Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst
Career Level : D2

Introduction to role

The Business Analyst performs business analysis and design, either independently delivering small to medium-sized business change activities or as a member or leader of a BA team in large or global business changes. The Business Analyst operates with a high level of interactive communication, demonstrating high levels of inclusion and cultural sensitivity.

The role will partner with Sr. Business Partners/Business Partners, taking responsibility to deliver high-quality business cases, business process designs, and ensuring that proposed solutions meet established AstraZeneca quality and compliance standards and business solution needs.

Accountabilities

The Business Analyst is expected to perform at an advanced level or equivalent experience in the following:

• Understand and prioritize business requirements from multiple collaborators applying specialist knowledge where applicable.
• Interpret business requirements and simplify them for easy analysis, solution design, and decision-making to positively impact/solve medium risks/issues. Effectively communicate impact, cost, and benefits of new and changed demands.
• Work with the business to propose and deliver solutions to achieve agreed outcomes, ensuring that solutions fulfill their future strategic needs and challenges.
• Work with colleagues across IT (e.g., architects and engineers) within the function to identify the capabilities required to ensure outcomes/requirements are clearly understood and can be delivered.
• Facilitate and lead design sessions with the business and implementation team to identify functional and technical requirements.
• Capable of planning and managing their own and other team members’ activities to meet deliverables and deadlines.
• Communicate with the relevant partners.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Experience with Vendor Risk & Vendor Onboarding
• Experience with Ariba and/or Coupa platforms
• Experience with Direct & Indirect Procurement platform/Processes
• Working Understanding of Data Lake (Snowflake) and Reporting Capabilities
• Demonstrable experience of successfully deploying a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
• Strong engagement, communication, and partner management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Experience of mentoring, coaching, or developing others
• Degree in relevant field or formal certification in business analysis practice

Desirable Skills/Experience

• End to End Procurement Processes (S2C, P2P)
• Category Management Application Experience
• Practical usage of Agile Methodology
• Experience of working in a global organization with complex/geographical context
• Pharmaceutical business awareness/business domain knowledge
• Cross-industry business awareness/business domain knowledge
• Experience of working with and managing third-party suppliers/vendors

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, our work directly impacts patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining innovative science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Here you can innovate, take ownership, and explore new solutions in a dynamic environment that encourages lifelong learning.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.