John,

I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

This is located in JC, base salary is $135k+bonus. Requires excellent business facing type person, consulting skills even though it an internal role with some personnel management responsibilities.

Thanks,
Ray

Sr. Systems Analyst, BI

Summary
Senior Analyst within the Informatics Business Intelligence team has several different roles and responsibilities to fulfill. As a `user-facing' position, the primary responsibility of this individual is to meet the requirements and expectations of the Business groups he/she supports. These Business Groups range include a wide array of members of the business Management team as well as other internal Informatics teams. Although the Marketing group is the primary beneficiary of projects this individual will participate in, additional groups such as Marketing, Finance, and Compliance are served. This individual is responsible for utilizing SAP BI and Business Objects to develop and/or enhance systems and functionality of Business Intelligence to the Organization. This person must partner with both full-time internal employees as well as contracted consultants. Should have the ability to adapt to change and be capable of learning and utilizing new technologies as required. As a senior position this individual is also expected to assist and mentor junior level staff members. The ability to create creative solutions to complex challenges is a must. This individual should be able to effectively interface with multiple Informatics and Non-Informatics groups to ensure successful delivery of all solutions. It is the duty of this position to participate in all aspects of the SDLC and to adhere to all organizational standards and procedures while ensuring quality solutions are delivered on-time and within budget.

Duties and Responsibilities
This employee will have the following job duties:
1. Work as a member of a cross-functional project teams through the full project lifecycle for multiple high profile projects ensuring the timely delivery of Business Intelligence solutions to the organization.
2. Adhere to all SOPs and PM best practices which include the SDLC set forth for the Informatics department. This includes adhering to all design and performance standards for system Quality and Correctness.
3. Work on multiple concurrent projects while adhering to strict budget and time constraints.
4. Proactively identify and report potential project risks/issues.
5. Continuously assess and adhere to team standards and controls and adapt to environmental changes. These standards and controls include documentation, procedures and/or PM strategies.
6. Contribute to all aspects of SDLC including gathering of requirements, business and technical assessments, complex back and front-end designs, implementations, testing, data validation, training and deployment.
7. Continuously act as point of contact for the business users and ensure adequate collaboration throughout all projects.
8. Interface with Business Users for the establishment and approval of all requirements and for the data validation of all BI deliverables.
9. Interface with various Informatics departments which include; BI Production Support/Ops, SAP Basis/Security, Engineering/Infrastructure and the Informatics CRM team.

Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
* 5 - 7 years experience in technical industry with a focus on new development.
* At least 5 years of Experience with SAP BI/ BW 3.5 and 7.x versions
* Business objects tools such as WEB Intelligence and Crystal Reports
* Full project life cycle experience using an SDLC methodology
* Experience in SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation tool (BPC)
* Experience in SAP Finance Modules
* Experience with UNIX shell scripting

Ray Lancaster
908-526-5440
RFL@Lancasterinc.net
www.LancasterAssociates.net



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