Senior Business Analyst, GBS Process and Analytics Services

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

About the team

At AstraZeneca we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers to challenges. We do this with the utmost integrity even in the most difficult situations because we are committed to doing the right thing.

This position sits in the GBS Process and Analytics Services (PAS) Team. Our key priorities are to provide automated analytics and reporting across the enterprise, working with our customers to define key metrics and accessing the data to productionise reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define business requirements, understand business logic & data models.

• Develop and maintain a prioritized roadmap and user-stories that reflects the customer’s perspective.

• Represent the customer within the GBS PAS team from product/service inception through to in-life support.

• Managing (agile) & coordinating the work of developers to deliver the required results.

• Manage the process of turning requirements to automated dashboards.

• Managing & coordinating the work of developers to deliver the required results.

• Defining and establishing support mechanisms so that the solution will persist in a reliable manner.

• Ensuring that work produced by the teams conform to designs and development standards so that economies of scale can be achieved during the support phase.

• Contribute to the development of the GBS PAS value-proposition – e.g. via “sales and marketing” activities, and by maintaining awareness of external (non-AZ) best practices and insights.

Mandatory Skills:

• Proven experience working on Finance related analytics

• Ability to review systems and map business processes As-Is/To-Be with exposure to Process Mapping tools e.g. BIC

• Coordinating the work of business, IT, and external teams to deliver the required results.

• Supports data investigations/validation

• Familiar with project management software, eg: Jira, Confluence

• Influence decision-making processes and guide stakeholders towards effective solutions by facilitating consensus among diverse group of stakeholders.

• Ability to collate information from relevant sources for analysis and reporting relevant data trends for informed decision-making.

Essential & Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with analytics best-practices & business intelligence tools: PowerBI, PowerApps, PowerAutomate

• Fit for purpose solution design and data models.

• Good understanding of data modelling, data visualization and other relevant tools and techniques.

• Experience of working within a global organization.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country(ies) where the role is advertised.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.