Business Analyst 4-Ops

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree; concentration in Operations Management or Business Management preferred.

8 years of business operations experience preferred, with contract development and management experience.

Ability to effectively review and translate vendor contracts and agreements to ensure that terms facilitate the business needs and requirements.

Ability to independently prioritize work highly desirable.

Strong written and verbal skills with the ability to analyze, organize, and present data in format appropriate to intended audience.

Strong collaboration skills across time zones, team player required.

A strong working knowledge of software licensing types and hardware functionality is highly desirable.

Previous experience with purchasing and purchasing processes highly desirable.

Previous experience with technology budget planning, and M&A (Merger and Acquisition) integrations is desired.

Working knowledge of Oracle Database and SQL/ PLSQL preferred.

Keen attention to details is highly preferred.

Project and relationship management skills strongly desired.

Detailed Description and Job Requirements

Provides programs to improve operational efficiency, consistency, and compliance in support of the organization*s financial and tactical business objectives. Provides business practices and processes. Develops, communicates, and trains the organization on business practices and processes.

Serve as a liaison with other divisions such as Finance, Contracts, HR, Legal, Shared Services, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and Risk Management in an effort to ensure accurate and timely transaction processing. Collect, input, verify, correct, and analyze data to measure key performance indicator actual versus business objectives. Provide updates to management regarding budget to actual, informing them of deviations and opportunities. Provide management with economic impact and compliance issues surrounding key business decisions and/or deals. Communicate Oracle Business Practices to the organization and monitor process and approvals for full compliance. Drive implementation of new processes and procedures.

Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Ability to collect, organize, and display data in spreadsheet format. Follow-through skills necessary to get information from internal and third parties and have data errors/omissions corrected. For this, relationship management skills strongly desired. Strong written and verbal communication skills. 8 plus years relevant work experience.