Systems Analyst III

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Job Description

The role, working in the Corporate IT team will support the R&D, Operations, Information Technology and other functions using Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions within Thermo Fisher. Systems Analyst will also play a crucial role in supporting project and program management teams within an organization. It will involve a mixture of day-to-day activities, from applications support of systems, project support, and coordination. The role offers the opportunity to work alongside and learn from an established team with a wide variety of skills and experience. Giving the chance to play a key role in the success of several business function teams as well as providing opportunities to be compatible with a variety of IT specialties across the business.

This is an outstanding opportunity to gain experience within an exciting and thriving industry sector and work for a leading global Life Science organization

Systems Analyst Role: 

PPM Analyst

• Performs PPM configuration
• Engages PPM administrators to assure that global changes are led by all teams
• Performs user administration, data integrity involving project and resource information
• Provide technical support to PPM tool users, resolving system issues and answering queries
• Collaborate with business users to identify issues and challenges in current systems and processes
• Ensure system security, user access control, and compliance with IT policies
• Develop and deliver training materials and sessions for end-users

PMO Analyst:

• Project support and coordination
• Assist in project planning, scheduling, and execution
• Track project progress, breakthroughs, and achievements
• Enforce alignment to corporate project management policies and processes
• Documents job aids for improving usage of PPM tools
• Assist in financial forecasting and reporting
• Facilitate monthly executive reviews with Leadership teams on achievements
• Raise issues to the Management and the leadership teams for engagement and resolution

Technical Skills:

• 2-4 years IT experience of supporting applications/systems
• Expertise on PPPM tools
• Understanding of cloud technologies would be advantageous
• Familiarity with application development and Windows infrastructure knowledge
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and basic database administration (MS SQL and Oracle)
• Understanding of O365 tools such as PowerBI & PowerApps would be a benefit
• Ability to learn IT Framework including Change, Incident and Problem management and achieve certification
• Excellent communicator as well as have deep technical skills
• Team collaboration with the colleagues on many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical and business expertise
• Strong Analytical skills
• Good project management skills

Personal Attributes:

• A growth mindset is required with a desire to continuously improve both your knowledge and skills.
• Challenge our processes through innovation and automation, challenging conventional practices, adopting new methods and standard methodologies.
• Strong customer service focus and must be able to interact and communicate effectively
• Willingness to learn new technologies as well as to understand existing technologies as per the business requirements
• Ability to prioritize work; self-manage workload and raise any issues to Systems Analyst team when required
• Good time management skills, ability to work autonomously when required, and willing to go above and beyond

Education: Computer Science or Engineering Bachelor’s Degree