Senior Business Analyst - Accounting Systems & BI Focus

Senior Business Analyst - Accounting Systems & BI Focus Chicago, IL

SUMMARY The Senior Business Analyst performs analysis activities that support the decision making regarding matching Accounting Technology solutions (package selection, configuration, development) withaccounting business, user(s), and functional needs from stakeholders. This involves conducting market research, functional comparisons, and staying abreast of what is being done at other companies. The analyst will also gather requirements, document procedures, and review the methods of the current processes.

The Business Analyst partners with the appropriate business stakeholders and the Program Manager to prioritize and create a project roadmap for their assigned area. With the business and IT teams, they maintain a set of institutional knowledge of what is working well within the program and what needs improvement.

Additionally, this person will be working with the BI teams to create reports and dashboards from the Accounting Systems This candidate will be working with the BI team on the partner reports. They will also gather information for these reports with the BI Analyst and BI Managers. They will occasionally work with the project managers, procurement, IT developers and the security team. RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner with business stakeholders to understand and prioritize their needs, creating a roadmap of projects for their assigned area. Gather business requirements from project stakeholders to further define the goals and objectives. Seek input of user experience and document current procedures and processes to determine potential improvements to their assigned products. Translate business requirements into technical requirements, with thorough documentation for developers Stay abreast of best practices related to accounting and finance systems being done at other companies and technology developments that may affect the areas. Conduct research on accounting and finance systems vendors Analyze and consolidate all perspectives on the project - business needs, requirements, user experience, security, training, risk, time, cost, technology architecture, procurement/vendor management, operational considerations, etc. - to help the company reach the best technology decisions. Drives projects and business teams toward achieving intended business results within a specified time and budget. Perform risk analyses to identify and resolve critical path issues. Prepare and analyze program/project related data. Prepare materials for briefings and presentations to large size groups of key decision makers at the executive level.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field 5+ years of relevant experience with Business Analysis playing the liaison between the business and IT (and potential vendors) 2+ years of experience gathering requirements related to "packaged software" upgrades/migrations/implementations/customizations/workflows/enhancements/etc. Must have at least some experience writing SQL scripts (doesn't have to be complex)

NICE TO HAVES

Experience working with finance or accounting systems, or general experience with accounting terminology Experience researching, evaluating, vetting, analyzing and/or communicating with 3rd party software vendors Experience creating or contributing to software roadmaps