Abbott

Senior Application Analyst- SAP Development

Abbott • $78K — $156K *
Madison, WI 53711In-Person
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
  • 5+ years in application analysis or technology solutions configuration.
  • Strong understanding of industry best practices.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer skills.
  • Ability to perform essential duties with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and configure business systems and applications.
  • Develop independent solutions to complex problems.
  • Identify and resolve issues in application areas.
  • Create and maintain system documentation.
  • Lead and estimate enhancement requests and support various project activities.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance provided for this position.
  • Consistent onsite presence required up to four days a week in Madison, WI.
Full Job Description


JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Overview
The SAP Senior Application Analyst will work on business systems design and configuration, as well as upgrades and improvements for assigned technology platforms. As a primary support contact for SAP application end-users, the Senior SAP Application Analyst will work to identify issues that arise in the application area as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them. The Senior Application Analyst will perform impact analysis of desired changes, build and test systems changes, and identify areas of improvement associated with platform performance and opportunities to enable business processes and requirements. The Senior Application Analyst will act as a mentor to junior analysts on the team, support questions, and may delegate activities to other analysts.

This role requires consistent onsite presence in Madison, WI up to four days a week. Relocation assistance is provided for this position

Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Responsible for business systems design and configuration, and upgrades and improvements for low to medium complexity applications.
  • Design and implement solutions to a wide range of difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, and practical.
  • Responsible for independent development and configuration of an assigned application.
  • Identify issues that arise in the application area as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them.
  • Develop new processes and procedures to meet current challenges.
  • Create and maintain system documentation.
  • Lead the estimation of enhancement or support requests.
  • Guide workflow design, configure and test system changes, and analyze technical issues.
  • Liaise with business systems stakeholders and software vendor's implementation staff to ensure alignment of business needs with the delivery of system changes.
  • Develop an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization's workflows; proactively identify opportunities to improve business workflow with technology improvements.
  • Participate in developing documentation and participate in trainings and work with end users.
  • Troubleshoot problems and questions and provide regular updates on status to key business stakeholders.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert of assigned applications.
  • Provide end-user production support for issues entered into issue tracking systems.
  • Review the status of projects and issues with project leadership.
  • Assign or delegate configuration or other activities to other team members.
  • Act as delegate for leadership regarding incident or problem resolution.
  • Provide mentorship for other peers and take the lead to solve problems, even if outside of normal scope.
  • Lead internal process design and documentation to drive continuous improvement for the IT department or team.
  • Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are done in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner.
  • Ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others.
  • Ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership, subject matter experts, and key stakeholders.
  • Ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures.
  • Ability and willingness to learn new software applications.
  • Apply flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs.
  • Apply strong analytical skills, business intuition, and organizational ability.
  • Apply strong problem-solving skills.
  • Apply excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to operate in a cross-functional and complex matrix environment.
  • Ability to be adaptable, open to change, able to work in ambiguous situations, and respond to new information or unexpected circumstances.
  • Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
  • Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures.
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
  • Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
  • Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
  • Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
  • Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
  • Ability to travel 5% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 12 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor's Degree.
  • 5+ years of experience developing or configuring technology solutions, either in an application analyst or project delivery role.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and apply industry best practices.
  • Strong computer skills to include internet navigation and email usage.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience configuring business systems software in a life science, healthcare, or related industry.
  • Ability to architect and provide technical support of SAP systems and related environments such as Solution Manager and its functionality, SAP S/4, Transports management, System Copy and refresh, Interfaces.
  • Understanding of SAP Security architecture and implementation methods.
  • Working experience in S/4 HANA, SAP cloud Solutions, Fiori and Sailpoint.
  • Experience of working in SoX complaint environment.
  • Familiarity with continuous monitoring tools such as Solution Manager's Configuration Validation & System Recommendation or similar products.
  • Ability to provide technical support to resolve basis and security issues, optimizing services and ensuring availability, performance & application security of critical business systems.


The base pay for this position is
$78,000.00 - $156,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Product Development

DIVISION:
ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

LOCATION:
United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
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