Principal Business Systems Analyst
Principal Business Systems Analyst
- JR-157036
- Hybride
- Bengaluru
- Technology Enablement
- Full time
Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.
A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.
Job Summary
Partners with Business Groups to ensure delivery of end-to-end business application solutions aligned to the business and IT strategy, as well as the support of Oracle EPM Applications. Works with Business Groups to define their global technology roadmaps. Manages projects from inception to completion with matrix, global teams.
Responsibilities
Business Requirements Analysis
Partners with team members and vendors to gather requirements
Is respected by business for deep, cross functional business process expertise and innovative solutioning across platforms and systems/architectures
Able to distill executive level requirements into appropriate discovery work plans and guide team members on good requirements gathering
Process Modeling and Design
Partners with team members and vendors to model business processes
Is respected by business for driving innovative process improvements
Able to communicate process improvements at implementation and executive level
Stakeholder Management
Supports senior stakeholders and management team in identifying, communicating to senior stakeholders
Is recognized by senior managers as a skilled communicator, trusted to recognize and proactively manage key impacts and drive issue resolution
Demonstrates value from realized projects
Solution Design
Responsible to design strategic cross-functional and global solutions that align with long-term organizational goals and roadmaps
Advises on solutions prepared by peers or supporting team, to ensure that good design practices are followed
Is recognized as expert within the industry
Establishes standards
Documentation
Supports senior management by creating architecture, project management and roadmap documentation
Functional Design
Develops functional design standards and methodologies to deliver robust, agile functional designs that may span multiple functional areas and applications
Recognized for innovative, deep and long-term designs
Keeps up to date with industry trends and vendor capabilities
Develops functional designs in line with an Enterprise Architecture and the long-term business roadmap
Collaborates with cross functional business and IT teams to ensure business needs are addressed in the functional designs
Manages delivery scope and risks, and sets right expectations with stakeholders
Mentors junior BSAs to produce functional designs
Architecture
Application/integration architecture; constructs solutions across multiple functional areas and applications
Testing & Test Design
Develops test strategy and execution to cover testing in an optimal amount of time
Ensures cross functional testing coverage
Organizes test labs for repetitive testing
Drives methodology and best practices for defect resolution and triaging
Ability to manage multiple cross functional projects running in parallel
Optimizes release management to strike good balance between business goals and delivery capacity
Ability to logically split bigger projects into value added releases to gain business value in progression
Identifies and manages risks in release delivery
System Configurations
Designs configurations methodology to drive consistency, robustness, speed and good governance
Day to Day Support (Production Support)
Monitors and manages support metrics and trends for functional areas
Drives team towards root cause identification and resolution
Training and change management
Drives appropriate practices through collaboration with business
Analyzes adoption rates and issues and assesses business case realization and proposes solutions to improve
Vendor Management
Manages/leads individual consultants or consulting teams as assigned
Participates in vendor advisory boards and user groups
Is accountable for creating and negotiating vendor contracts, MSA/SOW, License Agreements, and driving through internal reviews with GTS leadership and Legal teams
Vendor & Application Technology Evaluation
Executes and guides large-scale vendor evaluations by BSA staff, vets recommendation and negotiation communications for executive review
Responsible for executive communications and cross functional stakeholder buy-in
Brings thought leadership to influence technology roadmap and decisions
Qualifications
7+ years experience with Oracle EPM Cloud, specifically Planning and Budgeting (PBCS/EPBCS)
Hands-on expertise in at least one additional EPM module: Profitability and Cost Management (PCM/EPCM) Narrative Reporting Enterprise Data Management (EDM)
Strong knowledge of Smart View, Calculation Manager, and Data Management
Proficiency in EPM Automate, REST APIs, and other integration tools for automation and data loads
Experience with metadata management, security configuration, and workflow/approval processes within EPM
Solid understanding of financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and optimize system performance
Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and lead projects
Bachelor's in Information Systems, Business or related field
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