Company Description

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals. With more than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Our brand promise - "when you need to be sure" - underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence. We proudly deliver our expert services through the SGS name and a portfolio of trusted specialized brands, including Applied Technical Services, Brightsight, Bluesign and Nutrasource.

Job Description

The Business Analyst - Cross Workstream Integration Lead for Record to Report & Financial Reporting, plays a critical role within Corporate IT, driving process excellence and seamless integrations across the R2R workstream. This position partners closely with BAs, SMEs, SEs, GPOs, and business stakeholders to ensure end‑to‑end process alignment.

In this role, you will be responsible for analysing and optimising R2R and Financial Reporting processes, defining system and integration requirements, and ensuring that solutions meet business needs. You will support design workshops, document functional specifications, guide configuration activities, and oversee cross‑workstream impacts to secure consistent process execution. The position also involves collaborating with technical teams to validate integrations, supporting testing cycles, and contributing to continuous improvement across ERP landscapes, particularly Oracle EBS and/or Oracle Fusion Cloud.

Responsibilities:

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with GPOs, Corporate, Regional, and Sub‑Regional teams to understand financial and R2R needs and ensure accurate ERP process mapping.
• Work with Finance and functional stakeholders to assess requirements, align with SGS standards, and translate needs into functional and technical specifications.

Solution Design

• Define technical designs for customizations, extensions, and integrations aligned with business processes and accounting requirements.
• Analyse complex issues and propose effective end‑to‑end solutions.

Integration

• Design and support integrations with third‑party systems and all processes impacting R2R and upstream modules.
• Ensure smooth alignment of all inputs feeding into R2R.

Software Development Oversight

• Oversee development activities to ensure compliance with quality, architecture, security, and performance standards.
• Review and validate deliverables against business and technical requirements.

Requirements Analysis & Documentation

• Analyse and document business and application requirements using agreed standards.
• Prepare epics, user stories, functional designs, acceptance criteria, and support test plan validation and UAT activities.

Technical Collaboration

• Work with technical teams to ensure clear understanding of specifications.
• Support training material creation and contribute to R2R knowledge documentation.

Demand Management

• Support demand analysis and maintain visibility over backlog items, improvements, changes, upgrades, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Assist with prioritization and impact assessments.

Service Support

• Provide functional support to Service Managers, clarifying service requests and ensuring solutions meet operational needs.

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