Business Systems Analyst

Job Summary

The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) focuses primarily on individual business processes and systems throughout the Finance, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analytics functions, however, they also may work with Sales, Supply Chain, HR, Payroll, Marketing, and other functional areas as well. 
This individual will work collaboratively across all the Finance business processes and departments to design, build, test, and implement applications solutions. The primary focus will be on our ERP system, which is Oracle Cloud ERP. The ideal candidate will be capable of quickly understanding business processes, organizing projects and tasks, and communicating at all levels of the organization.
Specific areas of responsibility of the BSA include:
· Business Functional Knowledge:
o    Collaborate with business users to define processes that meet business needs.
o    Ensure processes are scalable and flexible to meet future business need.
o    Design processes that can be implemented with minimal disruption to supporting systems, and that are cost effective.
o    Anticipate the needs of stakeholders affected by process change.
o    Ensure that proposed changes represent the best overall fit for the organization.
o    Serve as subject matter expert on features and capabilities of ERP. Continuously works to understand ERP capabilities, functionality, features, and modules to help provide solutions to make users and the company more efficient and cost-effective.

Job Requirements

o    Develop and define IT requirements to support process and system changes.
o    Lead mid to large-size ERP projects. Must be able to lead the project team, monitor progress, set deadlines, and meet the needs of the key stakeholders in a timely manner.
o    Co-lead design sessions to identify gaps and opportunities.
o    Create detailed functional design documents for conversions, interfaces, and reports.
o    Coordinate with IT development teams to manage the development process and resolve issues.
o    Prepare and execute testing plans to ensure high quality results.
· Support and Technical Sustaining Operations:
o    Monitor implemented systems and processes to ensure high performance.
o    Manage support requests to ensure timely and thorough resolution of issues.
o    Engage with vendor service support groups to bring resolution to system performance or other processing issues.

Education

o    Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance or Accounting, Economics, or Information Technology.
o    Very good understanding of key business concepts, processes, and terminology including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Fixed Assets and Financial Reporting 
o    6+ years of experience with supporting or configuring Oracle ERP systems to enhance functionality.
o    3+ years of Oracle ERP Project Leadership.

Required Skills and Abilities:

o    Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field; or 6+ years of relevant experience.
o    Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
o    Ability to work on multiple tasks and to self-manage deliverables, meetings, and information gathering.
o    Excellent communication skills – able to present options and solutions in a way that can easily be understood by business users.
o    Strong experience on Oracle ERP applications, ERP cloud knowledge is a plus.