Business Analyst With Oracle Financial Exp.

We are looking for a contractor to join our team.

Business Analyst 

FOLSOM, CA

Long Term Contract

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Must Have Experience in Oracle Financial

o Provides technical expertise and leadership in gathering business requirements, analyzing and translating business requirements into system functional requirements and designs for software systems and end-user training. Performs

requirements gathering, analysis and user story and use-case development with internal finance customers for software delivery. Advocates and represent the business needs to IT constituents to ensure those needs are effectively translated into functional and technical specifications. May act as a scrum master during construction as required

o Responsible for creating, executing and coordinating functional and regression test plans, test cases and estimates time to complete test activities. May lead interdepartmental teams in the execution of test activities for all test phases. Provides guidance to others in the execution of security, integration, and performance and user acceptance testing as required. Creates and prepares test data, executes test cases, documents detailed results and provides regular and ad-hoc test reports. Ensures that system tests are successfully completed and documented and all issues are identified, tracked and resolved

o Manages business applications through the development, communication and execution of application roadmaps based on product deficiencies, the business strategic plan, innovation, and consolidation opportunities for internal business partners. Identifies innovation opportunities and alternatives to influence the strategic plans and roadmaps and leads key process improvements and conceptual designs of business solutions

o Establishes and maintains positive relationships with assigned business partners through continuous, collaborative communication and reporting of IT activities on their behalf. Works with IT counterparts to establish IT service levels through the development, monitoring, and communication of Service Level Agreement metrics.

o Oversees software vendor interactions and delivery to ensure ISO needs and contractual obligations are met. Educates vendors on ISO processes to deliver new systems and modifications to existing systems and reports vendor performance to management

• Attends business meetings, and collaborates with ISO colleagues to develop "best practices" policies and procedures, and to identify and resolve issues to help create a flexible and efficient organization.

• May perform related duties and activities as assigned.

• Adheres to and supports the Core Values of the ISO.

• Adheres to and supports the safety policies and programs of the ISO. Accountable for implementing the policies and procedure s of the ISO Safety Program.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable. Most of the time is spent in general office or equivalent conditions which result in little or no exposure to injury or accident. May require occasional travel to other office worksites, customer locations and/or training/conferences.

Daily time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and with regular opportunity to move about. Occasionally there may be a requirement to stoop or lift or handle material or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. May require normal manual dexterity and eye- hand coordination, and corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Level of Education and Discipline

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Information Technology, Management of Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance or related field. Master’s Degree preferred.

Certifications

Business process modeling, requirements management certification, and/or other relevant technical certifications such as

CBAP, CSQE, CSQA are desirable

Oracle Financials background strongly preferred.

Type of Experience

Experience executing traceable software testing, development, system analysis, and business requirements analysis.

System architecture (application and/or data architecture) experience. Experience managing software vendors.

Leadership, customer service and/or project management experience a plus.

Deep Expertise in Finance and strongly prefer expertise in Oracle Financials.

Energy industry experience preferred.

Additional Skills and Abilities

Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member. Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail. Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills. Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential. Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations. Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the

ability to influence others without direct authority. Ability to envision and grasp big-picture concepts very quickly and break them down into subcomponents. Must be able to innovate and identify information technology opportunities for continual improvement or to meet changing business condition.