Contract duration - 6 months Key Responsibilities: •Responsible for business analysis and reporting as it pertains to the Cost & Pricing and Sector Management functions •Assist with the Apptio Migration for IT Financial Operations Management functions.
•Collaborate with stakeholders during the visioning and concept development of initiatives •Facilitate interview sessions and requirements gathering meetings with stakeholders in order to perform effective analysis of business needs and requirements.
•Develop appropriately detailed specifications for product features so that they are clearly understood by the Development team in the user stories.
•Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and initiatives to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with the business strategy.
Development Value: –Working as part of a truly global team, providing support to a wide spectrum of senior stakeholders –Playing a leading role in cost transparency and activity based costing and pricing in a global firm Skills: – Apptio experience (migration, configuration, coding, reporting) is preferred.
– Prior BA experience in financial and data systems (e.g.
General Ledgers, financial reporting, data driven analysis, cost modelling is a plus but not required).
– 5 years experience in business systems analyst (configuration or custom development) activities for analytical and / or financial tooling and reporting capabilities.
– Stakeholder management (clients, peers, vendors, internal service providers from other functions) – Experience defining and launching operational or financial processes.
– Project Management experience, especially within/leading cross-functional projects requiring collaboration and in-direct influence to drive successful completion.
– Experience structuring and leading work and driving consensus across teams comprised of diverse groups of senior stakeholders.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proficiency in PowerPoint or similar applications Qualifications / background: •Bachelor's Degree, related to computer information systems or equivalent •Experience and competent in business analysis •Experience working in an Agile environment •Experience of relevant experience on the financial/cost related projects, preferred •Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills •Strategic, analytical and logical thinker with excellent organization skills • Excellent planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills •Creative thinker with attention to details •Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders, end users, Scrum Masters and Scrum Teams