Sr. IT Technical Business Analyst - JD Edwards

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager Financial Systems, the JD Edwards Senior Technical Business Analyst will participate in a cross-functional, team environment responsible for the implementation and support of core Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) financial applications.

This position is responsible for the implementation, support, and maintenance of the JD Edwards Enterprise One Finance and Distribution modules including general accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, product costing, and manufacturing accounting as well as the financial integration with the distribution, advanced warehousing, and transportation modules. The position will participate as a member of the implementation team for rollouts throughout the company, performing system configuration; creating functional and technical specifications for enhancements, modifications and reports; creating user-defined objects and working with both OMW and OMW-web; developing and performing integration testing; user training; and post go-live support. The position will also serve as day-to-day JD Edwards production support for finance-related applications including coordination with team members and external consultants. The position will recommend best practices to key business users to configure and enhance JD Edwards to meet business requirements using approved DFA implementation and change-control methodology and assist with the implementation and support of related financial applications and the design and support of interfaces with external applications. Specifically, the position will provide primary support for Project 4000, Coupa, and reporting tools such as Cetova and PowerBI.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement and support JD Edwards Enterprise One (JDE) finance modules including general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and fixed assets, as well as product costing and manufacturing accounting

• Support other financial applications such as Project 4000, Coupa, and user-developer reporting tools including Cetova and PowerBI

• Perform discovery of current finance-related processes and practices at implementation sites, gathering reports used by management, documenting current software capabilities in use, and identifying ancillary finance-related systems that need to be integrated with JDE

• Develop working relationships with the local finance and cost accounting teams, and identify and coach power users who can triage future support issues and train new users

• Work closely with other implementation team members to ensure proper integration with financial modules

• Configure interactive and batch applications within JDE to meet business requirements, or determine process changes required to conform to existing configuration

• Develop functional and technical specifications for JDE reports, new batch and interactive applications, and enhancements to existing JDE applications

• Develop training materials and deliver training on JDE finance applications

• Work with developers to develop, test, and deliver new functionality by creating unit and system tests and documenting results

• Develop and deliver any documentation or training required to maintain new functionality

• Help maintain system integrity by periodically running integrity reports, assist with the reconciliation and resolution of integrity issues, run queries to help identify the cause of integrity issues, and work with external resources to make updates to the database as needed

• Provide ongoing support for users and monitor Service Now for new issues, documenting the resolution of these issues and closing tickets

• Assist local finance teams with month-end and year-end tasks, including account reconciliations, recommending journal entries, ensuring all batches are posted across the system, ensuring all interface transactions have been processed, and ensuring all companies have been properly closed

• Learn and support existing interfaces with external applications

• Learn and support existing external finance and reporting applications

• Assist with IT projects involving finance and serve as liaison for the finance team on multi-faceted projects

• Keep current with all JD Edwards functionality to ensure that the Company is maximizing the most efficient use of the software integrating with all other functional systems (ADP, SAP, Hyperion, DMS, etc.)

• Maintain test scripts to ensure that all software upgrades are adequately tested and efficiently implemented to ensure code compliance

• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Business Administration, or equivalent work experience

• 5 years of business analyst related experience, including business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data modeling

• 5 years of experience implementing and supporting JD Edwards Enterprise One (JDE) financial modules.

• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

• Knowledge of JDE financial modules including general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and financial reporting.

• Ability to configure JD Edwards; set up AAIs and DMAAIs, interactive and batch applications using processing options and data selection, set up Solutions Explorer and Composite Pages, create user-defined objects, etc.

• Knowledge of general accounting concepts and experience working with financial and cost accountants and auditors

• General knowledge of database query tools such as DataBrowser, IBM Query, MS Access, or SQL

• Experience with system conversions and techniques used to migrate data from legacy systems to JDE

• Experience using JDE thick clients and OMW, general knowledge of how JDE objects are developed and modified, ability to create interactive and batch versions and prepare them for deployment

• General knowledge of EDI, banking integration, Z-file processing, and other integration methods

• General knowledge of the JDE database, tables, fields, and relationships, especially within the financial system

• Experience using Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and Powerpoint

• Beneficial skills (not required):

• JDE Orchestrator

• BI Publisher

• JDE development tools such as Enterprise Report Writer and Forms Design Aid

• One View Financial Reporting

• Knowledge of functionality within the JDE manufacturing and distribution modules and table structures

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Able to demonstrate strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to effectively communicate with business users, stakeholders, technical teams, and various levels of management

• Ability to listen and communicate in a clear and concise manner, along with the ability to recognize the audience and tailor communications accordingly

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, including the ability to prioritize activities

• Ability to organize time and resources effectively to achieve goals

• Possess leadership qualities as a self-starter, set direction, and complete assignments

• Ability to interact effectively and cooperatively with employees at all levels

• Possess a strong customer service orientation

• Must be flexible with work schedules and be available to work overtime, evenings and weekends, with or without advanced notice

• Strong work ethic with desire and willingness to accomplish team goals and meet deadlines

• Able to work on-call

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English

• Ability to work remotely with limited supervision

• Ability to travel and coordinate schedules with team members

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans