Sr. Functional Analyst - D365 F&O

New Balance•Boston, MA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr IT Functional Analyst is responsible for solution design, configuration, delivery, analysis, and interpretation of data to assist in rapid decision-making and optimization of the New Balance Procure to Pay processes. This role is responsible for participating in requirement and design sessions; analyzing areas of improvement; analyzing and managing data integrations to provide decision support information; working within New Balance digital product team and with our software partners will design techno-functional solutions and aid in any testing/test planning as necessary, to ensure the delivered solution will work according to the business requirements. A successful candidate will bring 5+ years of experience in the supply chain industry as a functional analyst/business analyst. Must have deep understanding of Procure to Pay concepts including vendor management, inventory management, sourcing inventory from factories, and manufacturing. Must have experience configuring Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and familiarity of integrations environments and tools such as Jira/Azure DevOps.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in the supply chain industry as a functional analyst/business analyst.
Deep understanding of Procure to Pay concepts including vendor management, inventory management, sourcing inventory from factories, and manufacturing.
Experience configuring Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
Familiarity of integrations environments and tools such as Jira/Azure DevOps.
A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience is required.
5+ Years experience in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations required.
Prior experience with D365 F&O Purchase Order Management is ideal.
Solid functional design in UI/UX concepts.
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Creative and Innovative thinking, great communication and collaboration.
Must communicate complex topics in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner.
Experience in Agile is required.
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks completely and independently.
Ability to generate clarity in ambiguous situations.
Ability to take complete ownership of work and deliver with minimal management oversight.

Nice To Haves

Experience in no-code/low code Microsoft Power Platform is a plus.

Responsibilities

End-to-end solution design, configuration, implementation, data integration, data analytics, issue and resolution tracking, end-to-end testing of the solution, and continued communication with New Balance stakeholders.
Own and deliver complete features across their entire software lifecycle
Understand the feature requirements and translate them to complete design specifications.
Work cross-discipline to help shape owned features.
Work with Digital Product team to design and configure solutions, by creating well-designed, high quality design specifications.
Configure-first, code-second approach to solutions.
Contribute to team-wide fundamentals/infrastructure investments.
Participate in process and business requirements sessions.
Work with internal teams to resolve solution gaps.
Work on bugs/issues and track progress at resolving issues using Azure DEVOPS.
Work with cross-functional teams including IT, business stakeholders and product owners, to ensure successful planning and execution of current and future initiatives.
Be aware of statistical and optimization tools such as Power BI, Snowflake, Spotfire (or similar analytics tools).