SR. BUSINESS ANALYST

SR. BUSINESS ANALYST I   POSITION OBJECTIVE  We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Business Analyst I to lead complex business and system initiatives by translating business needs into well-designed, scalable system solutions. This role leverages multi-ERP experience, strong process knowledge, and hands-on functional system design and implementation expertise to improve operational efficiency, optimize costs, and strengthen internal controls through continuous improvement and enhancements of systems, processes, and procedures in response to evolving business practices, while supporting major company-wide system initiatives. The Senior Business Analyst I works collaboratively with system coordinators across all divisions, and cross-functional system analyst teams to design, implement, optimize, and govern systems and processes that enhance effectiveness across production, sales, and marketing, while ensuring alignment with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and long-term business objectives. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 1. System Initiatives Leadership: Independently analyze, design, implement, and deliver complex system and company-wide improvement initiatives across multiple ERP platforms, ensuring solutions are scalable, fully integrated, and designed in alignment with applicable corporate procedures and regulatory requirements. 2. Requirements Definition & Functional Solution Design: Collaborate with business stakeholders and system analysts to gather requirements, define functional and process specifications, evaluate solution options, and assess feasibility, impact, and risk. 3. Internal Control Management: Monitor and analyze abnormal transactions and control gaps; facilitate and support enforcement of management policies, proactively recommend preventive and detective controls, process improvements, and procedure standardization to strengthen internal control and operational effectiveness. 4. System Documentation & Quality Assurance:  Lead QA/QC testing, validate system changes against specifications, resolve issues, and maintain clear, up-to-date system-specific documentation, including screen instructions, functional specifications, process flows, and training materials, as a single source of truth to ensure accuracy and usability. 5. Training & System Implementation: Design and deliver user training, lead Train-the-Trainer programs, and support system rollout across impacted divisions and departments to ensure smooth adoption and effective use of new systems. 6. Corporate Procedure & Policy Enhancement: Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of company-wide policies, procedures, and system SOPs to standardize practices, ensure alignment with internal policies and regulatory requirements, and adapt processes and system designs to evolving business practices. 7. Benchmarking & Continuous Improvement: Conduct industry benchmarking and best-practice analysis to identify improvement opportunities, and partner with business divisions and departments to enhance operational management by proactively proposing system and process improvements that improve efficiency, optimize cost structure, and strengthen competitiveness. 8. Audit & Compliance Support: Partner with Internal Audit to plan and execute audits, develop checklists, and implement remediation actions; provide expert input to ensure audit findings are effectively addressed and embedded into system and/or process design. 9. Strategic Goal Execution: Define objectives aligned with departmental and corporate goals, lead cross-functional improvement initiatives, independently execute initiatives, track milestones, and report progress and outcomes based on measurable results. 10. Executive Decision Support: Provide senior management with project-based analysis, scenario evaluation, and actionable recommendations to support strategic planning and system transformation initiatives. 11. Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as a subject matter expert, guide junior BAs, and provide coaching on system design, analytical approach, documentation quality, and stakeholder management. QUALIFICATIONS A four-year college degree is required. A major in Business, Accounting, Management Information Systems (MIS), or Computer Science related majors, and/or an advanced degree is preferred. Minimum of 8 years of experience in business or system analysis, with demonstrated expertise in advanced skills relevant to the role. Proven experience in training or coaching others is preferred. Experience in project management or demonstrated competency in managing projects effectively. Practical experience in functional system design and integration across multiple ERP platforms, with a strong understanding of data flows and business process logic within ERP environments. Familiarity with the AS/400 platform and Work Query for reporting and business analysis-related data retrieval is preferred. Experience with PowerPlay, Power BI, and portal-based reporting tools for data analysis and insights generation.  Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word, for analysis, reporting, and effective stakeholder communication.