Sr Business Systems Analyst - (D365)

Overview

ABOUT GOLDEN STATE FOODS

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the foodservice industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Sr. Business Systems Analyst (D365) is accountable for supporting Golden State Foods’ process manufacturing divisions. This is great opportunity to leverage innovative cloud technologies to design and implement high quality, technical solutions to the business. The Analyst will play an important role in driving adoption and ensuring best practices and optimal architecture.

Responsibilities

WHAT YOU'LL DO

(% of time may vary depending on assignments/projects)

• Business Requirements  - 40%
  • Follow a standard, structured process for the gathering and prioritizing business requirements.
  • Interview business users and SMEs to determine business requirements.
  • Analyze business unit existing systems and flows of data.
  • Contribute on all functional and technical aspects of the Dynamics 365 implementation. Design and implement solutions that fully meet business requirements
  • Monitor and provide functional/technical direction to other internal and external resources as needed
  • Lead functional and technical discussions during the Dynamics 365 implementation (architecture, integrations, custom development, and functional requirements)
  • Collaborate with other IT functional teams as needed (e.g. Infrastructure, Security, Change Management)
  • Coordinate technical upgrades, and new services to ensuring maximum up-time
  • User procedure documentation
  • Document Functional specification

• Application Configuration and Administration - 30%
  • Document designs and deployment processes accordingly according to best practices.  Leverage configuration before custom development.
  • Design, Configure, implement and support Dynamics 365 application user security in O365 environment.
  • Keep updated on planned service outages and feature releases with Microsoft.
  • Coordinate with the BSA, technical team and business stakeholders.
  •  Provide support for application integration to other systems and processes.
  • Support any audit and user security reporting requirements.

• Technology Project Support  - 30%
  • Lead and evaluate new technologies and provide input into future systems strategies as it pertains to the manufacturing business. Review any technologies and projects that may affect the manufacturing systems.
  • Develop solution roadmap presentations with input from cross functional teams
  • Continuously look for opportunities to innovate, automate and bring efficiency to the platform
  • Lead with various parts of testing process.
  • Perform unit testing, facilitate QA & UAT, environment setup, etc.

• Additional Responsibilities
  • Accountable for properly following all IT standards, processes and methodologies as applicable including but not limited to Quality Assurance (QA), Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • Other responsibilities and accountabilities may be assigned based on business and organization needs.

TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS

· Regular travel requirements (<20%)

· During project implementation travel demand may vary

Qualifications

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Education and experience equivalent to:

Education/Certification

• Bachelor's Degree in a computer science related fields or commensurate work experience, four-year college preferred.
• Finance or accounting degree is also a plus

Qualifications/Experience

• 3+ years supporting and delivering ERP/MRP technical solutions, preferably full-life cycle ERP implementations
• Integration experience. Preferably Web services and SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure, SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operation is preferred but not required
• Experience working in core financials (AP, AR, GL, Pricing, Costing and FA), Period End close end to end and accounting processes, Procurement, and Inventory.
• Experience within the process manufacturing & logistics industries a plus but not required
• Ability to understand, communicate, interpret client business processes and requirements.
• Ability to configure and test with the users
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Technical

Expert

• Application Configuration Management
• Microsoft Dynamics 365

Proficient

• Application Integration and Compliance
• Business Continuity
• Data Transport
• Enterprise Data Modeling
• General Office Applications
• Information Security
• Packaged Software
• Remote Assistance Tools
• Troubleshooting Issues

Basic

• Client/Server Systems
• High Availability
• Infrastructure Technology
• Microsoft Project
• Automated Testing Tools
• SOA Strategy
• Programming Languages
• User Interface Design
• Code Management

Business

Expert

• Troubleshooting 
• Application Integration and Compliance
• User Interface Design
• Microsoft Dynamics 365

Proficient

• Information Security
• Packaged Software
• General Office Applications
• User Security

Basic

• Business Continuity
• High Availability
• Infrastructure Technology
• Remote Assistance Tools

WHAT YOU’LL GET

• People First: At Golden State Foods, we're not just a company; we're a dynamic community where your talents are celebrated, and your ambitions are nurtured.
• Values Driven: Our core values drive everything we do, creating a culture of innovation, integrity, and excellence. But we're not content with just being great; we strive for greatness in every aspect of our work.
• People Development: At GSF we strive to continually develop our people to prepare us all for the needs of tomorrow.
• Philanthropy & Sustainability: We're committed to making a difference beyond our walls through philanthropy and sustainability efforts across all our locations around the globe.
• Extensive Benefits: Golden State Foods believes in a holistic approach to wellness focusing on the whole person with benefits that support those needs.
• Compensation:  The anticipated compensation range for this position is $120 - 170K.