Life-Science Innovations, LLC Looking for D365/AX Senior Business Analyst at Willmar, Minnesota Full Time

Life-Science Innovations has a new, full-time hybrid-remote (minimum of 3 days onsite) opportunity for a D365 Senior Business Analyst to join their IT team. This position will be responsible for leading efforts to analyze and research for AX/D365 Finance and Operations business processes and identifying opportunities for improvements. 

The ideal candidate should be detail oriented, analytical, and possess a strong curiosity and innovative problem solving skills using a systems thinking and evidence design approach.

Our Purpose is to Share Smarter, Serve Better – By providing tailored professional shared services, partnering with our customers to become an extension of their team. 

Life-Science Innovations is a full-service provider supporting each of our customers in the areas of Human Resources, Accounting and IT. The companies we support span across the industries of engineering, processing, poultry genetics, and agriculture. We are located on the beautiful MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar, MN.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively identify areas of improvement, collaborate with key stakeholders to identify requirements and drive process and systems enhancements
• Conduct research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside of the ERP platform, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible
• Ensure that the AX/D365 Finance & Operations systems meet security & data privacy requirements and that proper security and processes are in place to prevent unauthorized access and processing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g. Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Owners, D365 Solution Architects) to gather and translate user / business process owner requirements into functional, technical and operational requirements. This includes facilitating and participating in discovery sessions, conducting requirement gathering sessions to analyze, refine and document business requirements and business process flows, identifying software requirements, working with developing specifications for technology initiatives.
• Recommend solutions & define enhancements that enable Business Process / Product Owners to successfully meet their business goals
• Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices related to ERP implementation and management
• Lead testing strategies and planning; develop test cases and ensure testing is completed with a high degree of quality, along with performing the testing of systems upgrades
• Validate data integrity and analyzing sources of required data
• Participate in business continuity testing for AX/D365 and other systems
• Support users of the ERP system and ensure staff are trained in the use of the system
• Initial triage of incidents / escalation where technical resolution is required
• Enforce and administer application security and access controls

The ideal candidate will have the following educational and experience background:

• Dynamics AX/D365 F&O system functionality or similar computer-based accounting systems
• General understanding of business processes within IT and Accounting, and understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Business Analysis best practices, tools and techniques (e.g. business process modeling, data dictionary and data flow diagrams, data mapping, entity relationship diagrams, feature maps, use cases, user stories, testing plans.)
• Active listening and customer service orientation
• Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal (e.g. day-to-day discussions, team meetings, workshops) and written (requirements and design specifications) form, as we as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications
• Strategic Planning – Developing and driving a shared understanding of a long-term vision for a business process or technology and defines short and long term actions to achieve the vision, in partnership with business and IT leaders.
• Strong analytic curiosity and innovative problem solving skills using a systems thinking and evidence design approach with a strong attention to detail
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional work experience in Accounting and one year of experience in supporting computer-based accounting systems required
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience gathering, analyzing and implementing business, functional and technical requirements
• A minimum of five (5) years performing business analysis function for implementation in an enterprise resource planning tool, Microsoft AX / D365 F&O preferred.
• Experience with Finance business processes required
• Experience with Supply Chain/Logistics operations including material handling, warehouse operations, order management, demand planning and inventory management preferred

Company Organizational Purpose & Core Values: 

• Employee Well-Being: We are committed to maximizing every employee’s talent in their role within the organization, and care about the well-being of each employee from a whole-life perspective.
• Communication | Collaboration: Success is built on relationships.  We will bring expertise, professionalism and a genuine love for our craft to the table – and expect the same in return.
• Stewardship: Our investment of time, talent, and treasure will do great things in the long run. We make decisions based on our responsibility to our employees, our customers, our stakeholders and our community.
• Trustworthiness:  There are no substitutes for honesty and kindness and doing what’s right.
• Excellence:  We are persistent in achieving objectives efficiently and effectively; finding new ways to grow our company and each other

Benefits at Life-Science Innovations:

We are proud to offer a generous benefit package in addition to competitive compensation. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance options, a Health Savings Account with company match, 401K plan with company match up to 4% of your compensation, PTO accrual, two personal days per year, vacation pay, company paid short and long term disability, and company paid life insurance.

Apply online or to further inquire contact:

Laura Orsten | Talent Acquisition

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