Sr Business Analyst at The Manitowoc Company Inc in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

As a Senior Business Systems Analyst, working closely with the Lead Business Systems Analyst and key stakeholders, you will facilitate business process improvement, system development and enhancements, and applications support.  You will be responsible to develop and maintain business relationships with key individuals in the business, act as a liaison with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes and information systems while ensuring alignment to "The Manitowoc Way" and the company's goals/objectives.  This position reports directly to the Lead Business Systems Analyst.  The position will sit Shady Grove, Pennsylvania.

If you’re up to the challenge, the reward is satisfaction . . . and knowing you helped build something real.  Join our passionate team and help build something you can be proud of – a future filled with passion, pride and satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.  Work with the Lead Business Systems Analyst to prioritize conflicting projects and initiatives.       


• Provide subject matter expert support to business personnel for their areas of expertise.     


• Gather/analyze requirements and translate them into functional specifications and system design specifications.         


• Understand and execute Quality Assurance tasks.  Design and review test plans and test cases to assure that business risks will be mitigated by thorough testing. Assist business stakeholders with user acceptance testing, defect reporting and resolution.


• Accept and provide constructive commentary and review by participating in peer reviews of own and other team members’ work.  Embrace an environment of continuous self and team improvement.         


• Ensure adequate communication to the appropriate stakeholders, risk assessment, testing approvals, quality of the documentation (including SOX compliance) and production readiness.         


• Where appropriate, responsible for the entire life cycle for medium complexity projects including but not limited to: creation of project plans, research and analysis, design, development, test, implementation, training and documentation - following IS standards and procedures.        


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  Support a portfolio of custom and third-party applications using a wide range of technologies involving all areas of a manufacturing business. 


• Meet or exceed IS Service Level Agreements (SLAs). 

JOB REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Information Systems or Management of Information Systems with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Information Technology required.


• 3 years hands-on experience gathering/analyzing requirements and translating them into detailed functional specifications, process design, application design, collaborating with developers for customized development, testing (unit and regression), and application support required.


• Experience supporting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Baan or e-Emphasys highly desired to include experience implementing, managing change, and supporting complex interfaces between ERP and external systems.


• Must have experience in project management in both waterfall and agile methodologies with projects exceeding $50,000 with the ability to both effectively manage and escalate issues with project scope, project risk, and project change.


• Must demonstrate appropriate communication styles and approaches for success in a global organization structure. Communication skills with fluent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English language essential. Will be required to lead meetings and present to audiences of all levels to fulfill strategy and objectives.  Must be capable of communicating effectively with vendors and service providers to represent the company’s best interests.


• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical personnel


• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and the execution of application related controls is strongly desired.


• Must be willing and able to travel domestically and internationally as required and have current passport.