What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Program Analyst position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders. The Business Program Analysts are responsible for:
Providing Finance and MLU Core Services with the ability to plan, design, develop, perform UAT, design Communication Plan, and Training. Also, define and document the Life Cycle of systems and processes aligning the systems to enable better management of Global Processes and associated tools within a well-defined and aligned business development systems process. Research and analysis of basic and complex issues surrounding the processes and systems of an organization. Makes recommendations and implement solutions surrounding improving processes, increasing efficiency, and coordinating the establishment of common practices. They are responsible for the coordination and completion of projects related to several global products. They oversee all aspects of projects, set deadlines, assign responsibilities and monitors and summarize progress of many projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project. Simulates and tests process improvements. Communicates changes and may provide training to impacted business units. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to top management.
Responsibilities
Key role of the Business Program Analyst is to:
Lead and Manage individual projects, coordinate the integration of people and systems processes, improve business processes, facilitate requirements sessions, identify and model requirements, identify and model data requirements, identify business rules requirements, validate requirements at various levels, managing requirements, validate and manage the scope of the project, determine benefit/cost analysis, help/validate write system or technical specifications, help/validate the development and writing of use cases, collaborate with instructional design to create look and feel of product, manage implementation.
Responsible for the development and implementation of system roadmaps and products that server the Global Finance and MSR Core Service Employees, Members, Leaders, Units, Areas and General Authorities.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business management, accounting, finance or related field. MBA, CBAP, PMI-PBA, or PMP preferred.
Must have 6 or more years of related professional work experience. Prefer 3 of the 6 years in a management or leadership role with responsibilities for program, product or project management.
Track record of executing complex business processes and their related systems.
Working knowledge of PC's, networks, Global Financial Systems, project management and large systems planning and implementations.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to negotiate and positively influence people at all levels of the organization.
Strong, broad technical and business background required.
Ability to think critically and communicate complex business problems, solutions and systems strategies to business owners, shareholders, and technical partners.
Knowledge of establishing, forecasting and controlling Church operating and project budgets.
In depth knowledge of financial standards, local rules and practices.
Requires an excellent understanding of both US and international accounting and privacy principles and laws.
Must have a solid understanding of global systems, project planning, organizing, communicating, team motivation and delegating skills.
Must be goal oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined.
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders. The Business Program Analysts are responsible for:
Providing Finance and MLU Core Services with the ability to plan, design, develop, perform UAT, design Communication Plan, and Training. Also, define and document the Life Cycle of systems and processes aligning the systems to enable better management of Global Processes and associated tools within a well-defined and aligned business development systems process. Research and analysis of basic and complex issues surrounding the processes and systems of an organization. Makes recommendations and implement solutions surrounding improving processes, increasing efficiency, and coordinating the establishment of common practices. They are responsible for the coordination and completion of projects related to several global products. They oversee all aspects of projects, set deadlines, assign responsibilities and monitors and summarize progress of many projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project. Simulates and tests process improvements. Communicates changes and may provide training to impacted business units. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to top management.
Responsibilities
Key role of the Business Program Analyst is to:
Lead and Manage individual projects, coordinate the integration of people and systems processes, improve business processes, facilitate requirements sessions, identify and model requirements, identify and model data requirements, identify business rules requirements, validate requirements at various levels, managing requirements, validate and manage the scope of the project, determine benefit/cost analysis, help/validate write system or technical specifications, help/validate the development and writing of use cases, collaborate with instructional design to create look and feel of product, manage implementation.
Responsible for the development and implementation of system roadmaps and products that server the Global Finance and MSR Core Service Employees, Members, Leaders, Units, Areas and General Authorities.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business management, accounting, finance or related field. MBA, CBAP, PMI-PBA, or PMP preferred.
Must have 6 or more years of related professional work experience. Prefer 3 of the 6 years in a management or leadership role with responsibilities for program, product or project management.
Track record of executing complex business processes and their related systems.
Working knowledge of PC's, networks, Global Financial Systems, project management and large systems planning and implementations.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to negotiate and positively influence people at all levels of the organization.
Strong, broad technical and business background required.
Ability to think critically and communicate complex business problems, solutions and systems strategies to business owners, shareholders, and technical partners.
Knowledge of establishing, forecasting and controlling Church operating and project budgets.
In depth knowledge of financial standards, local rules and practices.
Requires an excellent understanding of both US and international accounting and privacy principles and laws.
Must have a solid understanding of global systems, project planning, organizing, communicating, team motivation and delegating skills.
Must be goal oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined.
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
