Title: Senior Business Analyst
Employment Type: 6M Contract + Extensions/Conversion
Location: Dodge Center, Minnesota (3x per week)
Rate: 60-80/hr
JOB SUMMARY:
The Business Analyst for JDE Finance applications within Information Technology will lead the functional process of designing solutions and building innovative solutions. This role will work closely with business owners to understand business processes across multiple business areas. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the effort to create detailed business requirements, system documentation, and implementation of quality software solutions. This position will communicate status, risk and risk mitigation plans and acts as a liaison between the key project manager and the technical teams.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.
- Serve as an IT Business Analyst expert in understanding business requirements, system documentation and implementation of quality software solutions.
- Lead the development of functional and technical specifications based on business requirements.
- Manage changes to requirements, assess impacts of changes, and track requirements from business case to implemented solution.
- Execute and define test scenarios, plans, strategies, and the creation of test scripts.
- Supervise the integration of testing for cross-functional projects and provide support for user acceptance testing.
- Provide production support by supplying artifacts (data model, data maps, knowledge base articles, etc.) and educating the support team when applicable.
- Lead the cross functional test plan creation and partner with business unit subject matter experts (SME) to develop test scripts.
- Define and create project related policies and procedures including review of cross-functional project related policies and procedures, and end user training documentation.
- Serve as the liaison for the functional areas between the IT application team and the business.
- Provide ongoing day-to-day support for the applications team in addition to project management responsibilities.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or equivalent.
- Eight (8) or more years of experience in Business Analysis, Information Technology, or in a related area.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Relevant industry recognized certifications (IIBA, ITIL, CBAP, CCAB)
- Experience with JD Edwards or other similar ERP.
- Experience with Finance applications or have worked in finance/accounting capacity.
- Knowledge of ITIL IT Service management and experience defining, deploying, and managing ITSM Processes.
- Analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in business analytics and system design analysis.
- Attention to detail, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
- Advanced Customer Service skills.
- Experience working independently and taking initiative.
- Experience and proficiency with various web-based software applications including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.
