Job Details:

The Analyst role is a business facing role that will engage with leaders across the Finance organization to understand the key business drivers.  Partnering with each transformation leader will be critical to the success of this role.  Developing a roadmap that leverages the existing assets and driving next generation technology options is important to the transformational efforts.  The team includes Analysts, Solution Leads and Project Managers and will work across the IT organization (and managed service partners) to execute projects and support activities.

The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for reviewing assigned business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial, and technological opportunities to improve efficiency and minimize risks. Responsibilities will include a full range of activities from documenting business and functional requirements to assisting on more complex projects related to operational business functions and strategic initiatives.

Ideal candidate for the Accounts Payable Analyst role is a problem solver who will play a critical role in defining and enabling business change, make a real difference to business success and influence the way the company operates to amplify positive impact.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide strategic business analysis to drive capability development and measuring success by identifying contribution towards strategic objectivesPartner with stakeholder teams across business units to document necessary business cases to frame opportunities, benefits, and risks to decide on a course of actionServe as the bridge between business problems and technology solutions by bringing a high proficiency to understand and capture complete business needs to enable IT solutionsManage business area relationships, expectations and stay current with stakeholder needs and strategies by developing a communication process utilizing formal and informal written communication methods (for example, emails, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, task lists, updates) to communicate updates and findings and facilitating project meetings and presentations to all types of diverse audiences (e.g. senior management, customers, technical staff)Cultivate strong business relationships by demonstrating an understanding of related processes, requirements, systems, and terminologyLiaison and collaborate between key stakeholders and IT shared services on support and maintenance related activities to ensure quality of systemsAnalyze an organization or business domain, document the business or processes or systems, assess the business model or its integration with technologyDrive identification of requirements across business units and identify systems processes through evaluation of business objectives, drivers, and success metricsDocument business requirements and detailed functional and technical specifications from multi-department stakeholders for review and delivery to the development team using traditional waterfall model as well as develop epics, user stories, and their acceptance criteria for agile deliveryEvaluate, analyze, and communicate systems requirements on a continuing basis, and maintain systems processes, including the delivery of regular status reports to all appropriate partiesParticipate in project delivery and process optimization to support the execution of projects using various project methodologies including performing configuration within a variety of software packagesIdentify change management processes and techniques to handle change within a business with minimal disruption to business activitiesDevelop test plans for given releases as well as execute system and integration test casesAnalyze and interpret information technology proposals and evaluate and develop alternative implementation plansAbility to take a topic of higher complexity and break it into topics that are digestible by technical and non-technical stakeholdersHandle multiple engagements simultaneously without compromising accountability or reducing level of engagement

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer information systems

Computer Skills: Advanced general computer skills required. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Knowledge of JIRA or Application Lifecycle Management testing environment is a plus.

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to tell the “story”.  Experience communicating technical information to stakeholders, peers, management, and non-technical team members.  Experience communicating functional requirements to highly technical team members.

Preferred Skills:

General SAP FICO experienceSAP Accounts Payable moduleSAP Accounts Receivable moduleSAP SignavioApplication Life Cycle Management testing environmentTricentis Tosca automated testing solutionBusiness process modeling experience (Visio, Camunda, etc.)JIRAClarityBasic project management or product ownership

* Not eligible for sponsorship

* Not eligible for relocation

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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