Lead Business Analyst

Remote, CA 90245

Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Business Analyst Job Number: 24885

Job Description

Lead Business Analyst 
Pay Range: $70/hour to $111/hour


Be a part of an organization that is modernizing and transforming its IT platforms and business processes. The Lead BA will lead business process design efforts across the Oracle modules and edge systems. The lead BA will be participating in the Next Gen Finance program of our client.

Responsibilities:


Reporting into the Vice President of Next Gen Finance the Lead Business Analyst – Corporate is responsible to:
  • Assist in creating and running the cutover plan.
  • Assist with testing Oracle Financial Modules along with the edge systems.
  • Validate the business process.
  • Assist with validating data and cleansing data.
This position plays a key role in validating financial data from legacy applications into modern applications such as Oracle Fusion. This role will also assist with validating requirements, and needs of the business users.
Responsibilities include:
  • Data Validation
  • Requirement validation
  • Test scenario formation and execution
  • Understanding and performing business processes in multiple application technologies
  • Ensure requirement specification is aligned with industry standards and best practices
  • Project management using established PMO processes and documentation
    Facilitation of Testing, Assisting with Coordination of the Production Cutover Process, Postproduction Support turnover, and business interaction to ensure a smooth production transition
  • Leading project teams through the project management process, adhering to standards, processes, and documentation put forth by a PMO
     
  • Proven knowledge of Finance business processes in a large corporate finance global environment, as it relates to the Oracle Financials, and Financial Analysis and Consolidation/Planning systems, with an emphasis on Oracle Financials as well as thorough awareness of trends and developments of emerging technologies, evaluating all for appropriateness and benefit to organization.
  • Partner with the business process owners to obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of business processes with attention to opportunities for improvement and challenging the status quo – both via process re-engineering and from automation through technology.
  • Work to identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions; use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; and take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences during business requirement gathering stage of a project/initiative.
  • Develop “as is” – “to be” process flows.
    Coordinate Organization Change Management in alignment with the “to be” state.
  • Develop and sustain productive customer relationships.
  • Lead User Acceptance testing to ensure that the system addresses business needs from the user’s point of view.
  • Manage multiple projects to coordinate all aspects of implementation and delivery of tasks necessary for successful project execution.
  • Evaluate timing of software version upgrades and facilitate migrations.
  • Partner with GTO Client Services, Architecture teams to ensure timely and effective break/fix and add/change services.
Requirements for the Role:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting or related field.
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience in a finance role.
  • Functional knowledge of Oracle Financials modules (version R12 or fusion), with some knowledge of Financial Analysis, Financial Consolidation, and other Financial Reporting Systems.
  • Experience with Project Management techniques leading small to medium size projects.
  • Consulting and analytical skills.
  • Ability to identify finance business process improvement opportunities as it relates to industry best practices and software package out of the box functionality utilization.
  • Ability to analyze risks, mitigate liabilities and negotiate solutions.
  • Ability to facilitate business requirements sessions with many users and produce pertinent business project documents and business process modeling documentation, including business requirements documents, with an emphasis on the Finance business areas.
  • Strong communication skills – both verbal and written.
  • Ability to conduct user acceptance testing, test scenario formation and communicate the results to the IT resources to drive for resolution or improvement.
  • Knowledge of basic Finance and accounting principles to support key business stakeholders
  • Business analysis experience within manufacturing, consumer goods, fashion and/or entertainment industries.

 

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