Senior Business Systems Analyst

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Job Description
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
As Sr. Business Systems Analyst you will be supporting the Source to Pay business & Record to Report process. In this role, you will be a member of the Business Applications team and will be responsible for designing and supporting existing financial systems, translating business requirements into system solutions, preparing design specifications and documenting applications of varying complexity following the predefined standards and best practices.
The Sr. BSA will work closely with Global process owners, regional business process owners, business process analysts, SMEs, product and commerce engineering teams and global Business Applications team to understand the business needs to provide new capabilities and functionality, resolve issues and ensure standards and procedures are followed and maintained. Ideal candidates will have strong hands-on experience with demonstrated leadership in handling finance cross functional projects. This position will develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of each business unit's priorities, their corresponding strategy, as well as the supporting IT strategies. This role will work closely with BizApps leadership as well as foster relationships with stakeholders within key business units sponsoring initiatives.
Responsibilities
Provide functional Oracle R12 EBS application support to internal Business customers in the areas of Record to Report and Source to pay including General Ledger (GL), Cash Management (CM), Fixed Assets(FA), Procurement, Supplier Management, SLA Customizations, Accounts Payable plus related customizations, extensions, and inbound/outbound interfaces to boundary systems.
Hands-on experience in OTC and Revenue Recognition including Oracle R12 Service Contracts, Accounts Receivables, Advance collections, GL, Vertex & Cash Management, plus related customizations, extensions, and inbound/outbound interfaces to boundary systems.
Hands on experience in configuring and solution design of RTR, PTP, OTC in Oracle R12 and Oracle Fusion Cloud
Support Business users and help to troubleshoot simple to complex application issues and develop creative solutions to support business needs.
Create end-to-end future-state Functional Designs, identify system and requirements gaps, and recommend solutions. Review functional design with stakeholders and obtain approvals.
Partner with Technical teams to translate functional design into technical solutions.
Support project planning and delivery through assessment of effort, risk, issue resolutions and project closure.
Perform project management for small to mid-size initiatives.
Conduct knowledge transfer and training sessions with the Business and Application teams to enable new functionality and adoption.
Develop and execute unit test plans, participate in system, regression, CRP, and UAT testing to ensure solutions meet requirements.
Create and review configuration documentation (e.g., BR100) with the Business Applications project team. Configure systems to meet business requirements.
Ensure SOX and compliance standards are met in all work performed.
Monitor effectiveness of systems, policies and procedures and make appropriate recommendations to ensure daily operations are efficient, and SLAs are met.
Knowledge on month-end and year-end close activities and ongoing maintenance of Oracle ERP systems, including related interfaces.
Collaborate as part of a team to ensure consistent communication with customers, clearly articulating complex concepts verbally and in writing.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
BA/BS degree
8+ years of experience providing Oracle Applications implementation and support in a customer-facing role for Record to report and Source to pay.
Hands-on experience in implementing and supporting Oracle Financials (Oracle E-Business Suite), EB-Tax, Approvals Management (AME), Cash Management(CM), EBTax and GL Modules.
Experience of SOX controls, Compliance and Change Management for business systems.
Experience with Oracle table structures, Schemas, Oracle open interfaces. Must be able to write basic SQL scripts.
Experience in defining functional design for custom solutions, conversions and interfaces.
Experience in executing financial projects in Oracle applications.
Should have experience in identifying business problems and proposals of automated solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience with implementing and supporting business systems for Source to Pay business & Record to Report process.
· Knowledge of working with engineering teams and finance team there by bridging the gap by translating requirement across different teams
· Experience with integration of external systems like Coupa for data integration and process automation.
· Degree or professional certification in accounting or related discipline.
· Experience supporting global regions
· Knowledge of project management and standard testing methodologies in Oracle applications.
· Solid understanding of Taxation, statutory reporting, and Oracle table structures.
· Excellent communication, teamwork, multitasking, problem solving and collaboration skills
· Working knowledge in Oracle fusion ERP application, solution design is preferred
· Knowledge of e-commerce platform working with integrations of payment gateways
· Knowledge of working with engineering teams and finance team there by bridging the gap by translating requirement across different teams
· Experience using or supporting commercial or in-house ad serving systems
· Experience with integration of external order processing platforms such as Salesforce
· Experience with external tax calculation engine like Vertex a plus
You will Benefit from our Culture
We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.
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