Job Title: ITS Business Analyst (Analytics)
Duration: 18 weeks (Independant Contractor) without benefits
Work Model: Remote
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled ITS Business Analyst (Analytics) to support a critical analytics and data-platform transformation initiative. The ideal candidate will bring 5–7 years of business analysis experience, strong SQL expertise, and hands‑on exposure to cloud‑based analytics environments.
This role will play a key part in application rationalization and data migration efforts, including the transition from SAP S/4HANA to Snowflake. You will assess current‑state analytics solutions, identify data gaps, and support the rebuilding and repointing of dashboards and reports to the future‑state data platform.
Agile/Scrum experience is preferred, though Waterfall experience is acceptable.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with business stakeholders to gather, document, and analyze requirements for analytics and reporting solutions.
- Review existing analytics applications and support application rationalization initiatives.
- Assess current‑state SAP S/4HANA/HANA data sources and identify future‑state data gaps as systems migrate to Snowflake.
- Support the repointing and rebuilding of dashboards and reports to new cloud data sources.
- Translate business needs into clear data, reporting, and KPI requirements.
- Work closely with data engineers, architects, and analytics teams to ensure accurate and timely delivery.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
- Perform day‑to‑day SQL analysis to validate data, investigate issues, and support insights.
- Create user stories, functional specifications, and process flows for analytics initiatives.
- Facilitate workshops and working sessions to understand business processes and identify optimization opportunities.
- Monitor KPIs and performance metrics to measure the success of analytics solutions.
- Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure alignment and clarity.
- Support data governance practices to ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
- 5–7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in analytics or data‑driven environments.
- Strong SQL proficiency with hands‑on experience querying and validating data.
- Experience working with cloud platforms and data warehouses (Azure and/or Snowflake preferred).
- Experience supporting analytics projects with an understanding of data modeling concepts (hands‑on modeling not required).
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies (Waterfall experience acceptable).
Preferred Skills
- Experience with data modeling and ETL concepts.
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA or HANA‑based reporting environments.
- Knowledge of statistical analysis or machine learning concepts.
- Business Analysis certifications such as CBAP, PMI‑PBA, or similar.