Sr Business Systems Analyst

The Senior Business Systems Analyst is a strategic partner and liaison to business leaders and IT, responsible for facilitating the configuration, optimization and maintenance of business systems and applications for an assigned functional area, including but not limited to those interfacing with the enterprise resource planning system (ERP). Serving as a business function and systems expert, this role will collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify and document requirements for business processes, develop solutions, and ensure alignment between business needs and technical capabilities. The Senior Business Systems Analyst will also be responsible for managing system user-testing and training, data analytics, reporting, and project management.

Qualifications:
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, computer science, information systems, or related field (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
5 years 5 years of progressively responsible experience in designated functional area supporting relevant systems/applications and business analytics (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to listen and effectively synthesize information from subject matter experts; the ability to write and present clearly and concisely; and the ability to facilitate effective meetings and engage participants; and the ability to facilitate effective meetings and engage participants.
Ability to create highly effective business analysis and project management artifacts.
Ability to understand, analyze and document dependencies and impacts in a highly integrated system or within overlapping business processes.
Ability to effectively work with loosely defined or high-level requirements and schedules.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft applications, especially Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.
Ability to effectively plan and execute moderately sized projects within the context of a larger more complex project plan.

Functional Accountabilities
System Management

• Oversees department activities and projects related to the configuration, implementation and maintenance of assigned information systems.

• Works with key stakeholders to develop detailed business requirements, document workflows, conduct gap analyses and create business specifications and functional designs to inform solutioning and guide the business through analytical data processing.

• Performs appropriate system testing and manages assigned teams during user acceptance and quality assurance testing, addressing problems that arise and managing the team to resolution.

• Consults with functional teams to establish KPIs and metrics to identify predictive trends that assist with business decisions and validate the effectiveness of solutions over time.

• Acts as departmental IT liaison to resolve system and reporting issues.

• Works with communications and end-user support teams to develop necessary training materials, communication plans, and post-implementation support.

• Communicates plans and delegates tasks to appropriate department staff during system updates and releases.

• May control and grant access to systems, databases and/or standard reports.

• Gathers and analyzes data and produces relevant reports to assist leaders in identifying solutions to business needs.

• Using a variety of visualization tools and techniques, creates dashboards and reports to support decision making.

• In collaboration with leaders, develops clear and well-structured analytical plans to identify opportunities for improving operational processes and outcomes

• Builds and operationalizes processes that ensure timely data-loading and maintain integrity and relevance of data.

• Develops and maintains quality control standards and data reconciliation techniques for internal and external reporting.

• Performs routine audits to ensure compliance with deliverable reporting requirements.