Lead Business Analyst, Japanese Proficiency
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Lead Business Analyst delivering Power BI procurement and finance analytics solutions. Leading requirements, UAT, governance, and stakeholder alignment across business and technology teams.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to drive data-driven decision making, process optimization, and successful analytics solution delivery
- Lead requirements elicitation workshops and discovery sessions with procurement leaders, category managers, finance controllers, IT teams, and data owners
- Analyze and document current-state and future-state business processes
- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives within the procurement function
- Facilitate alignment between business and technical stakeholders
- Act as the primary liaison between business users, project teams, and technical delivery teams
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications for Power BI dashboards and analytics solutions
- Define data model expectations, calculation logic, KPIs, business rules, visualizations, user stories, and interaction requirements
- Produce and maintain BRDs, functional specifications, process maps, data mapping documents, and related project documentation
- Review solution designs for alignment with business objectives and requirements
- Support the Project Manager with project delivery, scope definition, effort estimation, dependency management, and milestone tracking
- Track and manage requirements-related issues, assumptions, risks, decisions, and dependencies through RAID and Decision Logs
- Communicate project plans, status updates, risks, and issues across governance forums and stakeholder groups
- Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing, including test planning, defect management, and stakeholder sign-off
- Support deployment and implementation activities
- Prepare training materials, user guides, and knowledge-transfer documentation
- Provide hypercare and post-go-live support
- Mentor junior and mid-level business analysts
- Promote business analysis best practices and drive continuous improvement in processes, standards, and delivery frameworks
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst
- At least 1 year of experience in a lead or senior business analysis capacity
- Proven experience delivering business intelligence, reporting, analytics, or dashboard projects
- Demonstrated success in requirements elicitation, business process analysis, and stakeholder management
- Experience producing BRDs, functional specifications, process documentation, and data mapping artifacts
- Hands-on involvement in Power BI implementation projects, including requirements definition, dashboard design, data model reviews, and UAT facilitation
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Fluent written and spoken Japanese, with the ability to facilitate business discussions and documentation in both languages
- Strong understanding of Power BI, including data modeling and star schema concepts, DAX measures and calculations, Row-Level Security (RLS), incremental refresh, and dashboard/report design best practices
- Knowledge of Azure-based data platforms and modern analytics architectures
- Understanding of data integration, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing concepts
- Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills
- Strong prioritization, organizational, and time-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
- Experience working across cross-functional and cross-cultural teams
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivery excellence
- Preferred: experience in spend analysis, spend classification, spend categorization, and procurement analytics
- Preferred: experience with ERP and procurement platforms such as SAP MM, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle Procurement, or similar solutions
- Understanding of procurement data structures, including purchase orders, invoices, contracts, goods receipts, supplier master data, and material/service classifications
- Familiarity with spend classification frameworks such as UNSPSC, eClass, and custom procurement taxonomies
- Preferred: experience supporting digital transformation, reporting modernization, or procurement optimization initiatives
Benefits:
- No benefits or compensation extras specified in the posting
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