Lead Business Analyst, Finance

Requisition ID: 24914BR Job Title: Lead Business Analyst, Finance Division: Corporate Business Unit: IT Business Function: Business Sub Function: Country: United States State: MI City: Portage Shift: 1st Job Description: The Job's Mission

Stryker is implementing a new ERP (Oracle eBusiness Suite R12). This new solution represents the foundation that will support the future growth of our company. The Business Analyst Lead will be part of the GES department and is responsible for solutioning, deployment and L3 support in a specific area. The jobholder will be responsible to ensure the solution integrity, the alignment with the business requirements and the successful deployment of the solution. The type of activities the jobholder will be working on is gap analysis, solution design, solution build, rollout (Testing and post golive support) and enhancements.

The Business Analyst lead will be a subject matter expert in a specific area of our Applications footprint. Furthermore, the position entails good knowledge of several applications areas and integration points as well as driving important divisional projects

The jobholder will have the opportunity to work in key and strategic projects in a very dynamic environment. This position offers excellent opportunities of personal development depending on candidate motivation and competencies.

Key Activities & Accountabilities

Here after are underlined the main activities of the Business Analyst Lead:

- To participate actively in the implementation of the Oracle ERP project in the specific area of competency

- Provide solution, processes and application expertise and knowledge from requirements/design through to implementation

- To Conduct the solution confirmation activities and the fit/gap analysis, identify key gaps and ensure that the foot print and design meets the local requirements

- Ensure the integration between the project team, Support team and the business community

- Maintain the design model during the program implementation, implement approved enhancements and support the rollout

- Ensure design fits with current requirements and future business direction

- Ensure processes consistency

- Assist in facilitating change leadership interventions within process area

- Ensure timely issue identification, resolution, and appropriate escalation

- Participate in status review meetings and provide timely feedback to team

- To communicate the functional and processes requirements to the development team by developing and maintaining design/technical documents.

- To run functional and integration testing

- Reduce our dependency on consultants, in the application area, through an efficient knowledge transfer process

- To lead small teams in a specific application area either in a global ERP project/deployment or in a divisional project

Job requirement

- MSc/BSc degree in Business or IT

- Travel as required by the project

- 25% in average

Experience

- Functional knowledge of ERP in the Finance area, other areas are a plus

- Oracle knowledge on multi-national cross-country implementations.

- Technical knowledge of ERP in Finance, a plus

- At least 8 years of professional experience in systems implementation and support

- Previous experience in an Oracle e-Business Implementation on any of the Finance modules

Competencies

Must

- Oracle eBusiness suite experience in a large distribution business, cross-countries

- Good understanding of the main business functions in large-scale companies

- Strong leadership skills

- Good communication skills

- Business level of English

- Flexibility, availability and ability to travel

- Positive attitude

- General administration, Development, and Quality culture

- Functional and technical specifications writing

- Responsibility, accountability, authority, credibility, and integrity

- Intercultural awareness

Plus

- Experience in international/medical companies

- Experience in change management

- SQL skills Qualifications/Work Experience: Percent Travel Required: 25%