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Associate Business Analyst

Career Framework Role Description 

• Evaluates business models, processes and operations to develop a good understanding of business needs and requirements.
• Analyses and evaluates business requirements and translates these into technical requirements and specifications, providing insights on system and technical components to incorporate into the technical design.
• Interacts with business stakeholders to gather, understand, document, and analyse business requirements.
• Analyses reports and assessments to provide insights on whether a solution/technology being implemented is meeting business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Reviews materials and supports in meetings and workshops with business stakeholders to understand and gather business / functional requirements, undertaking client assessments and building relationships with business stakeholder.
• Builds relationships and collaborates with the wider team to understand business requirements and translates these into complex technical requirements.
• Produces technical specifications to guide system architectural design and development and conducts quality assurance tasks to ensure completeness of requirements, peer reviewing the work of more junior members of the team.
• Monitors and reports on potential risks/opportunities of emerging technologies, and forms recommendations for system and technical components based on understanding of business requirements, reviewing and supporting with process modelling and improvement.
• Contributes to the design and review of test cases to ensure tests adequately meet the requirements and coordinates with infrastructure and operations teams to resolve system issues, contributing to moderately complex aspects of a project.
• Provides insights on whether solutions and technologies being implemented are meeting business requirements.
• Contributes to business case development and completes RFP responses, exploring and experimenting with new and existing data to tackle defined business problems.

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Proven experience gathering and interpreting business requirements.
• Proven experience developing technical requirements and specifications, including knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, modelling and testing.
• Proven understanding of Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Modelling and Notation.
• Knowledge on application building using Python would be an added advantage.

Experience 

• Sound relevant experience in either an internal or external business analysis role and/or software / technical analysis role or similar, evidenced by adding business value through identifying, analysing and articulating problems and solutions.
• Developed technical knowledge and experience in delivering IT solutions, providing technical advice and understanding user requirements.
• Some stakeholder management experience.

Typical Education

• Business Administration
• Business Management
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Engineering
• IT
• Statistics
• Mathematics

Similar Titles in the Market 

• Oracle Functional Consultant
• Oracle GRC Consultant
• Oracle Risk Management Consultant
• Business Analyst – Oracle ERP
• Senior Business Analyst - Oracle ERP

Leadership Capabilities

• LEAD: Gold Standard Definitions

Available Technical Learning

• Business Analysis

Skills and Capabilities 

• Preferably CA/MBA/B.E/B.Tech with 1 to 3 years of implementation and advisory experience on Oracle Cloud ERP/EBS security and controls.
• Ability to drive risk and control programs for Oracle EBS/ERP Cloud, with a focus on the following:
• Segregation of duty concerns in an ERP environment along with an ability to design SoD (Segregation of Duties) risk libraries, and preparation of remediation roadmaps.
• System role-design, build security and troubleshoot security defects.
• Design risk control matrices by conducting workshops with business process owners.
• Review Oracle ERP IT Application Controls (ITAC) for test of design and test of effectiveness.
• Identify potential opportunities to automate current ITDM/manual controls leveraging Oracle EBS/ERP Cloud.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks like COSO, COBIT.
• Knowledge and audit experience across regulations like SOX, GDPR, CCPA.
• Functional knowledge on Oracle EBS/ERP Cloud Financials, Procurement, Supply chain management, Projects and HRMS is a pre-requisite.
• Ability to simplify data and explain trends through Excel spreadsheets, dashboards, power-point presentations is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Oracle GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) & Oracle Risk Management Cloud (RMC) is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge on Peoplesoft, NetSuite, MS Dynamics and Workday would be an added advantage.
• Willing to learn and work on different ERPs and CRM solutions.

Technologies and Tools  

• Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, SCM modules, Projects and HCM.
• Oracle EBS Financials, SCM modules, Projects and HRMS.
• SQL /PLSQL, Python.
• SpotFire/ PowerBI.
• PeopleSoft, NetSuite, MS Dynamics and Workday.

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