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Business Consultant

  • AFLAC,
  • SC 29401
  • 6 hours ago
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AFLAC
IT, Management, Computer, Systems, Access, ERP, Analysis, SQL, SAP, Development
Full Time

Job Description

Location(s): Remote to Columbia, SC

Job Summary

Serves as a consultant between IT and business partners on highly complex projects; identifies and communicates business needs and translates them into business and technical requirements from which solutions can be implemented; determines if internal or external solutions exist or whether new solutions are needed; determines if these solutions impact existing work processes and systems as well as ensures proper integration; makes recommendations for buy vs. build decisions for possible solutions

Principal Duties & Responsibilities
  • Serves as a consultant and senior-level project team member or leader working on highly complex and or highly visible projects
  • Serves as liaison between the business partners and IT to provide technical solutions to meet user needs and maintain established business relationships
  • Leads and or assists with project deliverables such as project initiation requests, business and technical requirements, use cases, interface specifications, business architecture models, process models, cost/benefit analysis, risk and issue logs, test plans, training plans and elevation / validation plans.
  • Spearheads or leads business process modeling efforts to model complex current and future state business processes and performs gap analysis.
  • Communicates complex technical concepts simply and effectively to non-technical team members
  • Identifies opportunities that impact business strategy and system performance
  • Conducts systems analysis with a focus on technical process models and use cases
  • Collects research on the competition in terms of best practices, business processes, and procedures; pays particular attention to market strategies and product development; makes recommendations for buy vs. build decisions
  • Mentors and develops junior team members into resources with higher skill sets.
  • Ability to communicate complex issues and solutions to Exec./Sr. Management
  • Provides testing support and analysis for defect resolution
  • Performs other related duties as required


Education & Experience Required
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
  • Required Five or more years of professional job-related work experience in business process modeling/mapping methodologies development, and data modeling experience
  • Demonstrated experience in developing projects across all phases of the project life cycle; demonstrated experience in developing functional specifications, , user interface designs/wireframes
  • Advanced database skills with experience using MS Access, knowledge of how relational databases work
  • Knowledge of how systems support business operations, collection of technical requirements, and modeling concepts
  • Ability to apply statistical and other research methods into systems issues as required; review complex data and derive summary conclusions
  • BPMN notation
  • Experience in working simultaneously with technical IT resources and non-technical business resources and users


Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Job Knowledge & Skills

• ERP/CorpDistributed

• PS Query

• Business Cost Benefit Analysis

• SQL

• Crystal

• Business Definition Requirements

• Microsoft Office

• Business Processes

• Visio

• Business Case Preparation

• Develop Functional Specifications

• Develop Requirements Definition

• Data Entity-Relationship (ER ) Diagramming

• ERP/HR

• SAP HR Modules

• PS Query

• Business Cost Benefit Analysis

• SQL

• Crystal

• Business Definition Requirements

• Microsoft Office

• Business Processes

• Prepare Flowcharts

• Visio

• Business Case Preparation

• Develop Functional Specifications

• Develop Requirements Definition

• Data Entity-Relationship (ER ) Diagramming

• ERP/Financial

• SAP Financial Modules

• PS Query

• Business Cost Benefit Analysis

• SQL

• Crystal

• Business Definition Requirements

• Microsoft Office

• Business Processes

• Prepare Flowcharts

• Visio

• Business Case Preparation

• Develop Functional Specifications

• Develop Requirements Definition

• Data Entity-Relationship (ER ) Diagramming

• ERP/Technical

• PS Query

• Business Cost Benefit Analysis

• SQL

• Crystal

• Business Definition Requirements

• Microsoft Office

• Business Processes

• Prepare Flowcharts

• Visio

• Business Case Preparation

• Develop Functional Specifications

• Develop Requirements Definition

• Data Entity-Relationship (ER ) Diagramming

Competencies

  • Acting with Integrity
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Pursuing Self-Development
  • Serving Customers
  • Supporting Change
  • Supporting Organizational Goals
  • Working with Diverse Populations

Company Information

Join a company that’s been named to Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” 21 years in a row. As part of the Aflac team, you’ll find yourself in a supportive work environment with an organizational culture that champions an open-door management philosophy, competitive salaries, excellent benefits and more. While we’re a dedicated company — with promises to help protect more than 50 million policyholders worldwide — it hasn’t stopped us from enjoying our philosophy of camaraderie and having some fun along the way. (After all, we do happen to have the Aflac Duck as our brand ambassador.) And they’ve all been part of our core values for more than 65 years. Aflac is committed to a culture that embraces an environment of understanding and empathy. You’ll quickly see that we’ve built a company where every employee in our diverse workforce can perform at their very best. But our diversity efforts don't stop at our front door. They extend into our community through outreach and service — and by our agents, suppliers and business partners. Through our Diversity Council, we’ve developed initiatives to implement, support and help further our diversity-related efforts across the globe. 

Dice Id : 10109603
Position Id : 3725
Originally Posted : 5 months ago

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