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Regular

Job Description

Summary

The Senior Business Analyst’s role is to plan, design, develop, and launch efficient business, financial, and operations business processes that optimize the best use of our technologies. This includes gathering and analyzing data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements. The Senior Business Analyst is also responsible for generating and compiling business and technical requirements based on the findings, system configurations changes, testing, and status reports complete with probable causes and possible solutions to systems issues. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help maximize the benefit of AV’s Enterprise System Applications.

Position Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• Meet with management, decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve Enterprise Application systems issues.

• Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.

• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.

• Identify and establish scope and parameters of systems analysis in order to define outcome criteria and measure-taking actions.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications, and enhancements to existing Enterprise applications.

• Conduct research on software and hardware products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.

Operational Management

• Primary support for UKG AutoTime – Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Labor Cost Accounting, Project Costing, Compliance, Reporting and Analytics.

• Create adhoc queries and scripts to analyze data and support operational requests.

• Timely follow-up, investigation, troubleshooting and resolution of Help Desk issues for Business Application Support.

• Coordinate with other business system analysts in Projects, Financials, and other areas to resolve cross-functional issues. Collaborate with the DBA/SysAdmin in Application of new Family packs and coordinate system integration testing with other module leads.

• Identify potential system problems and escalate to other department contact for resolution; Work with customers in establishing the appropriate expectation and response time.

• Reviews Help Tickets related to Kronos (UKG) Workforce AutoTime and resolves issues.

• Documents as-is/to-be business processes, configuration scripts, and other associated functional specifications from end user requirements.

• Interpret business requirements and understand how UKG AutoTime can be configured to meet those needs.

• Coordinate, and implement plans to test business and functional processes and quality assurance testing. Lead functional acceptance testing of patches and upgrades. Train and document processes.

• Analyze and solve complex problems, provide documentation, guidance, and instruction to users at all levels.

• Act as an expert to review business requirements, process and solution design and recommend feasible IT solutions as well as provide a cost benefit analysis of project if not statutory

• Advise on any new solutions for business applications integration and functionality.

• Create review and maintain detailed process flows, future state design, and functional design documents for the functional area supported.

• Support SOX compliance processes and tasks related to HCM and financial systems.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of Computer Science, Finance and/or related field is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

• 5+ years of experience with UKG AutoTime with expertise in Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Labor Cost Accounting, Project Costing, Compliance, Reporting and Analytics.

• Strong knowledge of XML, interfaces, workflows, data mapping and converting architectural designs into functional documentation.

• Strong knowledge of logical database design and ability to understand and create SQL queries.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Advanced degree is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of Finance and Accounting principles and procedures preferred.

• Extensive experience working on projects related to financial systems.

• Experience working with the Kronos support opening SRs with Kronos (UKG) Workforce AutoTime, follow-up and issue resolution.

• Strong communication skills: oral presentations, writing, negotiation, active listening, influencing positive team dynamics.

• Ability to work in a multi-project environment and support multiple internal customer/departments.

• Demonstrates keen attention to detail as well as strong analytical, time management and creative problem-solving skills.

• Uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.

• Exhibits effective interpersonal, listening and communication skills (written and verbal)

• Communicates ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.

• Successfully works within a multi-project environment and supports multiple internal customers.

• Is successful in working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and puts the success of the team above one's own interests.

• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties.

• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives.

• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products.

• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)

• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.

The salary range for this role is:

$133,630 - $189,420

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

T his position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits : AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits .

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.

What We Do

Building on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company’s hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder), asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or a person approved for an export license from the appropriate governing agency.

ABOUT US

At AeroVironment, our purpose is to secure lives and advance sustainability through transformative innovation. Our solutions give our customers a fresh vantage point, positioning them to see the world with new eyes and extending their reach beyond the line of sight. That is the power of our breakthrough unmanned aircraft systems, perfected and refined over a half century.

Whether they are warfighters searching for an enemy, border patrol agents searching for people in need of assistance, or telecom providers linking millions to the digital economy, our customers choose AeroVironment because our systems generate actionable intelligence reliably, creating a path to goals that would otherwise be unattainable.

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