Senior Business Analyst - Ad Sales - Taleo Business Edition

Summary:

The Senior Business Analyst ensures that the Ad Sales teams for Viacom Media Networks are well supported with information systems.? The primary goal of this individual will be to understand business and system processes for US Linear Ad Sales business units.? This individual will be part of a team that bridges the gap between the business users and the Application Development team responsible for building and maintaining Ad Sales systems.? The Ad Sales systems? application suite spans CRM (lead management and opportunity tracking), order management, inventory management, product development, trafficking and delivery, billing and collections, and reporting and analysis.? Specifically, this business analyst will:

• Work with Ad Sales to define the vision and document business requirements for large and small projects
• Obtain ?sign off? from the business and help kick-off new projects
• Lead projects through the full life cycle, from justification through implementation and training
• Support project roll-outs:? acceptance testing, training, documentation, user hand holding, etc.
• Stay aware of business initiatives and address potential impacts to systems/operations (e.g. site acquisitions, mergers, new business required enhancements, etc.)

Responsibilities:

• Assists the business in defining scope and priorities for system initiatives (new projects and ongoing maintenance)
• Takes lead role in planning and project managing new and enhanced system projects for the Ad Sales business units
• Researches, designs, and documents processes and systems for the enhancement, development, and maintenance of business and systems operations
• Designs and prepares project plans for new and existing systems and / or business processes including the development of business requirements
• Support all rollout activities that are critical for making projects successful ? business training, documentation, user hand holding, etc.
• Identifies and resolves problems which may impact projects by monitoring progress and project status.? Escalates important issues to the attention of the Sr. Manager so that decisions can be made promptly.
• Acts as a liaison between MTS (Media and Technology Services) Applications Development team and the business community
• Proposes recommended improvements to Ad Sales and MTS Management
• Works closely with business users to ensure implementation activities are in alignment with business strategy and objectives
• Fosters collaboration among MTS Business Partners to keep them informed of related projects and other MTS development requests

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years in Business Analysis BPR/Change Management
• 1+ years in Project Management
• Experience with all the major phases of system development:

1. General Project Management
2. Business requirements
3. Detail design
4. Coding
5. Integration
6. Testing
7. Training
8. Rollout?

• Exceptional communication skills ? written, presentation skills, etc.
• Exceptional client handling skills ? able to work with all levels of staff within Digital Ad Sales
• Proven ability to support Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and Change Management
• Demonstrated ability to deliver business-oriented solutions, across a portfolio of projects
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Established project management skills including familiarity with project scheduling and tracking documents
• Ability to apply the following tools in project management tasks and high level business modeling:? MS Excel, MS Project, MS Access, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Ad Sales, preferably from the network perspective preferred
• Ongoing user support and maintenance
• Experience working at one of the major consultancies/System Integration firms in a BPR/change management role
• Experience and industry specific knowledge related to Ad Sales and our systems: Gabriel, Star Media, Post Buy
• Experience with business intelligence implementations

Education:

• Bachelors Degree (strongly preferred)

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Source: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=MTVNETWORKS&cws=1&rid=4415

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