Short Description: Oracle Cloud ERP Functional Specialist - Projects and Grants Hybrid: 3 days on-site/week required Complete Description: The business system analyst is responsible for solving business problems, business architecture, process optimization, business rules, business cases, business requirements, organizational change (communications), and UAT. 12+ years of experience. Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements. • The role of the business system analyst is to understand and document current business procedures and identify areas for improvement. This person will provide hands-on business process requirements analysis in support of Oracle Cloud ERP and related applications. • In collaboration with internal departments and external resources, BA will plan, design and implement financial systems solutions. A thorough understanding of the current state of the organization is necessary prior to recommending changes related to implementing a new business solution. • Under general supervision, BA will formulate and define system scope and objectives through research. • The business systems analyst is responsible for the knowledge transfer of business requirements to the application developers. • The business systems analyst shall be able to make cogent arguments recommending a course of action • The business systems analyst needs to scour through enormous amounts of information in the business area they support to find the salient points. • New business patterns happen all the time and detecting them can provide a significant advantage. The business analyst shall be able to identify and address the change in the business process • The business analyst shall understand the variety of standard ideas and methods for requirements gathering and translate what the business wants into IT requirements and functional design specifications • The business analyst shall be able to create trust between Business and IT teams. • The business analyst shall assist in identifying and implementing various software solutions • The business analyst shall provide application support for business users • The business analyst shall have the ability to write conversion, interface, reports and extension functional design specification • The business analyst shall have experience supporting data cleanup, data conversion and reconciliation activities • The business analyst shall have experience supporting month-end and year-end activities, including reconciliation • The business analyst shall be able to review design specifications developed by other analysts and provide feedback on design documents. • The business analyst shall be able to write white papers and solution recommendations as needed. • The business analyst shall be able to support testing and conduct training • Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements. • Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results • Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications. Qualifications: • 12+ years of Business Analyst experience • 12+ Years of Software Development Lifecycle experience • 12+ years of requirements gathering and documentation experience • 12+ years of MS Visio/Word/Excel/PowerPoint experience • 12+ years of Oracle Financials EBS/Cloud Suite experience • 12+ years of experience working as an Oracle Functional Subject Matter Expert/SME • 8+ years of experience providing production support for Oracle EBS/Cloud Application • 8+ Years of Oracle ERP Cloud Project modules • Experience with the Oracle Cloud Grants module • Expertise within the Oracle Cloud ERP suite. Specific expertise is required within the following modules: Oracle Project and Grants • Experience with Public Sector implementation Education: • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Finance, Business, Accounting or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years) • CPA Certification is Preferred Skills: ·    Business Analyst experience ·    Software Development Lifecycle experience ·    Requirements gathering and documentation experience ·    MS Visio/Word/Excel/PowerPoint experience ·    Oracle Financials EBS/Cloud Suite experience ·    Experience working as an Oracle Functional Subject Matter Expert/SME ·    Experience providing production support for Oracle EBS/Cloud Application ·    Experience with Oracle ERP Cloud Project modules ·    Experience with Oracle ERP Cloud Grants module ·    Experience with Public Sector implementation ·    Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Finance, Business, Accounting or related field, or 10+ years of education and experience ·    CPA Certification