SAP Business Analyst
hace 21 horas
Durham
This position is not open to 3rd Party Vendors. Key Responsibilities: Business Analysis, Requirements Management • Partner with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, IT teams, and implementation partners to understand business needs and translate them into technology solutions., • Lead requirements gathering activities through workshops, interviews, process reviews, and discovery sessions., • Document and maintain business requirements, process maps, user stories, use cases, functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices., • Analyze current-state and future-state business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance, scalability, and user experience., • Support SAP S/4HANA upgrades, enhancements, integrations, reporting solutions, and digital transformation initiatives across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Customer Service, and Commercial functions., • Collaborate with SAP functional and technical teams to evaluate solution options, assess impacts, and support design decisions., • Support portfolio planning, business case development, project intake, change control, and governance activities., • Develop process documentation, standard operating procedures, training materials, and user guides to support business adoption., • Support data governance, reporting, analytics, KPI development, and master data initiatives., • Serve as a trusted liaison between business users and technical teams to ensure successful solution delivery. Testing Strategy, Validation & Quality Assurance • Develop and manage testing strategies, test plans, testing schedules, test scenarios, and test scripts for SAP and enterprise application initiatives., • Coordinate and execute System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, End-to-End Process Testing, and Validation activities., • Work closely with business users, developers, system integrators, and functional teams to ensure complete test coverage and successful issue resolution., • Lead defect management activities, including defect documentation, prioritization, tracking, retesting, and closure., • Validate business processes, system functionality, integrations, reporting outputs, KPIs, and data accuracy against documented business requirements., • Perform data validation, reconciliation, data quality reviews, and reporting validation to ensure business readiness., • Support Computer System Validation (CSV), GxP, SOX, SDLC, and audit requirements through appropriate testing documentation and validation evidence., • Maintain complete testing and validation documentation, including test scripts, execution results, defect logs, traceability matrices, and audit support materials., • Support deployment, cutover, hypercare, and post-production stabilization activities., • Drive continuous improvement of testing processes, quality standards, and enterprise application support practices. Education, Experience & Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Life Sciences, or a related discipline., • Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, SAP Analyst, Tester, or similar role supporting enterprise applications and business process transformation initiatives., • Experience supporting SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environments, including system enhancements, upgrades, integrations, testing, and process improvements., • Demonstrated experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and managing business, functional, reporting, and system requirements., • Experience developing process maps, functional specifications, use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability matrices, and other project documentation., • Proven experience planning, coordinating, and executing System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, and End-to-End Process Testing., • Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), change management, release management, and solution deployment practices., • Working knowledge of integrated SAP business processes across Finance (FICO), Supply Chain (MM), Sales & Distribution (SD), Manufacturing (PP), Quality Management (QM), Customer Service, and related business functions., • Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, IT teams, system integrators, and external partners to deliver technology solutions., • Knowledge of enterprise reporting, analytics, data governance, data quality, and master data management principles., • Experience with test management, defect tracking, and project management tools such as Jira, SAP ALM, SAP Tricentis or similar platforms., • Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously., • Excellent verbal, written, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences., • Experience working in regulated industries such as Medical Device, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or Biotechnology, is strongly preferred., • Knowledge of Computer System Validation (CSV), GxP, SOX, IT General Controls (ITGC), and audit/compliance requirements is required., • Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, migrations, enterprise reporting solutions is required., • Professional certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, ISTQB, SAP Certification, Lean Six Sigma, or related credentials are a plus.