DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented Principal IT Business Analyst to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology IN Troy, MI.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Defining Business Success : Collaborate with business leaders to clearly define and document what constitutes success for large or complex initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Cross-Organizational Coordination : Work as part of a team to manage project definition and documentation for initiatives that span multiple organizations, fostering collaboration and consistency.
• Leading Analysts : Guide a team of analysts to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements across various aspects (process, information, event, socio-political, and location), ensuring comprehensive coverage for complex initiatives.
• Managing Requirements : Lead the activities related to requirements management, including the elicitation, analysis, and documentation of non-functional business requirements, ensuring they meet business needs.
• Change Impact Analysis : Analyze and communicate the impact of changes within or between organizations, ensuring all stakeholders understand and approve the changes, thus minimizing disruption.
• Solution Validation : Conduct solution assessment and validation to ensure that both functional and technical specifications meet the identified business needs, maintaining high standards of quality and relevance.
• Problem Resolution : Address complex problems and provide resolutions, acting as a point of escalation for non-routine issues, thereby ensuring smooth project progression.
• Mentorship and Relationship Building : Develop and maintain positive relationships with business leaders and other functions, coach and mentor less experienced business analysts, and use Business Relationship Management practices to deliver business value.

• Balancing Stakeholders : Anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders, ensuring that everyone's interests are considered and addressed.
• Effective Communication : Develop and deliver clear, multi-mode communications that cater to the unique needs of different audiences, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
• Managing Complexity : Navigate and make sense of complex, high-volume, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Optimizing Work Processes : Identify and implement the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Organizational Savvy : Maneuver comfortably through complex policies, processes, and people-related dynamics within the organization.
• Strategic Mindset : Look ahead to future possibilities and translate them into breakthrough strategies that drive the organization forward.
• Business Analysis Planning : Plan and identify the activities needed for business analysis, considering the five business aspects, level of detail, and approach for eliciting requirements.
• Requirements Analysis : Evaluate relationships and interdependencies between requirements to determine their feasibility and prioritization based on their complexity and value to the business.
• Solution Design : Create and define solution designs that meet business, technical, security, governance, and compliance requirements, using industry standards and tools.
• Solution Functional Fit Analysis : Decompose systems into their component parts to study how well they interact holistically to meet various requirements.
• Problem Solving : Use systematic analysis processes to solve problems, mentor others on effective problem-solving, and implement robust, data-based solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Valuing Differences : Recognize and appreciate the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to the organization.
• Business Need Definition : Define the business outcomes that proposed work will provide, using the Business Analysis Toolkit to justify the investment of resources.

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

• Significant relevant experience required. 5-7 years of experience.

• 5-7 years of work experience in with Oracle Applications R12 Financial modules.
• Exposure to downstream modules, Order Management and Inventory preferred.
• EDI experience is preferred.
• 4 -6 years of project management experience utilizing standard project planning/ management tools, and knowledge in project management and control.
• Thorough understanding of Finance business processes in a global Finance environment. Practical working experience preferred.
• Proficiency with SQL based queries preferred
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, competing, high-priority projects with varying deadlines