Senior Consultant - Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Consultant - Business Analyst

Career Level - D3

Introduction to role

The IT Business Analyst is a role that supports the solution design for a specific business capability or part of a cross functional component. The role is a key member of a wider SAP S/4HANA IT Design Team that will lead on defining the IT solution that will support our global standardised business processes.

The IT Business Analyst will be specifically aligned to the Non SAP team with an understanding of at least one of the domains – Operation, Finance, R&D, Commercial or Data. During the global process design phase, you will own the solution design for your process area and act as the central pivot point for defining the integrated solution for this area, ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition.

You will be responsible, for your process area, for ensuring that the global standard solution is fully and accurately documented and tested according to project standards and will champion the design through the required governance forums. You will work closely with other IT BA’s, Product Managers and experts across the design team to ensure that the solutions are effectively integrated in to a wider AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and leading-edge technology in fulfilling the design.

You will be a key member of the wider design forums within AZ and will ensure that the global standard design for your capability aligns with the strategic vision for both business and system architecture for your process area.

As the project moves to the deployment phase you will continue to play a pivotal role in ensuring that the localisation requirements of individual functions are properly represented in the solution whilst retaining the integrity of a fit to standard best practice solution.

Throughout the project you will be a key member for the design team and may lead a team of Business Analysts for your capability area and will guide them in generating solution designs and project documentation ensuring that you use your experience and knowledge to upskill your team in both SAP S/4HANA and the wider AZ application landscape.

Typical Accountabilities

• Support the IT solution that underpins the global standard process design for your capability / lead area including any integrations
• Match the system design, adopting best practice, to the business capability requirements in your domain/area
• Work closely with the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with S/4HANA best practice and SAP standard functionality
• Able to represent your process domain on senior internal and external forums as required in your capability domain and support setting the strategic direction contributing any solution/technology opportunities
• Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ global design across the application landscape
• Ensure effective prioritisation of activities in line with the overall deployment strategy and project imperatives in alignment with Business Technology Group portfolios and BAU services
• Work with the AZ Architecture teams to ensure that the solution and data design align with the strategic view for IT applications
• Work with the Integration teams to ensure effective delivery of data integration across the IT landscape
• Document and test the solution design in accordance with AZ compliance standards
• Report on status of activity to plan and manage RAID items in your area, rolling up to the Enterprise domain
• Champion the design for your capability through the appropriate governance forums
  
  
  

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