JDE Finance Systems Analyst

Summary:

Support IT project activities pertaining to requirements, design, implementation and administration of application product and services. The Business Analyst will provide support to the JD Edwards Enterprise One ERP System (E1) projects and maintenance activities. Become knowledgeable of the business processes within his/her area of responsibility and confidently facilitate business requirements sessions. Translate the business requirements into E1 functional specifications in order to work with the E1 development team to generate design specifications based on the requirements and successfully development solutions.

Requirements:

Education: Four (4) year degree in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent experience

Experience: 3+ years

• 3+ years working in a Business Analyst capacity within a JD Edwards manufacturing and distribution environment.
• Proven track record of success with IT in a manufacturing and distribution environment for multiple sites, multiple business units and specifically in areas and technologies of responsibility using JD Edwards EnterpriseOne including:
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Credit
• Fixed Assets
• Cost Accounting
• Job Costing
• Commissions
• Vertex experience is a plus
• Application configuration experience around GL and Chart of Accounts.
• Experience working with business owners and employees to help drive improvements in business performance.
• CPIM Certification Preferred

Skills:

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories of own discipline and has extensive knowledge of principles and concepts in other functions.
• Demonstrates advanced business knowledge and analyses the impact of emerging industry trends.
• Contributes to the strategic direction of the function.
• Advises senior management on issues as they pertain to larger organizational issues/business initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communications skills, written and verbal.
• The ability to manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and motivation skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to perform tasks with limited supervision.

Essential duties:

• Generates test scripts to validate business requirements for the purpose of Unit and Integrated testing.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a project-oriented environment and provide work effort estimates to the IT Manager for analytical tasks including providing timely updates to the IT Manager regarding status on assigned tasks.
• Works with business staff to develop understanding of the varied business needs supported by the E1 system; responsible for determining how changing business needs will affect the E1 system; understands the overall (integrated) role of the system and provides ideas and recommendations regarding the evolution of the system.
• Ensures current and accurate system documentation, coordinates and/or performs testing of system modifications, and develops, provides, or coordinates system training, educational tools and materials; may be involved with the IT Manager regarding planning/scheduling and sources allocation.
• Build effective relationships with business staff to develop a cooperative and cohesive E1 support process; acts as a liaison with E1 development team, E1 consultants and/or E1 IT Manager to ensure the business needs are being addressed.
• Provides continued E1 support to the business community resolving production related issues.