Job Title: Senior Business Analyst – Data Location: 1 Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Duration: 6 months, extensions possible Remote/on-site/Hybrid: 4:1 Hybrid Monday-Thursday on-site, Friday remote Schedule: Core EST business hours
Interview Process
At 2 rounds of virtual interview, 3rd round in-person
SUMMARY: We are seeking a Senior Business/Data Analyst Contractor that has Cloud-Data experience that will have the responsibility for eliciting business needs, performing detailed analysis and documentation, modeling processes, evaluating impacts, prioritizing business requests, and partnering with the project teams to ensure the successful delivery of new Cloud-Data Lake capabilities in support of various GAF applications.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Solve complex business problems utilizing business process redesign and cloud computing technologies
Assess AS-IS processes and develop new processes and/or business flows to leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capabilities of Software-As-A-Service (SAAS).
Consult with data engineering team and functional unit owners and document a gap analysis of capabilities, requirements and needs against technology
Apply business process re-engineering methodologies for systems modernization
Develops new standard operating procedures documentation and a handbook for Data Lake
Prepare and present findings, recommendations, new operating models, and new workflows in consultation with the data engineering team
Creates methodology to measure process performance against established metrics
Responsible for completing assignments with the ability to work on 1-3 projects
Understanding the business needs and requests, identifying solutions, gathering information, and translating business needs into documented artifacts that are understandable to business and IT personnel alike
Work with the business users to analyze processes and system issues and turn them into actionable system changes that benefit the requesting party(s), improve efficiency in operations and overall performance
Collaborate with project teams and business partners during project planning, incremental software delivery reviews, and User Acceptance testing to ensure the software has been implemented based on the specifications.
LEVEL BASED COMPETENCIES:
Very Strong Communication skills (verbal & written) (Perhaps: Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing)
Strong Collaboration skills
Very Strong Customer Focus and client interface skills (Perhaps: Ability to interact with business users and focus on customer needs)
Strong Skills in Building Working Relationships
Strong Planning, Organizing & Follow-Up skills
Strong Attention to Detail
Time Management
Meeting facilitation
Strong Relationship Management skills – ability to interact well with all levels of management, quickly and effectively build credibility and relationships
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Minimum 5-7 years of progressive hands-on SAP techno-functional experience with a strong understanding of SAP datasets like sales, purchasing, inventory management, Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
Should be able to direct the team to map the SAP datasets in a non SAP cloud platform e.g. for Sales Datasets - modeling of sales orders with invoices, shipment, master data etc.
Should be responsible for writing the functional specifications of the data sets created.
This role is with the analytics team, however this resource should liaison with the data team to bridge the functional needs.
Experience in SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodology, including: eliciting/documenting user stories/acceptance criteria, backlog management, and Sprint reviews.
Modeling experience (e.g., process flows, use cases, swim lane diagrams, AS-IS / TO-BE diagrams, mock-ups/wireframes)
Experience in Google Cloud technology is a plus
Experience in data modeling
Experience in process re-engineering
Knowledge of Information Security Awareness
Understanding of web applications
Experience in Jira is a plus
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related majors.
10+ years of IT experience; preferably in enterprise Business-to-Business durable goods, construction, or building materials manufacturing.
10+ years’ experience in systems analysis, data analysis and design with proven record of successful large scale project implementations
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or similar certification is a plus.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $75.00/hr - $80.00/hr.
