Sr Analyst, Business Systems

Seneca Resources Company, LLC•Houston, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Business Systems Analyst leads business system initiatives across the full project lifecycle, from needs assessment and solution evaluation through implementation, deployment, adoption, stabilization, and transition to ongoing support. The role bridges business stakeholders, technical resources, software vendors, and governance functions. It coordinates project planning, requirements, process design, testing, training, risk management, vendor delivery, and go-live readiness while ensuring required IT, Cybersecurity, Legal, Procurement, data, contractual, and internal control reviews are identified, completed, and documented. The position is an integral member of the Accounting team. It partners with leaders, subject matter experts, and end users; analyzes current processes; facilitates future-state design; and recommends standardization, simplification, automation, and stronger controls. It leads requirements management and structured evaluation of software, implementation partners, and technology solutions, documenting findings, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations. The analyst leads assigned initiatives from initiation through deployment and stabilization, coordinating governance, risk and control reviews, testing, data and reporting needs, vendors, stakeholder communication, change management, training, and adoption. The role also supports department planning, project prioritization, portfolio reporting, and special initiatives involving systems, processes, controls, or organizational change. The employee must comply with Seneca’s EHSQ policies, standards, and procedures and demonstrate active and regular involvement in EHSQ programs. Seneca Resources offers a competitive salary, hybrid work schedule, and a comprehensive benefits package. This position is not eligible for relocation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in business systems analysis, software implementation, technology project management, business process improvement, enterprise applications, or business transformation.
Demonstrated experience leading or holding a significant leadership role in system implementations from planning through deployment.
Experience gathering and managing requirements, developing project plans, coordinating cross-functional work, and working with business stakeholders, technical resources, and third-party vendors.
Strong analytical, critical-thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, facilitation, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences, influence without formal authority, manage risks and issues, and work independently with appropriate leadership engagement.
Proficiency with standard productivity, documentation, presentation, spreadsheet, and project-tracking tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with enterprise, cloud-based, or SaaS implementations; structured vendor selection; business cases and scoring models; process analysis; user acceptance testing; data conversion; reporting; interfaces; or integrations.
Experience in a regulated, audit-sensitive, governance-focused, or controls-oriented environment and coordinating with IT, Legal, Cybersecurity, Procurement, Finance, or audit functions.
Experience managing vendor statements of work, deliverables, milestones, and commitments; developing training or change plans; and using Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery methods.
Familiarity with access and role design, approval workflows, audit trails, change controls, data retention, and segregation of duties.
Energy-industry or Quorum experience.
Relevant certifications such as PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, CAPM, Agile/Scrum, Lean/Six Sigma, or change management.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders, subject matter experts, and end users to understand objectives, pain points, risks, dependencies, and desired outcomes.
Analyze current-state processes, facilitate future-state design, and recommend opportunities for standardization, simplification, automation, and stronger controls.
Plan and facilitate discovery sessions and workshops; gather, analyze, prioritize, validate, and document business, functional, reporting, data, integration, security, compliance, and control requirements.
Maintain traceability from business objectives through solution design, testing, and delivery, and manage requirement and scope changes.
Lead structured evaluations of software, implementation partners, and technology solutions, including evaluation plans, questionnaires, demonstration scripts, scoring models, and selection criteria.
Assess solution fit, business value, cost, complexity, user experience, reporting, data, integrations, security, controls, scalability, support, contractual considerations, and maintainability; document findings and recommendations.
Lead assigned initiatives from initiation through deployment and stabilization, establishing scope, objectives, deliverables, roles, milestones, dependencies, success measures, schedules, logs, decision records, testing plans, communications, cutover activities, and support transition plans.
Monitor project progress, manage scope, resolve or escalate issues, coordinate readiness reviews, and conduct post-implementation reviews.
Identify required governance reviews, approvals, policies, standards, and control requirements; coordinate with IT, Cybersecurity, Legal, Procurement, Finance, data governance, risk, internal controls, records management, and audit.
Document approvals, decisions, access considerations, roles, workflows, retention, integrations, segregation-of-duties risks, exceptions, and unresolved concerns.
Develop or coordinate risk-based testing for requirements, business processes, integrations, reports, data, security roles, workflows, controls, and exceptions; coordinate defects, retesting, acceptance, and signoff.
Identify conversion, migration, interface, reconciliation, reporting, data ownership, and data quality requirements, and coordinate business validation.
Serve as a primary business and project contact for vendors, consultants, and implementation partners; establish expectations for responsibilities, deliverables, milestones, documentation, issue resolution, quality, and communication.
Review vendor deliverables, manage risks and delays, support statement-of-work review, escalate material concerns, and promote knowledge transfer.
Build cross-functional relationships and facilitate discussions that produce clear decisions, owners, and next steps; translate technical information into business terms and business needs into system requirements.
Provide concise updates on project health, milestones, decisions, risks, issues, scope, schedule, and resource needs, and influence outcomes without formal authority.
Assess organizational impacts and stakeholder needs; coordinate communications, training, procedures, job aids, support materials, feedback channels, adoption monitoring, and transition activities.
Promote sustainable solution ownership after implementation.
Prioritize enhancements based on value, risk, effort, dependencies, and strategic alignment; compare outcomes with approved objectives and success measures.
Develop reusable templates, standards, methods, and governance practices, and stay informed about relevant technologies and implementation practices.
Support department planning, project prioritization, portfolio reporting, and special initiatives involving systems, processes, controls, or organizational change.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Comply with Seneca’s EHSQ policies, standards, and procedures and demonstrate active and regular involvement in EHSQ programs.