The Business Analyst II leverages technical and non-technical knowledge and processes to solve business and operational challenges and facilitating technology delivery for a fast-paced organization. This position will report to the Controller.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ensures business/operations have access to relevant information to influence strategic decision-making and the day-to-day management;
• Works cross-functionally to drive strategies, optimize analysis capability, and leverage technical and non-technical knowledge and processes to solve business/operational challenges and problems;
• Facilitates requirements gathering sessions and evaluates business/operational process implications of system requirements, making appropriate design/redesign recommendations;
• Analyzes business/operational processes of proposed or completed acquisitions. Provide plans to migrate process of acquired businesses to company applications/processes;
• Performs implementation planning or business case analysis for applications;
• Creates and maintains processes and procedures to efficiently develop test and deploy decision support tools and reports used in operations. Develops reporting requirements to resolve a variety of business- and operational-related problems;
• Manages inventory and life cycle of routine reports to ensure efficient delivery of high quality, high impact business intelligence. Drive the development and enhancement of self-service reports and analytics capabilities, automating when possible;
• Documents requirements and workflow diagrams with focus on process improvements;
• Develops programming specifications that can be passed to internal, as well as external programming resources as needed;
• Addresses changing user requirements while maintaining design and system integrity;
• Creates and deploys test plans, testing, documenting, and tracking issues while ensuring timely issue resolution;
• Coordinates procedures development and system documentation;
• Creates and maintains ad hoc data capture systems as required to provide data not captured by core business applications;
• Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of a robust business acceptance process in terms of building internal customer relationships, documentation, user training, user support, regular communication and ongoing development;
• Provides expert training and knowledge development to other members of the company;
• Provides backup and support to company IT Department.
• Attends job related conferences/seminars/webinars to maintain level of knowledge current with the changing environment and support business units’ efforts to remain current;
• Maintains confidentiality at the highest levels;
• Attend all required meetings and trainings.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience;
• Five years of experience as an application analyst or similar business analyst position required;
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment with knowledge of operational and business processes required;
• ERP/Integrated manufacturing system implementation experience (Symix/Syteline preferred);
• Demonstrated project management knowledge and experience, including the ability to successfully conclude projects in an efficient manner;
• Experience in merger and acquisition transactions preferred.