Senior Business Analyst - ERP & Business Systems

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst - ERP & Business Systems

Location:

Peabody, MA, US, 01960

Business Unit: Ophthalmic & Precision Solutions

Posting Date: Oct 16, 2026

Job Description:

The Senior Business Analyst - ERP & Business Systems serves as a key liaison between business functions and Information Technology, translating business needs into effective process and system solutions.

This role supports enterprise applications such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or comparable ERP platforms and works across functional areas including Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Order Management, Finance, and related business operations.

The Senior Business Analyst leads business process analysis, requirements gathering, functional solution design, testing, implementation support, and continuous improvement initiatives. The role requires strong ERP knowledge, analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, and external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business processes, challenges, objectives, and system requirements.
• Lead requirements-gathering sessions and document business and functional requirements.
• Analyze current-state processes and develop future-state process designs.
• Identify opportunities to improve, standardize, simplify, and automate business processes.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for ERP configuration, enhancements, integrations, interfaces, reports, and related solutions.
• Serve as a functional subject matter expert for one or more business areas such as Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Order Management, or Finance.
• Perform fit-gap analysis and recommend solutions using standard ERP functionality where practical.
• Work closely with developers, technical teams, vendors, and implementation partners to design and deliver integrated solutions.
• Analyze system integrations, interfaces, data flows, and dependencies between ERP and other enterprise applications.
• Support data mapping, data conversion, master data, and interface requirements.
• Develop and execute test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate and support integration testing, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing, and defect resolution.
• Support ERP implementations, upgrades, migrations, enhancements, cutovers, go-live activities, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Develop process documentation, procedures, training materials, and user documentation.
• Support end-user training and adoption of new systems and business processes.
• Troubleshoot complex business and system issues and coordinate resolution across business and technical teams.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Manage analysis activities across multiple concurrent projects and priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, ERP Functional Analyst, or similar role.
• Strong experience with an ERP platform such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or a comparable enterprise system.
• Demonstrated experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.
• Experience developing current-state and future-state business process flows.
• Strong understanding of ERP-enabled business processes.
• Experience creating functional specifications and working with technical teams to deliver system solutions.
• Experience with system integrations, interfaces, data flows, and master data.
• Experience with system testing, integration testing, User Acceptance Testing, and defect management.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, upgrades, migrations, or major enhancement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and collaborate effectively with business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, or similar ERP platforms.
• Experience in Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Order Management, or Finance.
• Experience with business processes such as Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, inventory management, manufacturing, or intercompany transactions.
• Experience supporting ERP integrations with third-party applications.
• Experience in manufacturing, medical device, life sciences, or other regulated environments.
• Experience supporting global or multi-site organizations.
• Familiarity with validation, compliance, audit, or controlled-system environments.

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 150,000

Salary Maximum: 175,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

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AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

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