Sr Business Systems Analyst

Overview

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions of people. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business—and the world.

You will be working within the Corporate Applications organization. Business System Analyst will be responsible for implementing and supporting technology solutions enabling Oracle Application finance (Procure to Pay, GL). The primary focus for this position will be gathering business requirements, assisting in Integration and Acceptance Testing, supporting and development of training and implementation material, participating and leading in the implementation, and providing post-implementation support globally.

The person will be responsible for leading Procure to Pay and accounting area and may lead contractors on projects. You will partner closely with relevant Procure to Pay and other finance process owners, application developers and other Corporate Applications team members to deliver global solutions with an objective of optimizing processes.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure the ERP system meets these needs effectively.
• Identify system gaps and design solutions to address business process gaps, utilizing industry-standard processes or customization.
• Configuring and maintaining ERP software and processes based on business needs (P2P, T&E, CLM).
• Understanding of upstream and downstream systems and collaborating with relevant teams to integrate systems with Yahoo ERP/EPM systems.
• Areas of expertise include Onboarding, Vendor qualification, Contract management, sourcing, iProcurement, Purchasing, P2P portal, T&E, OCGL, FAH, etc.
• Providing training and technical support to ERP system users.
• Creating and maintaining system documentation, including detailed descriptions of system workflows, user guides, and training materials.
• Diagnosing and resolving system problems, including working with software vendors when necessary.
• Continually researching and recommending ways to optimize the ERP system.
• Ensure data integrity in ERP systems.
• Work with Procure to Pay and accounting business process owners and relevant Finance stakeholders to translate business requirements to technology solutions related to Vendor management, Vendor onboarding, Vendor qualification, Contract management, sourcing, procurement, Purchasing, P2P portal, T&E, OCGL, FAH.
• Responsible for leading Procure to Pay area, supporting and optimizing the Finance platform including and not restricted to accounting applications.
• Partners with relevant Finance Process Owners to prioritize and implement enhancements.
• Lead Finance projects and contractors on projects.
• Works with operations, security and infrastructure teams to ensure adherence to Yahoo Inc. standards.
• Collect requirements for building and supporting business applications.
• Analyze and design short- and long-term solutions for the and Finance systems.
• Plan and perform various test cycles including integration and system testing.
• Plan and Perform Conference Room Pilot sessions for deployment.
• Plan and Perform User Acceptance Testing for deployment.
• Plan, organize and conduct training to end users for deploying business solutions.
• Plan, organize and conduct workshops to facilitate discussions and decisions for building business applications.
• Provide Production support to rolled out projects.
• Provide Production support for month end close activities.
• Design and Deploy Custom Solutions leveraging Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Work with other business systems analysts and the development team in converting the business solution into technical designs.
• Create and manage documentation as appropriate related to creation of desktop manuals, test scenarios, test conditions, and test scripts.

• 8+ years of IT industry work experience including finance systems analysis, solution design, and deployment using Oracle applications and/or other Major ERP systems
• 6+ years of experience working with Oracle ERP including oracle fusion experience on Vendor management, Vendor onboarding, Vendor qualification, Contract management, sourcing, OCGL, FAH and Oracle R12 experience on procurement, Purchasing and T&E systems
• Good Project management skills, planning and organization skills
• Technical knowledge like SQL, TOAD for basic troubleshooting and one-time extracts.
• Candidate must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• The candidate should have good analytical, problem-solving skills and a desire to develop new skills
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language to end users and Senior management
• Ability to exercise independent and autonomous judgment when dealing with competing priorities and initiatives, while keeping management well informed of…