Product/Business Analyst - Intercompany Profit Elimination (Hybrid - NJ, PA or Prague)

Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany - West Point, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - West Point, PA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Product/Business Analyst role within the IT group is designed to identify and deliver innovative business solutions that drive significant value for the organization. This position requires collaboration with Finance and IT teams to leverage advanced cloud-based solutions, transforming critical organizational functions and enhancing operational efficiency. The analyst will play a key role in modernizing workflows, accelerating project execution, and ensuring alignment between business needs and technological solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with global Finance and IT colleagues to accelerate the delivery of business solutions.
• Develop a deep understanding of Finance business processes, systems, and data related to financial close, consolidation, and external reporting.
• Explore and assess various technology solutions applicable to requirements.
• Participate in the technical implementation and support of key applications to ensure alignment between business needs and solutions.
• Evaluate new ideas and proposed methods for practicality and ease of implementation.
• Utilize open communication to acknowledge diverse thoughts and opinions.
• Independently solve problems that arise within job responsibilities and expectations.
• Share best practices, tools, and techniques across product teams.
• Partner with vendors to optimize solutions and enhance product capabilities for added value.
• Work within agile teams and contribute to common goals.

Requirements

• Bachelors in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience, with at least 5+ years of experience working with financial systems.
• Strong Data Analysis skills with knowledge of SAP FI/CO transactions and data engineering skills in a modern IT environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills including the ability to communicate with both a business and technical audience.
• Critical thinker who can effectively embrace new ideas and technologies while balancing the needs of stakeholders and users.
• Familiarity with web development (HTML, CSS, API, Javascript, etc.), and Data Modeling/Design, related AWS components.
• Demonstrable experience in contributing to design, build, and support of large scale IT solutions using modern technologies.
• Experience working on Agile teams and knowledge of Scrum framework.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Hana Database or Hana Studio.

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• Retirement benefits
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Sick days