Job Description
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
ABOUT THE POSITION
- The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for defining, improving, and implementing business processes related to the Financial Planning of Ameren systems.
- Acts as a liaison between development groups and business units for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems.
- Evaluates new digital developments and evolving business requirements and recommends appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems.
- Prepares communications and makes presentations on system enhancements and/or alternatives.
• Project management using leadership skills of SDLC/Waterfall methodology to direct staff and resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
- Responsible for planning and managing resources to execute projects or project components from inception through implementation.
- Project management using leadership skills of SDLC/Waterfall methodology to direct staff and resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Work with Subject Matter Experts, Process Owners and End Users to gather and analyze business requirements.
- Perform Fit-Gap analysis and contribute or perform solution design.
- Works independently with internal or external stakeholders to identify and clarify complex business requirements.
- Facilitates meetings with business stakeholders and Digital to understand business requirements; demonstrates understanding of business needs and recommends design changes for complex challenges.
- Translates complex business and design requirements into technical requirements.
- Proactively anticipate conflict based on prior experience, involve IT and business customers as appropriate, mediate between parties and resolve
- Directs and owns process/system changes and reviews process changes to ensure design changes meet business requirements.
- Guides others to identify issues with the quality and performance of products, services, solutions or processes and proposes improvements.
- Supports medium to highly complex projects, and delegates tasks appropriately to ensure project success.
- Takes ownership of issues and resolution at a strategic level.
- Determines opportunities to redesign business processes that will optimize better business results.
- Acts as a liaison between Digital and business customers by communicating changes to designs and tests plans at a strategic level.
- Presents at client meetings with the business and software engineers to solve for client requirements presents technical point of view.
- Leads the development and enhancement of enterprise-wide client applications in support of the Digital organization's objectives.
- Coaches co-workers and provides feedback to enhance skills and knowledge.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in mathematics, computer science, or business.
- Eight or more years of experience working with IT, related systems/projects required. Business Analyst experience is required.
- Five or more years of experience in a customer service oriented and/or IT related field required.
- Hands on experience in ORACLE EPM suite is necessary. Experience with ORACLE CLOUD IS PREFERRED.
- Strong hands on development and administration experience with Consolidations, Planning, Essbase, ODI, FDMEE, DRM, SmartView and Financial Reporting Studio.
- Extensive experience in modelling and building FINANCIAL CUBES AND DATA MODELS for reporting financial data using best practices.
- Working knowledge of ERP SYSTEM and STRONG SQL SKILLS.
- Strong Understanding of FP& A principles and best practices.
- Experience in energy Corporation a plus.
Thanks
Imran Shaik
816-326-2300*304
201-777-1309