Responsible for supporting business applications with a primary focus on accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, fixed assets, distribution and manufacturing. The BSA also works with functional owners in various areas such as finance, accounting, operations, customer service, and sales to help them implement sound business processes. BSA acts as a liaison between the technical team and functional users, gathers business requirements, provides analysis, develops project plans, drives projects, facilitates meetings, and develops functional specifications for the JD Edwards system and other systems around it.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborates with functional owners to understand business needs and implement applications using the industry best practices.
- Carries out project coordination activities and acts as a liaison between the technical team and functional owners of the enterprise.
- Plans and manages small to large project initiatives to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished within the prescribed timeframe.
- Determines appropriate application solutions to business requirements and develops detailed design specifications that include appropriate input from developers and process owners.
- Participates in and contributes to all phases of system development, including requirements gathering, design, development, configuration, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Works with end-users, troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing production support, and collaborates with database administrators and programmers to apply patches.
Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Four (4) + years of experience working as a business systems analyst using JD Edwards.
- Strong knowledge of accounting functionalities, including AR, AP, GL, fixed assets.
- Fair knowledge of supply chain, order fulfillment, customer service, inventory, and warehouse management.
- Well-versed in configuration change management in a complex ERP environment.
- Ability to work well with team members in a collaborative fashion, fostering learning and knowledge sharing to complete projects, and equally able to work independently with limited supervision and project oversight.
- Experience working with complex global organizations, satisfying the needs of diverse users, and meeting competing and sometimes conflicting priorities.
Desired Skills
- Experienced user of standard desktop applications such as MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, email applications (Outlook, G-mail), various browsers (Edge, Chrome).
- Solid communication skills. Be able to present a knowledgeable and confident presence when communicating with clients and colleagues.
- Desired: Bilingual, preferably Italian and/or Spanish
- Desired: Light experience with international companies and related knowledge of tax localizations.
- Desired: Experience in Service Desk functions such as Service Desk, analysis & resolution.
- Useful: Other ERP experience (Oracle SaaS, Oracle E-biz or others) in a financials capacity.
- Occasional travel is required.
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What We Do
Gowan Company is a Yuma, AZ-based, family-owned company that has evolved into a global player in the agricultural input industry. Over 50 years ago, Jon Jessen began his venture working in the fields alongside farmers to help them identify, and solve pest problems that threatened to compromise the health of their crops and their livelihood.
Today, the Gowan Group employs over 950 employees globally with entities in 11 countries including France, Italy, Spain, UK, Canada, and Mexico. The company’s products and services include crop protection products (insecticides, fungicides, etc.) as well as seeds and fertilizers. Contract formulation, manufacturing, and warehousing are also included in the comprehensive suite of products and services provided by Gowan. Based on recent sales growth over the past 5 years, Phillips McDougall has cited Gowan Company as one of the fastest growing agrochemical companies in the world.
Gowan employees are proud to be a part of this family-owned tribe, working together towards a common goal. Weekly “happy half hour” celebrations on Friday, monthly company luncheons, profit-sharing bonuses, excellent benefits, and many other perks make Gowan a truly great place to work.
