Senior Business Analyst

Parexel is hiring a Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst to work within the Business Operations area to drive the analysis work on our strategic and operational efforts within Launch Excellence. The role works with the Business Operations Management, Launch Excellence contributors, and Project Resourcing team to create analytic reviews, reporting and operational assessments.

The Senior Business Analyst will also assist the function in optimizing operational and technical strategies; and to support business solutions for current and future state needs. This will include working with Senior-level rolls within Launch Excellence and Functional SBUs.

Key Accountabilities:

Accountability

Supporting Activities

Analytic Management and Metric Reporting

• Create data reporting (i.e., dashboards) and provide metrics and reporting in collaboration with Launch Excellence contributors to keep projects on schedule to meet key milestones and performance measures
• Deliver, analyze, and provide insight on operational performance metrics; to support yield of higher outputs and productivity in alignment with quality standards
• Create templates / tools to support delivery teams with management of critical path activities

Business Process Analysis and Improvement

• Applies and monitors the use of analysis tools, methods and standards, giving special consideration to business perspectives
• Collaborates with Launch Excellence contributors at all levels, to confirm business requirements and specifications
• Supports business case development for process improvements and operational efficiencies

General Operations and Initiatives

• Maintain a working knowledge of, and assure compliance with, applicable Parexel SOPs, Systems and Operational delivery alignment
• Participate in departmental meetings and initiatives, and maintain relationships with other departments as necessary
• Complete routine administrative tasks in a timely manner (e.g., timesheets, training, travel expense claims). Ensure compliance with corporate and departmental guidelines where appropriate

Skills:

• Strategic thinking skills that support the ability to create a sense of urgency and take a proactive, solutions-based approach
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; able to define and resolve issues in a variety of complex situations
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to successfully manage a full workload across multiple and varied projects/tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Visio, Power Point, and Word
• Experience with typical tools used business for analysis JIRA, Azure, Spotfire, Power BI, SQL
• Familiarity with standard business and eClinical systems used in Clinical Research such as CTMS, and TMF

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience in large enterprise systems with rich business analysis and requirements gathering specific to complex integrated systems
• Experience in conducting business requirements and development of analytic reporting standards, preferably dashboards
• Fluent in written and oral English and local language
• Experience developing analytic reporting and dashboards 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree level in scientific or business discipline; advanced degree preferred