Business analyst lead

Responsible for serving as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization. Establish and maintain liaison relationship with Accounts Payable business partners and IT organization to provide effective technical solutions. Conduct data gathering and analysis to understand business strategy requirements. Contribute to the business short-and long-term planning sessions and provide direction to ensure understanding of business goals. Assesses client needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) to assist in identifying business priorities and advice on options. Develop, write, and communicate business requirements and functional specifications for the implementation of business solutions. Analyzes customer operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities for improvements. Assists in the business process redesign and documentation for new technology. Provide factual content to feasibility study for standard development projects and enhancements. Provide assistance in business case development. Develop user test cases and system integration testing and validate test results during testing. Review and approve test plans and monitor testing process to ensure that business results are adequately tested with minimal risk. Execute test cases and ensure test strategies involve appropriate integration and process components. Investigate problems and develop resolution. Identify technical assistance for problem resolution. Inform stakeholders on problems, issues, and resolutions. Analyze performance metrics to ensure customer satisfaction.

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in IT, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field. Must have at least five years of progressively responsible experience in Information Technology or a related position. Experience must include working with: SAP ERP for Accounts Payable, General Ledger (GL), tax compliance, reporting, and change management; supporting international accounts payable processing; Agile project management methodologies using Jira; indirect procurement processes on the Ariba platform; Esker for settings configuration and table maintenance; supporting multiple accounts payable workflow systems through Metastorm or BPM tools.; and ANSI X12 EDI documents, specifically 810, 812, 820, 852, and 867. Telework permitted within commuting distance 2 days/week.

Resumes to Victoria Maskery -- [email protected], reference Job code: R2518641