Business Analyst
Aramco Imports is seeking a detail oriented, analytical, inquisitive, and problem solver to fill in the role of Business Analyst. The candidate is to have experience in both IT and Business Administration. The primary role is to be the liaison between the business departments and IT and 3 rd party IT service providers to ensure business initiatives are clearly translated and defined for successful delivery by IT. The role will also require participation in projects either as a project manager.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Become the functional expert in key business processes and systems
- Provide top-level business and systems analysis with focus on organizational strategic vision
- Act as the primary liaison between IT and the business units
- Conduct technically advanced and in-depth level business process analysis, needs assessments, and preliminary cost/benefit analysis in an effort to align IT solutions with business initiatives
- Contribute expertise in particular business processes and be responsible for formulating systems/process scope and objectives relative to the organization’s business plan and user requirements
- Contribute in business process flow definitions, process mapping and functional specifications
- Enhance the quality of IT products and services
- Find technological solutions to business requirements
- Perform a project manager role
- Communicate, translate, and simplify business requirements
- Contribute as a project portfolio coordinator to effectively prioritize business requirements across multiple projects
- Develop Ad-hoc reports using Query Manager and SQL
- Perform necessary amendments on Stored Procedures and Crystal Reports
- Manage Users and Authorizations to ensure necessary permissions are in place in line with Job Descriptions.
- Optimization of license distribution administration
- Perform mass updates using Data Transfer Workbench
- Implement/ maintain approval processes based on company’s Organizational Chart
- Generate periodic financial reports using Excel or other reporting tools
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a IT or related discipline.
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience as IT Business Analyst
- 3+ years of experience using SAP Business One ERP system
- 2+ years of experience in an Import and Distributor environment
- 2+ years of experience using EDI (knowledge of SPS Commerce fulfillment is a plus)
- Warehouse Management System experience is a must (knowledge of Produmex is a plus)
- Project management experience not required but preferred.
- Budget management experience
- SQL and BI experience Knowledge / Requirements
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to operate and multi-task in a dynamic fast paced environment.
- Ability to work independently and follow instructions.
- Attention to detail
- Excellent problem-solving skill
Benefits: Health insurance, 401 K , Paid Time Off
Job Requirements:
- Translate business requirements into business process and business requirement documents
- Learn business processes and identify business analysis opportunities
- Support business analyst during user acceptance testing
- Analyzing business requirements and process analysis
- Analyze existing business process requirements
- Translate business requirements into system solutions
- Understand business objective and business requirements
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications
- Translate business requests/issues into technical and business process requirements
- Developing business requirements and related business rules based on business group
- Prioritize requirements from business stakeholders
- Translate business requirements into technology solutions
- Writing business requirements for technology/software requirements
- Gather business requirements and analyze data
- Determine business requirements and specify effective business processes
- Support business user reporting needs
- Conduct business process analysis to align information technology solutions with business initiatives in multiple business areas
- Understand business process management and customers’ business requirements
- Improve business processes and support future business needs
- Defining business reporting requirements from end users