Senior Business Systems Analyst

South San Francisco, CA, United States

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

The position calls for leadership in project planning through the monitoring & organizing of the efforts to be carried out.

However, managing such projects & efforts does not require the position to be supervising support staff.

The incumbent in the offered position does not have day-to-day authority over said support staff.

The position does not have any employees directly or indirectly reporting to the Senior Business Systems Analyst, & the incumbent is only responsible for managing projects that they are assigned by senior analysts and managers.

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate & Divisional Policies & procedures.

Collect, correlate, analyze, record & maintain technical data for use in developing operating & instruction manuals utilizing tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Screensteps & Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Conduct test & develop preliminary findings for review.

Assist in the development of standards & procedures.

Prepare written reports of work by applying standard information systems, theories, concepts, & techniques such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Develop solutions to problems where casual relationships can be identified, & precedents exist utilizing Mental Mapping techniques, conducting Brainstorming sessions, Data Analysis skills, Entity relationship Diagram principles, Traditional Database principles, developing Data Mapping artifacts, produce Solution & Design Documents.

Conduct & document results from Experimental Research, Vendor Evaluation, gathering user feedback, using MS-Word, Visio, Whiteboarding, developing Data Flow & Business Process flow diagrams based on use cases defined.

Employ experience using data analysis tools and techniques such as Spotfire, MS-Excel, MySQL querying, working in Agile methodology.

Responsible for facilitating JAD sessions with key SMEs and Data Solutions team.

Apply analytical thinking skills to diagnose & make recommendations on systems.

Incorporate knowledge of business & technology to make recommendations.

Translate data gathered from user discussions into business requirements.

Identify business & system needs & recommends solutions.

Assist with the testing strategies & develops preliminary findings.

Analyze departmental processes & make recommendations that are most effective means to satisfy those needs.

Analyze complex work procedures and job methods & presents concepts to simplify those procedures.

Work effectively with team/group to accomplish organizational goals.

Actively participate in client or team meetings by offering suggestions.

Provide leadership to project planning by monitoring & organize the efforts of technical & business support staff.

Manage projects according to milestones & completes tasks assigned by more experienced analysts & managers.

5% domestic & international travel is required.

Build partnerships with key stakeholders & provide front line support for business requests from various divisions/group.

Facilitate effective User Acceptance Testing which will help drive successful delivery of the project scope.

Work in a cross-functional environment, identify dependencies, mitigate risks, & propose solutions wherever necessary.

Establish strong partnership with the Vendor by conducting regular Vendor Engagement sessions, gathering feedback from user community, & communicating effectively with Vendor, being proactive to know the upcoming products, features in the pipeline of Vendors.

Develop roadmaps using tools such as MS-Power Point, MS-Word, & timelines using Google Smartsheet for proposed solutions for business needs & ensure that they are effectively communicated to key stakeholders.

Support & perform data analysis & data migration activities from legacy systems to future systems using tools like MS-Excel, & building queries using SQL.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must possess a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a highly related field of study with at least 5 years of experience.

Alternatively, employer will accept a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a highly related field of study with at least 2 years of experience.

In each alternative, must possess at least 2 years of practical experience in the following:

collecting, correlating, analyzing, recording & maintaining technical data for use in developing operating & instruction manuals utilizing tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Screensteps & Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);

preparing written reports of work by applying standard information systems, theories, concepts & techniques such as information systems, theories, concepts, and techniques such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);

data analysis tools & techniques such as Spotfire, MS-Excel, MySQL querying, working in Agile methodology; &

supporting and performing data analysis & data migration activities from legacy systems to future systems using tools like MS-Excel and building queries using SQL.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience related to the job opportunity.

Salary Rate: $170,955 per year

Apply online at https://careers.abbvie.com/en. Refer to Req ID: REF27058W.

Additional Information

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.