Business Analyst

The Business Analyst will have a minimum of 5 years of experience working with analysis of an organization or business domain (real or hypothetical) and documents, its business or processes or systems, assessing the business model or its integration with technology.

Responsibilities:

• Represents process requirements in process design;
• Provides detail and designs for the specific process;
• Supports GAP Analysis of required business process (at lowest level of detail) to SAP functionality;
• Execute unit testing for configuration and custom development (for knowledge
• transfer);
• Provide support to security, data conversion, batch and system response time testing;
• Provide initial post implementation support to end users on production system;
• Participate in solution scoping & planning and knowledge transfer sessions;
• Participate in workshops ensuring all solution gaps are identified and addressed;
• Participate in Solution design activities;
• Provide integration requirements for 3rd party and external systems;
• Provide Master Data Inputs;
• Review data conversion approach for the objects in scope of the functional area;
• Provide input to the batch job schedule and parameters to be used;
• Validate business process design Deliverables;
• Determine UAT test scripts;
• Provide input and support for the development of technical architecture Deliverables;
• Participate in Solution testing during Integration and User Acceptance testing;
• Acquire solution knowledge for post implementation support and ongoing maintenance;
• Review data definitions and the impact on all modules. Where required engage other leads to resolve conflicts;
• Works with appropriate user communities to understand data requirements and current definitions;
• Solicits and ensures input from locations / sites;
• Ensures business requirements (at lowest level of detail) will be met by the SAP System;
• Review and provide feedback to change management team on communication efforts, change plans, job role definitions, training materials;
• Other duties as assigned

The Resource must have the following minimum qualifications or experience:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Commerce or an equivalent field
• Minimum of seven (years of experience working as a business analyst
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience documenting/conducting process reengineering
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience writing use cases
• Must possess high level of communications, consulting, and client relationship skills.
• The Analyst must be able to clearly communicate complex technical and business concepts, both to clients (internal or external) and to team members, and to negotiate change
• Must be capable of effectively identifying and framing problems, leading the collection of elements of information, and integrating this information to produce timely and thoughtful decisions
• Prior experience with SAP (preferably focused on SAP Ariba, S4/HANA as it relates to
• Supply Chain Management, and FieldGlass)

Knowledge in one or more of the following areas (in order of preference):

• Procurement (including category management, contracting, tendering, requisition-to-pay, ordering, invoicing, spend analytics)
• Warehousing and inventory management
• Other related experiences may also be considered

It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:

• Accreditation from Business Analyst professional association is considered an asset
• Knowledge of the Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK) is considered an asset