Business Systems Analyst/ Project Manager

blueStone Executive Search has a distinct focus on recruiting IT professionals with an emphasis on the areas of leadership, business transformation and enterprise.

Seeking a Business Analyst/Project Manager to work within the IT Corporate Applications department supporting all corporate functional areas.  This candidate must possess experience working with key business stakeholders in functional areas such as: Finance/Accounting, HR and Procurement to collect requirements and identify areas of improvement where IT can enhance business objectives and process flow.  Reporting to the Director of Business Applications, the successful candidate will facilitate project prioritization, implementation and maintenance of mission critical portfolio projects using project management competencies.  Strengths include: documenting process flows, driving business process redesign efforts, assisting in quality acceptance definition and successful testing, ensuring on-time and successful project delivery. This includes coordinating the efforts of IT staff and third-party consultants.  The ideal candidate would have a strong background in business analysis, project management and the ability to identify best practice methods of implementation and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

•  Establish and maintain relationships with business stakeholders/users  – and serve as liaison between business functional areas and IT
• Understand current and future business needs and stay current on major projects and initiatives going on in business functional areas and divisions
• Understand technology, infrastructure, and applications to serve as a consultant to internal partners in order to provide guidance and offer recommendations on business strategy alignment with IT strategy
• Assist in all aspects of requirements gathering through to project closure including, document preparation, prototypes, testing, successful use.
• Identify possible risks to project initiatives and highlight risk mitigation strategy through various channels
• Be familiar with the dashboard reporting methods for CxO level

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, finance, information systems, or related discipline 
• 6-8 years’ experience working with Financial or Human Resource Management systems in a corporate IT department
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong business and technology acumen

• Extensive experience creating process and data flow diagrams

• Experience writing, executing and documenting testing and data validation documentation

• Business competency in Financial Planning and Analysis, Tax, or Accounting systems desirable but not required

• Working knowledge of German/French desirable but not required.