IT Business Analyst

We are currently seeking an exceptional candidate to be part of the IT Global Business Analyst team at Tempur Sealy. This person will be responsible for a wide variety of operational and project-based application and software support activities, focusing on the financial areas of the business.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Key Results Area:

• Responsible for identifying and analyzing user requirements.
• Learn and understand the “as is” environment to be able to provide functional expertise and knowledge of the existing business practices
• Reconcile the user requirements to new system capabilities
• Liaise between the user community and project team
• Represent the user interests in system design and software configuration planning meetings
• Works with users to develop necessary processes or procedural changes to accommodate the software applications
• Works with the users to develop, document and execute test scenarios
• Coordinate and prepare end user training
• Contribute to overall project status reporting

Requirements

Ideal Candidate Possesses These Attributes:

Functional

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Strong presentation skills
• Works effectively with people that have different views
• Displays a sense of urgency
• Can facilitate effective brainstorming
• Shows a strong sense of purpose
• Persists in efforts
• Sets standards of excellence
• Looks toward the broadest possible view of an issue/challenge
• Can easily pose future scenarios
• Can think globally (broader than own world)

Technical

• Awareness and working knowledge of IT infrastructure.
• Proficiency in business applications strategy and implementation
• Excellent analytical skills
• Is detail oriented
• Follows current trends and has general business knowledge
• Leverages functional/technical expertise to get results
• Contributes to overall project status reporting
• Deep understanding of SDLC processes
• Effective cross-functional decision making

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of ERP experience working within the financial modules like AR, AP, GL, Cash and Bank Mgmt, Inventory Mgmt, Cost Accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting
• 3+ years of experience in Information Technology Analysis, Design and Testing
• 4-year degree in Information Technology or Accounting or related field