Job Title - Senior Consultant - Business Analyst
Career Level - D
Location: Chennai
The IT Business Analyst is a role that supports the solution design for a specific business capability
or part of a cross functional component. The role is a key member of a wider SAP S/4HANA IT
Design Team that will lead on defining the IT solution that will support our global standardised
business processes.
The IT Business Analyst will be specifically aligned to the Non-SAP team with an understanding of
at least one of the domains – Operation, Finance, Clinical, Commercials or Data. During the global
process design phase, you will own the solution design for your process area and act as the central
pivot point for defining the integrated solution for this area, ensuring integration between business
process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition.
You will be responsible, for your process area, for ensuring that the global standard solution is fully
and accurately documented and tested according to project standards and will champion the design
through the required governance forums. You will work closely with other IT BA’s, Product
Managers and experts across the design team to ensure that the solutions are effectively integrated
in to a wider AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our
external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and leading-edge technology in
fulfilling the design.
You will be a key member of the wider design forums within AZ and will ensure that the global
standard design for your capability aligns with the strategic vision for both business and system
architecture for your process area.
As the project moves to the deployment phase you will continue to play a pivotal role in ensuring
that the localisation requirements of individual functions are properly represented in the solution
whilst retaining the integrity of a fit to standard best practice solution.
Throughout the project you will be a key member for the design team and may lead a team of
Business Analysts for your capability area and will guide them in generating solution designs and
project documentation ensuring that you use your experience and knowledge to upskill your team in
both SAP S/4HANA and the wider AZ application landscape.
Typical Accountabilities
Support the IT solution that underpins the global standard process design for your capability / lead
area including any integrations
Match the system design, adopting best practice, to the business capability requirements in your
domain/area
Work closely with the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with S/4HANA
best practice and SAP standard functionality
Able to represent your process domain on senior internal and external forums as required in your
capability domain and support setting the strategic direction contributing any solution/technology
opportunities
Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ
global design across the application landscape.
Desirable
Demonstrated knowledge of SAP S/4HANA configuration requirements in
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