Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cooper Standard is seeking a Senior System Analyst to bridge business needs and technical solutions across diverse business areas. The role focuses on defining, delivering, and supporting Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions, analyzing requirements and data, managing projects, and improving business decision-making through reporting and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders to understand strategic goals, pain points and process gaps
- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to understand business requirements and act as a trusted advisor, presenting solution options, trade-offs and feasibility assignments
- Translate the business needs into clear, testable functional specifications and technical requirements
- Drive end-to-end solutioning from discovery through delivery support
- Leading or participating in projects, managing tasks, timelines, and deliverables, status reporting and ensuring projects stay on track (scope, cost and schedule)
- Work closely with developers, architects and other members of the DevOps organization to ensure solution alignment
- Analyzing existing business processes, identifying areas for improvement, and developing solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Participating in system testing, ensuring the solution meets business requirements, and supporting the implementation process
- Execute complex queries and adhoc BI reports to analyze source data and validate reporting accuracy and consistency
- Creating and maintaining documentation, developing training materials, and providing user training to ensure effective solution adoption
- Providing strategic input on IT initiatives and contributing to the overall technology roadmap
- Document lessons learned throughout the implementation process to aid future planning and execution
- Lead /Support rapid prototyping and iterative design for reporting and analytical initiatives
- Leverage AI tools for documentation acceleration, US ideation and solution exploration
Skills
- Strong organizational skills with ability to multi-task effectively, prioritize client needs and work independently and proactively with minimal supervision
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with diverse stakeholders
- Must possess a positive attitude, strong work ethic and focus on solutions
- Must be a Team player, capable of working in a fast-paced, distributed team environment with multiple and/or remote teams
- Proven ability to identify and resolve requirement gaps by working with project management team and business SME's/executives
- Ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions
- Ability to manage projects, timelines, and resources effectively
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent), in Engineering or information technology related field
- Minimum of 8-10 years in IT, Business Intelligence (BI), or Data Warehouse roles
- Experience in a manufacturing business environment
- Proficiency with data visualization and Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView
- Must have an extensive knowledge of data warehouse and datamart concepts
- Experience developing adhoc reports and performing complex data analysis within BI tools
- Strong Knowledge of SharePoint or comparable collaboration platforms, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Experience in creating technical and business documents, developing training materials and conducting end-user training
- Demonstrable experience in business process mapping and optimization
- Prior experience as a BI Analyst or Data Analyst is preferred
- Preferably in the automotive industry
- SAP Analytics cloud experience will be a big plus
- Exposure working in a landscape with SAP products including SAP BI tools is preferred
- Certifications in relevant areas like CBAP, PMI-PBA is preferred
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
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