Description
Job #5146
SAP Payroll Business Analyst - Phoenix
Type of Position: Contract
Location: Tempe, AZ
40 hour work week
*Candidate hired will be an Ntelicor W2 employee*
Job Purpose:
The role of the Payroll Applications Business Analyst is to work as a liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams to create documentation on specific business needs to be developed and implemented for American Airlines' payroll and related software applications which include SAP and Cyborg. This position works side-by-side with subject matter experts and users to understand the business requirements to be provided to IT who will translate them into a working set of functional requirements. In addition, the BA has input into project timelines, task development, and implementation planning around business requirement and testing needs. The Business Analyst is also responsible for creating test plans, test scripts and performing user acceptance testing for the changes.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinates requirement gathering
- Critically analyzes and evaluates information gathered from multiple sources to create documentation, including but not limited to business requirements, process flows, traceability matrices, work estimates, test plans, test scripts and test results
- Conducts requirement and test plan reviews and ensures requirements and test documentation is approved in accordance with audit standards
- Develops and executes test scripts for new and existing functionality
- Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved/escalated in a timely manner
- Understands how various issues affect each other and the outcome of projects
- Understands expectations that were set with client, recognizes when issues/events may affect delivery, and communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative solutions
- Follows through with commitments and fosters mutual trust with all working groups
- Ensure project team is kept well informed of project changes with open communication
- Effectively applies Company methodology and enforces project standards
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or IT
- At least 3 years Finance or Account experience with large-volume financial systems with emphasis on requirements gathering, troubleshooting, support and testing
- Knowledge of relational databases, Mainframe batch processing, and file transfer protocols
- Experience with business systems analysis, functional design, documentation and process modelling
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks
- Thorough knowledge of Disbursement Accounting business processes/procedures
- Proficient with Microsoft Office software; advanced spreadsheet skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, work independently, and handle stress effectively despite short time constraints while displaying a can do' attitude