JD Edwards Senior Business Systems Analyst

The BSA works with functional owners in various areas such as finance, accounting, operations, customer service, and sales to help them implement sound business processes. BSA Sr. acts as a liaison between the technical team and functional users, gathers business requirements, provides analysis, develops and leads project plans and teams. As a senior level analyst, this position serves as mentor and helps in the development of junior/entry level analyst in all professional competencies and behaviors. Knowledge of JD Edwards is required. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Collaborates with functional owners to understand business needs and implement applications using the industry best practices. Carries out project planning, execution and tracking activities; acts as a liaison between technical team and functional owners of the enterprise. Plans and manages medium to large projects initiatives to assure goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed timeframe. Determines & designs appropriate application solutions based on business requirements and develops detailed design specifications that include appropriate input from developers and process owners. Participate in and contribute to all phases of solutions development including requirements gathering, design, development, configuration, testing and deployment and maintenance. Works with business area managers in the improvement of business processes and implementation Required Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Extensive knowledge of Oracle's JD Edwards ERP solution a MUST. Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline Twelve (12) years of experience working as a business systems analyst using major ERP or large scale applications. Must have strong or good working knowledge in accounting functionalities including AR, AP, GL and fixed assets as well as supply chain, order fulfillment, sales, purchasing, inventory and warehouse management. Well versed with configuration change management in a complex ERP environment Must be able to work well and lead other team members in a collaborative fashion, fostering learning and knowledge sharing to complete projects and equally be able to work solo with little or no supervision Experienced in working with complex global organizations, satisfying needs of diverse users, meeting competing and sometimes conflicting priorities while developing and maintaining business systems standards and structure Occasional Travel will be Required