RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client in search of a SAP Business Analyst II in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois (IL).

Overview:
This SAP Business Analyst (BA) will be responsible for configuration, process mapping, tweaking the system, will be responsible for functional specs, and doing the configuration, this is a technical B. FI background is a plus/nice to have. One needs to be a generalist versus a specialist. You will communicate with the BU and gather the requirements, listen well and interpret the information, provide solutions, sell suggestions. You work with IT and Developers and other BA's. The Business Analyst (BA) will be using MS suite and Visio.

The Business Analyst's primary role is to serve as liaison and IT relationship manager to one or more business units. This includes understanding the business unit's strategy, objectives, issues and processes, bringing IT insights to business strategic planning activities, championing IT-related and IT-driven change, looking for ways to improve business processes, building & communicating business cases for IT projects, coordinating with IT and outside resources to insure quality delivery of IT services and projects, and managing projects.

Business Analysts are familiar enough with some business processes to actually perform them, and they continually seek improvements. The Business Analyst manages the application portfolio for the business, including maintaining adequate process, data model and data flow documentation, developing business requirements and specification documents of moderate to high complexity for IT applications, working with technical architects to develop system and application interface designs, developing and executing test plans, and coordinating system implementations.