Process Improvement Analyst II
Title: Process Improvement Analyst II-US
Employment Type: Six-month initial assignment with very high probability of extending but does not see a conversion happening
Contract Rate: Up to $58.00/Hr. based on skills
Workplace Type: Location is Data Drive hybrid in the office 2-3 days a week. Not schedule, will pick days
Location: Waltham, MA 02451
Industry: Electrical Power Generation
Job Purpose
The Plan-to-Perform Business Process Analyst plays a crucial role in supporting the development and execution of strategic initiatives within the Finance organization. This role involves contributing to or leading activities that are essential for achieving positive performance outcomes and ensuring the successful adoption of user tools and SAC planning products.
Key Accountabilities
• Strategic Development: Contribute to the creation of plans, roadmaps, and strategies to ensure optimal performance of the end-to-end Plan to Perform process.
• Process Analysis: Analyze business processes and provide innovative, scalable solutions to enhance operational maturity and drive efficiencies aligned with SAC planning.
• Requirements Documentation: Elicit and document both functional and non-functional requirements to meet business needs, identifying business drivers and anticipating future business and technology requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and learning, driving change through the implementation of people, processes, and technology improvements within various planning cycles and process improvement work.
• Process Modeling: Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to guide team members and stakeholders in various initiatives.
• Collaboration: Work with other PLTP team members to discuss options, risks, and impacts on business processes, along with cultural and change adoption.
• Workshop Facilitation: Facilitate business process development workshops, using expertise in various process elicitation tools and techniques to enhance or develop new processes. Comfortable leading discovery sessions to gain insights into end-user and customer needs.
• Documentation: Document current high-level infrastructure processes.
• Technical Collaboration: Work with technical teams and business SMEs to understand and drive the design of improved or new processes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with other stakeholders to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead initiatives with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation of process improvements.
• Support Calls: Lead daily or weekly support calls with users and SMEs.
Skills and Qualifications
• Project Management: Proven experience in project management, project implementation, and change management.
• Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Financial Knowledge: Strong understanding of financial processes and workflows.
• Technical Expertise: Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), S4, SAP/HANA, and PowerBI.
• Experience: Preferably 6+ years in project management or business transformation, with a broad range of experience in financial forecasting, budgeting, finance operations, management consulting, business transformation, or process improvement.
• Process Improvement: Practical application of Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or other process improvement tools.
• Advanced Computer Skills: Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Visio.
• Problem-Solving: Passionate and inquisitive approach to solving problems to their root cause.
• Collaboration: Effective collaboration and partnership capabilities.
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrated critical thinking skills and the ability to accurately analyze information.
• Team Interaction: Experience interacting with business and technical teams to define, develop, and deliver improvements.
• Follow-Through: Strong follow-through skills to ensure the achievement of goals and delivery of expected outcomes.
• Prioritization: Ability to effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Planning and Organization: Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, or a related business field.
MUST HAVE:
• SAP Cloud Analytics
• Project management or process transformation
• Current state assessment
• Target operating model design
• End-to-end workflow and process improvement and design
• Collaboration skills to partner with workstream and broader program teams to support deployment using Agile, Lean or Six Sigma methodology
• Can influence finance teams/leaders to adopt best practices, understand strategic goals, and drive business transformation by simplifying and standardizing Finance processes.
• Coordinates work , drive deadlines
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits, and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.
Title: Process Improvement Analyst II-US
Employment Type: Six-month initial assignment with very high probability of extending but does not see a conversion happening
Contract Rate: Up to $58.00/Hr. based on skills
Workplace Type: Location is Data Drive hybrid in the office 2-3 days a week. Not schedule, will pick days
Location: Waltham, MA 02451
Industry: Electrical Power Generation
Job Purpose
The Plan-to-Perform Business Process Analyst plays a crucial role in supporting the development and execution of strategic initiatives within the Finance organization. This role involves contributing to or leading activities that are essential for achieving positive performance outcomes and ensuring the successful adoption of user tools and SAC planning products.
Key Accountabilities
• Strategic Development: Contribute to the creation of plans, roadmaps, and strategies to ensure optimal performance of the end-to-end Plan to Perform process.
• Process Analysis: Analyze business processes and provide innovative, scalable solutions to enhance operational maturity and drive efficiencies aligned with SAC planning.
• Requirements Documentation: Elicit and document both functional and non-functional requirements to meet business needs, identifying business drivers and anticipating future business and technology requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and learning, driving change through the implementation of people, processes, and technology improvements within various planning cycles and process improvement work.
• Process Modeling: Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to guide team members and stakeholders in various initiatives.
• Collaboration: Work with other PLTP team members to discuss options, risks, and impacts on business processes, along with cultural and change adoption.
• Workshop Facilitation: Facilitate business process development workshops, using expertise in various process elicitation tools and techniques to enhance or develop new processes. Comfortable leading discovery sessions to gain insights into end-user and customer needs.
• Documentation: Document current high-level infrastructure processes.
• Technical Collaboration: Work with technical teams and business SMEs to understand and drive the design of improved or new processes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with other stakeholders to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead initiatives with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation of process improvements.
• Support Calls: Lead daily or weekly support calls with users and SMEs.
Skills and Qualifications
• Project Management: Proven experience in project management, project implementation, and change management.
• Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Financial Knowledge: Strong understanding of financial processes and workflows.
• Technical Expertise: Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), S4, SAP/HANA, and PowerBI.
• Experience: Preferably 6+ years in project management or business transformation, with a broad range of experience in financial forecasting, budgeting, finance operations, management consulting, business transformation, or process improvement.
• Process Improvement: Practical application of Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or other process improvement tools.
• Advanced Computer Skills: Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Visio.
• Problem-Solving: Passionate and inquisitive approach to solving problems to their root cause.
• Collaboration: Effective collaboration and partnership capabilities.
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrated critical thinking skills and the ability to accurately analyze information.
• Team Interaction: Experience interacting with business and technical teams to define, develop, and deliver improvements.
• Follow-Through: Strong follow-through skills to ensure the achievement of goals and delivery of expected outcomes.
• Prioritization: Ability to effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Planning and Organization: Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, or a related business field.
MUST HAVE:
• SAP Cloud Analytics
• Project management or process transformation
• Current state assessment
• Target operating model design
• End-to-end workflow and process improvement and design
• Collaboration skills to partner with workstream and broader program teams to support deployment using Agile, Lean or Six Sigma methodology
• Can influence finance teams/leaders to adopt best practices, understand strategic goals, and drive business transformation by simplifying and standardizing Finance processes.
• Coordinates work , drive deadlines
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits, and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.
