We are looking for a skilled Business Analyst to join our team on a long-term contract basis in Chicago, Illinois. In this role, you will act as a key partner to Finance, Accounting, and IT teams, leveraging your expertise to manage and enhance financial systems, particularly SAP S/4HANA. You will play a central role in improving processes, resolving system issues, and translating business needs into effective technology solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is detail oriented, thrives on collaboration, problem-solving, and driving efficiency.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Serve as the subject matter expert for SAP S/4HANA Finance systems, including core accounting modules and related integrations.<br>• Manage system configurations, data flows, and controls to ensure smooth operations and scalability.<br>• Lead efforts in testing system upgrades, enhancements, and patches, including designing and executing test plans.<br>• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and validate results to ensure successful implementation of system changes.<br>• Troubleshoot finance system issues, identify root causes, and collaborate with IT to implement effective solutions.<br>• Identify and recommend opportunities to streamline and automate finance and accounting processes.<br>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align system capabilities with business objectives.<br>• Develop and maintain documentation, training materials, and knowledge-sharing resources for users.<br>• Support compliance, audit, and internal control requirements related to financial systems.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to support cross-functional initiatives and translate business needs into clear, actionable deliverables. This Long-term Contract position is based in Rosemont, Illinois, and offers the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders, delivery teams, and operational partners in an Agile or hybrid environment. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical thinking, effective communication skills, and experience managing requirements and priorities across evolving business needs.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Gather, analyze, and refine business needs by partnering with stakeholders to define clear functional and process requirements.<br>• Maintain and prioritize the work backlog, ensuring items are well-defined, aligned to business goals, and ready for delivery teams.<br>• Facilitate communication between business users and technical teams to support shared understanding, timely decisions, and effective execution.<br>• Create and update documentation such as user stories, process flows, gap analyses, and requirement summaries to support project delivery.<br>• Participate in Agile or hybrid delivery ceremonies, helping drive progress, clarify scope, and address open questions throughout the lifecycle.<br>• Review existing workflows and identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen documentation quality, and reduce operational gaps.<br>• Support initiatives related to financial crime, compliance, or transaction monitoring when applicable, including analysis of business processes and platform needs.<br>• Use Jira or comparable tools to track requirements, manage tasks, and provide visibility into project status and outstanding actions.