Lead IT Business Partner (Finance) - Novelis North America HQ

Company Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

The Information Technology team, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking an IT Business Systems Analyst. The Business Systems Analyst will develop effective working relationships with business partners and technical experts to provide consultation, analysis, and insights to drive development and deployment of best practices, process improvements, systems and reporting solutions which deliver improved performance, cost-savings, and top results throughout the enterprise.

This role must understand business processes holistically, gather requirements and analyze data across the business value stream, transform it into a manageable form, and deliver an action plan by priority to the process owners for execution.

In support of smaller projects and day-to-day business engagement, the analyst coordinates the various resources, tasks, and timing, handles direct communication to end users, and assists with ongoing improvement initiatives across existing applications.

Responsibilities

• Should be well versed with the Business analyst role and responsibilities, understanding BRD, FRD writing and engaging in E2E implementation on large ERP projects.
• Support Novelis North America IT business engagement activities. Identifies and aligns IT enablers to support business initiatives and provides input to project roadmap and project prioritization process.
• Collects requirements, coordinates work from technical resources, contributes to the technical design, using creative-thinking expertise and solution prototypes.
• Develop, configure, and present alternative solutions. Can build data-derived, but simplified models that can solve complex problems and can provide recommended solutions.
• Details information systems projects status, including functional and non-functional requirements, use cases, data dictionaries, crosswalks, design specifications, test plans and scripts, etc. and performs quality control and facilitates user acceptance testing.
• Builds and delivers correspondence, presentations, and other materials for end user training
• Proactive self-starter that is highly effective both when working independently, and on a team of intelligent and driven professionals.
• Adhere to governance of protocol for IT engagements, prioritization of work, maintenance of portfolio and resource alignment. Adhere to established Agile and hybrid methodologies.

Minimum qualifications

• BS or BA in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or related fields.
• Must have minimum 5-7 years of ERP functional and configuration experience and IT related project methodologies and life cycles
• Must have detailed knowledge and understanding of business principles, concepts and terminology in Finance, Logistics, Industrial Operations, and Supply Chain processes.
• Process driven analytical and critical thinking skills. Use of data analytics, and the ability to problem-solve and implement innovative, data-driven solutions.
• Proficiency in performing data retrieval, input, and/or general use of SAP, Power BI, Power Apps or Other Business Warehouse software. Able to actively learn new data management systems quickly and perform with limited guidance.

Preferred qualifications

• An MBA or equivalent business graduate degree is preferred.
• Manufacturing industry experience, “process manufacturing” along with Material Resource Planning (MRP) experience (production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system), preferred.

What We Offer:

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs

This role offers a hybrid schedule. Our hybrid approach is designed to foster employee work-life balance and powers connection, collaboration, and a sense of community among our teams.

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Novelis’ Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis’ North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information: 

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