Business Analyst Senior Manager, DT&I

BDO USA is a leading accounting and advisory firm focused on delivering exceptional outcomes for clients. The Business Analyst Senior Manager in Digital Transformation & Innovation will drive strategic initiatives to enhance digital capabilities, analyze business processes, and implement technology solutions that align with the Tax practice's goals.

Responsibilities:

• Creates prototypes and low code solutions, as required
• Creates reports, dashboards, and visualizations, as required
• Gathers requirements from business stakeholders and translates them as features and user stories
• Grooms requirements for architects and developers
• Prepares/reviews technical documentation for assigned products
• Develops relationships with key business partners
• Prepares and/or reviews test plans
• Performs functional product testing, as required
• Utilizes understanding of BDO's tax technology strategy and overall portfolio. Implements strategy on assigned portfolio
• Architects solutions to meet business needs based on technology strategy
• Designs and tests business processes and recommends improvements
• Analyzes process issues and bottlenecks to make improvements
• Identifies automation opportunities
• Gathers and analyzes data related to assigned products and projects
• Communicates insights and findings to product managers and technical leaders
• Identifies business opportunities and ways to capitalize on them
• Performs data discovery, analysis, and modelling
• Facilitates process design, requirements gathering, and product design workshops
• Participates as part of product team leadership
• Communicates with and manages executive-level stakeholders
• Assists with project management, as required
• Coordinates with National IT to schedule required reviews and deployment of tools
• Other duties as required
• Acts as a direct supervisor to team members, as assigned
• Acts as a mentor, as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Eight (8) or more years of experience as a business analyst, project coordinator, project manager, business manager, technical writer, technical support, or systems analyst
• Certification in business analysis, process design, project management, product management, CPA, or EA
• Knowledge of documenting requirement using Azure DevOps or Jira
• Knowledge of creating technical product documentation
• Process design and optimization skills
• Strong technical writing skills
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and balance multiple priorities
• Ability to manage priorities across a large portfolio
• Knowledge in generating process and technical documentation
• Willingness to learn and stay current with emerging technologies
• Strong relationship building skills across functions
• Ability to understand business and technology strategy and implement it on assigned portfolio
• Data analysis and analytics skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• focus in Computer Science, Information Technology, Accounting, Management, Finance, or Engineering
• Tax experience
• Public accounting experience
• Strong Microsoft Power Platform (PowerBI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse) skills
• Fundamental knowledge of SQL Server skills
• Foundational knowledge of Alteryx