
Sr. Business Analyst
- Columbus, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist and/or owns the planning, design and development of new applications and enhancements to existing applications
- Meet independently with decision makers, systems owners, and end-users to define business requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve business systems issues
- Leverage technical expertise to identify opportunities to review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems while remaining fit-to-standard and minimize custom development
- Define, design, and document solutions including but not limited to requirements, business flows, integration process flows, and functional design documents
- Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems/solutions to aid management in making implementation decisions
- Assist and/or owns the deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing applications
- Participate in system unit test, integration test, user acceptance testing, and other formal and information test activities to test both happy path and non-happy path test scenarios
- Maintain close collaboration and relationships with the IT Solution Owner, business, Managed Service Provider, and the enterprise IT team
- Embrace and comply with solution governance and methodology
- Builds and managed project plans using project management best practices including estimating, budgeting, risk and issue management, milestone management, and status reporting
- Ability to perform duties independently under minimal supervision
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 6 to 8 years' experience as a Business Analyst or related role.
- Demonstrated experience with requirement elicitation techniques, as-is and to-be analysis and business process modeling
- Demonstrated experience with SDLC business validation documentation (i.e. User Requirements Specifications, Functional specifications) including technical documentation such as Design specification, Configuration specifications, etc.
- Demonstrated experience with systems integration methodologies and Extract, Transact, Load (ETL) process for transaction and analytics.
- Demonstrated experience managing small projects including project planning, risk and issue management, estimating and budgeting, and status reporting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Manufacturing industry experience desired
- SAP S4/HANA experience is desired
- HRIS system experience preferred
- Kronos Work Force (WFC or WFM) experience preferred
- Knowledge and experience with HR Integrations and Architecture
- Knowledge and experience in at least two HR processes – Payroll, Timekeeping, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Management, Onboarding, Offboarding.
- Experience with Data Analytics and Reporting
- Strong analytical and interpersonal/communication skills required
- Ability to understand and document process flows
- Ability to take complex business requirements and simplify
- Ability to look at alternatives and complete an options analysis
- Ability to be open to change; strong listening skills
- Ability to focus on the details and make them clear both verbally and in written form
- Ability to lead discussions and solicit input in a professional manner
- Ability to multi-task and organize effectively to meet users' expectations while working as part of a larger team
- Great time management skills with the desire to complete projects on time
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint