Senior System Analyst

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Systems Analyst and contribute to delivering compassionate, high-quality care through academic medicine by utilizing Lawson Material Management applications, analyzing business needs, developing scripts for interfaces between systems, and maintaining a deep understanding of Lawson Vendor, Item, EDI setup, and maintenance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a related area (e.g., IS, Supply Chain/Materials Management, Accounts Payable, etc.)
• Experience with Information Systems and Supply Chain/Materials Management is preferred
• Expertise in MS Access, Excel, and Word
• Basic knowledge of SQL server and File Transfer Protocol
• Experience with Crystal Reports or Report Writer preferred
• Comprehensive knowledge of ERP related systems or Material Management applications
• Knowledge of standard office computer systems
• Knowledge of standard office desktop client software such as Microsoft Office
• Must have excellent Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking skills
• Must demonstrate flexibility

Responsibilities

• Monitor and research system capabilities for ongoing improvement/enhancement possibilities to the AP/MM Departments
• Meet with proper parties to develop tools to meet their needs
• Review and update MM & Procure-to-Pay Work-flows to best support the needs of the Department
• Monitor interaction of related systems (AP and MM) to determine most efficient use
• Utilizes FTP server
• Understands and assists with Electronic Data Interface (EDI) issues, setups and testing. Contact and work with vendors and GHX
• Review all jobs associated with EDI are completed
• Track and reports EDI errors; support AP with EDI issues
• Maintains the Vendor Master files. Creates & revises inventory PAR locations, as required
• Maintains miscellaneous files/tables in Lawson
• Interfaces, & Processing Scripts. Develop interfaces between various systems; monitor and maintain interfaces appropriately
• Evaluates, test, implements system upgrades, enhancements, and updates in Lawson test environment
• Write/develop and maintain interfaces and processing scripts as necessary to automate file exchanges. Interfaces and scripts need to have fail safe control points, failure notifications and data error identification
• Write/develop automate scripts for job processing activities
• Write code to run jobs and exchange data on various UPHS servers, write code to schedule jobs directly from servers
• Reports Creates, maintains and revises Supply Chain Solutions performance dashboard
• Develop and create new reports to analyze data
• Assist with the archiving of reports and data
• Develop reports to monitor and ensure accuracy of data coming in and out of Lawson (including EDI transmissions)
• Other Download reports and format them as requested