Description

MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, a leading US publisher of Trade and Academic titles, has a job opening for an Integrations Business Analyst (Contractor) in our Gordonsville facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and, fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America.

MPS is looking for an Integrations Business Analyst (Contractor) specializing in documenting integrations. They will play a crucial role in bridging the technical and business aspects of software integration projects. They are responsible for analyzing, documenting, and facilitating communication between various stakeholders to ensure the seamless integration of different systems or software applications. This role involves a deep understanding of both the business requirements and the technical capabilities of the systems involved. Here’s a detailed job description:

Key Responsibilities:1. Requirement Gathering:

• Elicit and collect integration requirements from business stakeholders.

• Conduct meetings and workshops with stakeholders to understand business processes and integration needs.

2. Documentation:

• Create detailed documentation of business requirements, including integration points, data mappings, workflows, and system interfaces.

• Develop and maintain technical specifications, integration guides, and process documentation.

3. Analysis:

• Analyze and model the current state of data, workflows, and processes to understand integration impact.

• Identify opportunities for improving or streamlining business processes through integration.

4. Stakeholder Management:

• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including project team members, management, vendors, and other relevant parties.

• Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.

Skills and Qualifications:• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, preferably with a focus on software integration projects.• Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand complex workflows and data.• Excellent documentation skills, with experience creating technical specifications, diagrams, and process maps.• Good knowledge of integration technologies and standards (e.g., APIs, EDI, Web Services).• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This position is available fully remotely. This candidate would be onboarded through Headway.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender Identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of MPS.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well