Business Systems Analyst

Amentum•Richmond, VA

1d•$80,000 - $100,000•Remote

About The Position

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents. The Business System Analyst is responsible for a full range of activities to collect, review and analyze information, and identify business trends and problems. Develop recommendations to solve problems and issues related to business solutions that enable assigned COE or program to control costs or improve efficiency to achieve business goals. This position is US remote telework and requires US Citizenship.

Requirements

Strong technical knowledge and analytical skills
Ability to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements
Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Good interpersonal skills with ability to work well with all levels of the organization
Additional knowledge/skills may be required by contract or assignment
Proficient in Microsoft Suite
Advanced Excel knowledge
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, process improvement or other related area, or equivalent experience.
Three (3) years’ experience in business analysis or process improvement.
Experience in relational database SQL language.
Experience working with common financial transactions, PO Systems and/or journal entries.
US Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Costpoint experience preferred.
Familiarity with Cognos reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform analysis of business areas of responsibility to produce overall definitions of work-flow and discern needs currently filled using in-place or proposed solutions.
Select the most appropriate analytical technique.
Review and analyze information, forecasts, methods, schedules, systems, processes, and procedures, and compare against service standards and best practices to identify improvements that would increase efficiency or productivity in work effort.
Recommend alternative solutions to management as to courses of action that best meet the organization's goals, including business systems and modifications/changes to ineffective business methods and processes.
Identify and maximize opportunities to utilize computer systems resources to collect data regarding service or program business processes.
Define the business case for objectives of new projects, including identification of business needs.
Participate in business process engineering projects with the aim of continually improving the efficiency of the business.
Evaluate possible solutions to business issues.
Generate functional requirements, gain approval of stakeholders to ensure that they meet business needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.