Business Analyst



BCforward is looking for Business Analyst


Position Title: Business Analyst




Location: South San Francisco, CA 94080




Expected Duration: 12+ months.




Payrate: $65/hr




Position Description



The role of a Business Analyst is to partner with Finance and various local and global groups on the delivery of artificial intelligence (AI), insight generation, planning and reporting solutions to Finance. He/she is curious, open-minded and has a strong desire to obtain knowledge and understanding of the business. Through close business partnership and advisory, he/she delivers high quality technical solutions, enhancements, and process improvements. They apply their strong understanding of Finance processes to develop business requirements for solutions that they also execute on. His/her work style heavily involves collaboration and communication with other key players and stakeholders in Technology and Finance across the client company.



Key responsibilities of this role include the following:



* Cultivate and foster trusting relationships with business partners in Finance through frequent face to face interactions


* Be able to identify opportunities for simplification and automation of Finance processes


* Work with Finance partners to translate business requirements into functional requirements and specifications


* Influencing business partners to distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs


* Analyze and document business processes, workflows and use cases for solution design


* Partner with Global IT Solution Center team to ensure requirements for new solutions and enhancements are managed and delivered effectively


* For proposed solutions, gather and evaluate information from multiple data sources


* Create and maintain solution design and ensure that the final solution meets the customer's needs


* Ensure Global IT Solution Center team delivers and maintains operational procedure and solution documentation


* Utilize project management skills to develop testing, validation and implementation plans and processes to ensure the solution is fit for purpose


* Thoroughly train end-users


* Work with Global IT Solution Center team to efficiently troubleshoot issues


* Proactively coordinate retrospective sessions to review and capture lessons learned



We are looking for candidates with the following skills:



* Strong and quick learning mind-set


* Ability to understand the clients financial processes and business


* Ability to adapt in a dynamically changing business environment


* Ability to lead a project


* Communicate technical concepts in non-technical terminology


* Ability to create work effort estimations


* Ability to prioritize, manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously


* Good communication and presentation skills both written and verbal


* Teamwork and collaboration


* Negotiation skills and problem solving


* Not afraid to take risks


* Lead from every seat



Qualifications of candidates:



* 4+ years of experience in business analysis in Finance area


* BS/BA Degree in finance, information management, or other related field of study is required


* Experience overseeing the building of analytical solutions is required


* Experience in SAP Finance, SAP BW reporting, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP S3 and SAP S4 is required



Desired Candidates:



* Previous Biotech/pharma experience


* Posses project management skills


Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.


Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 221218 when responding to this ad.


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Job Snapshot




Employee Type

Contractor



Location

South San Francisco, CA (Onsite)



Job Type

Information Technology



Experience

Not Specified



Date Posted

04/11/2024