Job Description :
Business Analyst
Phoenix, Arizona
Contract – 12 Months
Client is seeking an experienced Business Analyst who has worked within an Oracle Cloud environment in Procurement and with Financials on the Cloud.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing the needs of various functional business areas and recommends system solutions or procedures. As a liaison between the business and IT department, the Business Analyst ensures that the scope of work requested to enhance or modify existing application processes are clearly documented, communicated, and validated. This resource will work closely with the IT technical team and/or outside vendors to design, develop, document and test solutions that meets the business requirements.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES: •
This resource will focus on a critical migration to Oracle Cloud.
The ideal candidate will have experience working on the Oracle cloud environment, and preferably as part of a migration to the Cloud.
Additional expertise in Oracle ERP (PRocurement, Financials ) is preferred
Serves as the primary liaison and point of contact between IT and the assigned functional business area for routine software development and enhancement projects.
Coordinates the process of obtaining functional requirements from applicable business stakeholders and subject matter experts utilizing elicitation techniques.
Performs research and analysis for proposed projects to determine feasibility and present findings to management.
Facilitates the development of software solutions and is responsible for the knowledge transfer of software program requirements to the IT Customer Support team throughout the life cycle of a change request or development project.
Creates detailed documentation of functional, system (non-functional), user and reporting requirements that may include but is not limited to: Use Cases, Logical Models, Process Flow Diagrams, Report Specifications and Data Mapping and Flow Diagrams.
Performs profiling and analysis of data from source systems.
Supports quality assurance and control efforts using data analysis as part of pre- and post-implementation reviews for software development projects.
Provides support to functional and user acceptance testing groups as part of project implementation. Assists others with creation of the value proposition (ROI) for proposed projects.
Maintains a system enhancement request database and coordinates the related application enhancement release schedule.
Works jointly with other IT Managers to create detailed project work plans for software development and enhancement projects.
Coordinates status meetings and produces progress reports.
Maintains and builds working relationships with software application vendors.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Business Analysis or Project Management Professional certification.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor''s degree in Business, Statistics, IT or related field or a minimum of 8 years of experience in a business or technical analysis role
Minimum of 5 years of work experience with business systems related to system support, analysis or development.