as well as license utilizations
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets
- Proficiency in financial analysis tools and software, including budgeting and forecasting skills and variance investigations
- Familiarity with tools such as ServiceNow, Planview, Excel and PowerBI
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks efficiently
- Ability to think strategically and identify long-term cost-saving opportunities
- Proactive problem-solver with a collaborative mindset
- Ability to work independently while managing priorities effectively
About Us Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.
About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to be there for Canadians from coast-to-coast.
We are a group of companies that includes a retail segment, a financial services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening categories. Party City, PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. Our retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear, Pro Hockey Life, a hockey speciality store catering to elite athletes, and SportChek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, and Atmosphere, which offer the best active wear brands. Our 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by our Company, local Dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. In addition, CTC owns and operates Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand based in Oslo, Norway.
CTC is an integral part of the communities in which we operate and our legacy of community support, through national and local programs, is initiated and executed by our Corporation, Dealers, franchisees, store operators and employees. Since 2005, our Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities has been helping kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for all kids of all abilities.
For more information, visit corp.canadiantire.ca.
Contract Analyst - Identity and End User
Top Benefits
About the role
What You'll Do The Contract Analyst, Identity and End User is responsible for the commercial, contractual, and licensing oversight of the End User & Identity cost centers. This role goes beyond contract analysis by serving as the commercial and operational bridge between Finance/Procurement and the technical delivery organizations (Engineering, Architecture, and SRE). The Analyst ensures that contracts, licensing, and vendor engagements are data-driven, cost-optimized, and aligned with how services are actually built, run, and experienced.
- Act as the commercial and operational bridge between Finance/Procurement and technical delivery teams
- Analyze cost center spend and identify overlapping or redundant services for consolidation
- Track license utilization vs entitlements and propose right-sizing or SKU rationalization
- Review and maintain vendor contracts, renewals, and amendments while identifying risks
- Submit, manage, and track procurement workflows (PIFs, ITPRs, Contract Intake Forms)
- Coordinate Vendor Assessment Questionnaires (VAQs) with Cyber, Privacy, and Legal
- Maintain a unified pipeline of requests and proactively flag renewals
- Report on contract status, spend, vendor performance, and consolidation opportunities
- Partner with Engineering & Architecture for roadmap and utilization insights
- Partner with SRE to validate service performance and vendor SLA compliance
What You Bring
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in finance, procurement, vendor management, or a similar role within a technical environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience negotiating contracts, tracking and enforcing vendor SLAs as well as license utilizations
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets
- Proficiency in financial analysis tools and software, including budgeting and forecasting skills and variance investigations
- Familiarity with tools such as ServiceNow, Planview, Excel and PowerBI
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks efficiently
- Ability to think strategically and identify long-term cost-saving opportunities
- Proactive problem-solver with a collaborative mindset
- Ability to work independently while managing priorities effectively
About Us Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.
About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to be there for Canadians from coast-to-coast.
We are a group of companies that includes a retail segment, a financial services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening categories. Party City, PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. Our retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear, Pro Hockey Life, a hockey speciality store catering to elite athletes, and SportChek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, and Atmosphere, which offer the best active wear brands. Our 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by our Company, local Dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. In addition, CTC owns and operates Helly Hansen, a leading technical outdoor brand based in Oslo, Norway.
CTC is an integral part of the communities in which we operate and our legacy of community support, through national and local programs, is initiated and executed by our Corporation, Dealers, franchisees, store operators and employees. Since 2005, our Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities has been helping kids overcome financial and accessibility barriers to sport and recreation in an effort to provide inclusive play for all kids of all abilities.
For more information, visit corp.canadiantire.ca.