Assoc Business Systems Analyst II

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Work Schedule

Second Shift (Afternoons) Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Job Summary :  The role involves managing IT procurement, ensuring budget alignment, maintaining records, resolving discrepancies, and supporting IT finance and management while staying updated on relevant technologies.

Responsibilities :

Basic knowledge of accounting and financial principles, programs, trends, and best practices.

Basic analytical and quantitative skills.

Collaborate with IT finance, department heads, and strategic sourcing to evaluate purchase order quotations, ensuring alignment with the approved IT Annual Operating Plan (AOP).

Purchase IT equipment, services, and materials, and expedite the delivery of goods as directed.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date IT dashboards related to purchase orders, approvals, and any auditable activities.

Obtain quotes from IT suppliers and manage overages to stay within the allotted budget.

Work with IT finance and management to reconcile variances and investigate discrepancies.

Undertake tasks and small initiatives assigned by IT management.

Evaluate supplier bids, tenders, proposals, or quotations of purchase orders and prepare comparative analysis to support evaluation decisions.

Identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies between purchasing, receiving, and accounts payable systems.

Maintain accurate and current electronic records related to purchase orders, approvals, and auditable activities.

Qualifications & Skills :

Required : Education and Experience : Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.

Previous experience provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years) or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred : Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel : Ability to perform fundamental tasks such as creating spreadsheets and managing data within Excel.

Basic knowledge of finance : Expense tracking and management.

Basic experience working with one or more ERP platforms : Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including tasks such as data entry, report generation, and system navigation

Familiarity with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow : Experience using ticketing systems for managing and tracking IT service requests, incidents, and changes.

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