With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Ghana
Job Type: Fixed Term, Full-Time Contract
Posting Date: 04/08/2024- 04/15/2024
Position Description
The Sr Business Analyst provides support for the global SS partners including process directors, managers and team leads of all supported departments and specializes in leading and designing metrics and reporting, statistical analysis and process improvement projects while performing as a dedicated resource for complex processes.
The SR BA must have skills in project management, Lean Six Sigma, automation, process optimization and simplification, Kaizen events design and leadership; and must be comfortable being self-driven to use methodologies to find opportunities and projects and addressing these with senior leadership by influencing and educating their decision making. This role is also a subject matter expert on the assigned process and coaches others, including team members, on best practices to solve problems creatively and within standards.
Usually majored or advanced studies in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering or Business Administration, with at least 3-4 years of working experience in related fields.
Individuals within the Business Analyst (BA) job family work closely with customers, other business analysts, to turn data into critical information and knowledge that can be used to make sound business decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, engineering-related field, or equivalent
- Broad experience in Finance, Accounting and/or Procurement operations; 3 or more years (within Shared Services is a plus).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
- Project Management Fundamentals certification
- 3-5 years’ experience developing & supporting data analysis tools and systems
- Experience in interaction with senior leadership and executive leadership to ensure the provision of a timely and accurate project information
- Experience contributing as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) developing and maintaining Finance and Procurement processes and/or tools, helping to lead change and future developments as required to lead towards overall best-in-class performance.