The Sr Business Analyst (Sr BA), Corporate Solutions is an intermediary between the General and Administrative (G&A) business and technical communities. The Sr BA will work with the EPMO Teams and business clients within Corporate Communications, Enterprise Risk Management, Finance & Tax, Human Resources, Internal Audit, IT Strategic Operations, and Legal to collect, clarify, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual designs from which applications and solutions can be developed. Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships with business partners.
Essential Functions
Lead in maintaining and administrating applications in partnership with internal resources. Support business processes and technology: test assumptions and data.
Lead the technical planning & requirements-gathering phases, including estimate, develop, test, manage projects, architect, and deliver.
Interact with cross-functional teams to ensure business processes and rules are documented and to ultimately determine areas for improved efficiencies.
Learn business processes and relevant software technologies, participating in implementing new systems and solutions following the SOX and GxP validation processes and procedures.
Support the G&A information applications team in performing system testing, implementation, business process improvements, system upgrades, system optimizations, production activities, and end-user engagement improvement initiatives.
Research and recommend new technology solutions aligned with IT and Business needs.
Support G&A staff in defining and documenting system processes, data flow, controls, and interfaces for financial information systems. Provide analytical and technical support to team members and end users.
Gather and analyze customer requirements. Draft clear and concise functional design documentation and testing plans and scripts.
Ensure functional work activities are conducted in compliance with SOX and GxP requirements, related policies and procedures, and corporate objectives.
Actively promotes safety rules and awareness. Always demonstrates good safety practices, including the appropriate use of protective equipment. Reports and takes the initiative to correct safety and environmental hazards.
Actively demonstrates the values of accountability, communication, customer commitment, entrepreneurial spirit, integrity, safety, and teamwork.
Typical Minimum Skills and Experience and Education
BA/BS degree in Information Technology or Computer Science with up to 5 years progressive experience in analytical roles of increasing responsibility, or equivalent.
Experience in the life science industry preferred.
Experience in ITGC and SOX controls preferred.
Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Strong collaboration and communications skills with the ability to work in a team dynamic across multiple functional organizations.
Experience with Concur, SAP, Simpplr, and UKG a strong plus.
Ability to work and perform in a fun, agile and fast paced business environment.