Job Location: San Diego, CA
Kyocera International, Inc. has an opening for a Sr. Business Analyst in San Diego, California. If you have the experience noted below and want to work with an innovative team and great company, apply today! Kyocera International, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high-tech ceramics, semiconductor components and other products which are used in a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, industrial and semiconductor. Check out our profile video here!
We have an excellent benefit package, check out these PERKS:
- Competitive Pay, depending on experience
- 120 hours of vacation accrued per year to start (that’s 3 weeks/year for regular 8-hour shifts!)
- 10 Paid Holidays per year
- 401(k)
- 401(k) company match
- Pension
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition reimbursement
With nearly 80,000 employees globally, Kyocera is a leading manufacturer of high tech Ceramics which are used in a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, Medical applications, and semiconductor processing. You will find our innovative materials in everything from smart phones to space shuttles! We have a long tenured staff (many with over 30 years of service!) and a strong company mission. We also have a wonderful and robust corporate culture and philosophy based on the experiences and writings of our founder, Dr. Kazuo Inamori, which you can learn more about here!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Must communicate with senior management to understand their business requirements and goals as well as being able to convincingly recommend IT solutions.
- Gather, validate, and refine complex business requirements to understand strengths, weaknesses into IT functional and technical specifications.
- Identify opportunities to automate processes and functions to simplify and enhance the user experience.
- Leverage internal business intelligent tools to deliver data-driven recommendations, reports, findings, and presentations to internal stakeholders.
- Enable decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format.
- Create key performance indicators and new methodologies for process improvement.
- Analyze existing metrics for trends and where necessary create new metrics.
- Stay up to date on the latest process and technology advancements to automate and modernize systems.
- Active participation during system developing and testing phases.
- Develop test plans and coordinate/perform software or/and applications testing.
- Encourage and facilitate communication with the stakeholders, business units, development teams, testing teams and the IT organization.
- Assist Project Managers on developing project plans.
- Determine feasibility, cost/benefit analysis and technical viability.
- Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.
REQUIREMENTS
- Background in analyzing and developing insights from data by using SQL, analytics, and business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, Looker).
- Experience using Analysis techniques, such as, SWOT, MOST, BPM, CATWOE, MoSCoW, etc.
- Solid knowledge of Agile Methodologies.
- Detailed oriented with strong analytic, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Able to lead business and requirements analysis phases for solution development
- Discovery, scope definition, business analysis plan, detailed requirements, implementation, testing, communication, etc.
- Should possess solid expertise and business acumen as well as a good understanding of the IT organization’s systems and capabilities.
- Ability to work well under pressure to handle multiple priorities
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
- Obsessed with quality, operational excellence, and supporting the business users
- Experience building custom reports and analytics to support the direction of the business
- Experience providing recommendations based on results of the analysis performed
- Experience with business intelligence and data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI).
- Experience performing root cause analysis to uncover issues using data and reports
- Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems and databases
- Experience working in large data warehouse environments
- Experience taking a leading role in building a complex software system
- Understanding of corporate audit programs (such as SOX) and ensuring system and procedure experience a plus.
- Experience developing custom SQL to pull data to derive insights to be used to influence business decisions (a plus)
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in STEM, Finance, Business, Technology, or a similar discipline with analytical bias.
- 3+ years of relevant work experience as a business analyst, financial analyst, or similar position requiring analysis.
- 2+ years of experience in data analytics while interpreting and communicating analytics.
- Business Analysis Certifications (CALBA, CELBA) is preferred.
- 2+ years of experience with SAP (a plus).
- 2+ years of experience writing SQL (a plus).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to simplify complex topics for broad audiences, both business and technical teams.
- Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/undefined problems.
- Demonstrated ability to manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas.
- Demonstrated track record of creative problem solving; thinks big, starts small, grows fast.
- Capable of taking responsibility for an initiative and working with minimal direction
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The above statements are intended to describe the work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The duties and responsibilities of this position are subject to change and other duties may be assigned or removed at any time. This position may require exposure to information subject to US export control regulations, i.e. the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Kyocera International, Inc. values diversity in its workforce, and is proud to be an AAP/EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Kyocera International, Inc.’s Human Resources team directly. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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