Oracle Procure to Pay (P2P) Senior Business Analyst

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Our Horizon team is growing! Join us as a Business Analyst, driving and supporting our Oracle Implementation, as a key contributor to our full Oracle Cloud (Horizon) design.

The Enterprise Transformation team is partnering with all Business Units and areas of the business to implement streamlined, standardized, and simplified business processes through our Oracle solution.

The Procure to Pay Business Analyst position will be involved in all phases of the system development lifecycle including planning, analysis, design, testing, implementation, enhancement, and support.

Join us on Taylor’s Enterprise Transformation team as we work to deliver a robust and state of the art solution for all enterprise ERP needs.

Your Opportunity : Taylor Corporation is looking for a Sr. Business Analyst to implement and support the Procure to Pay workstream in Oracle ERP Cloud, specifically Procurement, Receiving, and sub-modules such as Supplier Portal, Supplier Qualification Management, Sourcing (negotiations) and Procurement Contracts Modules.

Your Responsibilities :

Business System Technology and Process

• Configure Oracle Cloud modules, specifically within the Procure to Pay workstream, with a strong understanding of up and downstream impacts
• Ownership and governance in related Configuration Workbooks
• Understanding of Procure to Pay business system processes with a strong understanding of cross-functional data needs and impacts on process changes or decisions
• Able to train others on multiple processes and create the necessary process flows and relevant training documents
• Working knowledge of forms, fields, interfaces, and workflows. Understands the cross-functional flow of data
• Recommends ways to streamline and improve business capabilities in adherence to best practice solutions
• Complete Business Process Modeling (process flow integrity, data integrity and solution integrity) to deliver strategic business outcomes
• Finds the business need’ in the user’s story, navigate through the conversation to obtain requirements
• Work closely with the technical team to ensure architectural alignment of plans with what is being delivered

Implementation & Project Management :

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements, document requirements, and write functional designs as necessary
• Defined as an owner of the Procure to Pay specific Oracle modules through the project methodology, partnering with subject matter experts, testing methodologies, training, business system analysis, and / or other applicable systems process (end to end, point to point and specific to module)
• Identify and raise project dependencies, critical paths, and adjustments to succeed within workstream to PMO and workstream leaders as necessary
• Acts as liaison between business, system integrator, and IT resources
• Facilitates and makes decisions; Own the outcome of the meetings
• Lead and / or participate in testing activities, provide input into test plans, write exceptional test scripts and test cases, document outcomes and utilize testing tools
• Responsible for managing, creating, and executing test cases and scenarios. Facilitate and direct testing defect tracking and reporting as needed
• Partner with Business Subject Matter Experts to analyze current operational procedures, identify areas for improvement and offer possible solutions
• Facilitates the gathering, analysis, prioritization, and complexity categorization of business requirements
• Document and model as is’ and future state’ business processes. Analyze and optimize requirements to match guiding principles of future state
• Effectively and efficiently organize and facilitate design workshops
• Communicate and translate requirements effectively between business areas and IT
• Reviews technology capabilities and workflows to determine if program and system changes are possible
• Act as a liaison between business end users, IT development teams and System Implementer. Consultant on analysis, design, configuration, testing and maintenance to ensure optimal operational performance
• Responsible for collaborating with the business to create detailed use cases, process flows, prototyping, test cases and test scenarios to implement quality solutions
• Partner with Technical team and business stakeholders through Data Conversions; Understand Conversion Specs and provide feedback, map data fields into Oracle, and guide business through data conversions, mapping and validation
• Participate in cutover planning and execute tasks for Procure to Pay

Support :

• Support Business SMEs through training, or new changes
• Level 3 support for Help Desk issues resolution
• Support error resolution process for integrations and workflows
• Conduct outside research and analysis to ensure best practices are being followed and best solutions are being recommended
• Lead the Quarterly Release process for Procurement module, partnering with Subject Matter Experts to test functionality and sign off - understand quarterly enhancements and document impacts to Taylor business system processes
• Analyze and troubleshoot the ERP functional issues and manage communications to business and with peers

Other :

• Key stakeholder in Oracle projects and Taylor-wide implementations
• Participate in Organizational Design as it relates to Procure to Pay departments in the Taylor organization
• Lead Procurement and other related Procure to Pay modules through design and implementation sessions, engage in all phases of the implementations
• Participates organizational change management for changes, additions, or eliminations to process and / or system
• Assist project teams in defining project scope, goals, approach, and deliverables supporting the business objectives

You Must Have :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain / Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst or other related experience; especially experience that leverages Oracle technology within Procurement
• Experience in a full end-to-end Oracle implementation
• Good understanding of Oracle Cloud ERP and EBS Procurement; specific understanding within Procurement, Supplier Portal, SQM, Sourcing, and Procurement Contracts modules within Procure to Pay workstream
• Understands the connection with other cross track modules (receipts, inventory, Finance, order management)
• Analytical skills and be detail oriented
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Organization and project management skills
• Ability to be a change agent and willing to challenge the status quo
• Knowledgeable in designing and constructing business processes and their links to technology
20 days ago