AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

The Global Data Office (GDO) sits within Global Business Services (GBS), a function providing value to the business by simplifying the way work is done and reducing the complexity that often gets in the way of our scientists and commercial leaders who are targeting to develop and deliver life changing medicines to 200 million patients by 2025.  The GDO provides Finance data governance and assurance functions alongside finance data management services.  The GDO vision is to be a collaborative, trusted, innovative and value led enterprise-level master data function enabling process excellence & timely decision making.  Data is now at the heart of everything we do, and what we record, consume and report is growing vastly. Driving value through how this data is created, consumed and provides insights will give us a competitive advantage while ensuring compliance and control.  The GDO has ambitious plans to transform the data management service provision for our current scope (Finance, Vendor & Customer Master Data) and to expand our services to other areas.

As part of this, a Programme of work has been initiated to harmonize and simplify our Customer and Vendor master data globally, across our regional ERP systems, ensuring we have consistent tools and processes used to create, maintain and master this data centrally.  The Business Analyst role will sit within the programme and will report to the Vendor and Customer solution leads.  Responsibilities will include collating and documenting business requirements through workshops, ensuring the documentation aligns to AstraZeneca’s ADF (Adaptive Delivery Framework). You will also be responsible for documenting design across process, data and system.  SAP & MDG expertise/background would be preferred to help in establishing harmonised data structures and preparing functional/technical system specifications.  There may also be a need to support with Testing/Training documentation as we progress through the project lifecycle.

Initially this role will be a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. 

Join AstraZeneca as a Business Analyst at our Cambridge HQ and this role will put you at the heart of building Data processes, governance and tools that will grow and flex as AstraZeneca grows. Ultimately data feeds all of the core business processes across the company so the data team is pivotal to success.   

Put simply, it’s an opportunity to make your skills count as part of a world-leading pharmaceutical company.

Your new role!

• Collaborative working with multiple stakeholder groups in the documentation of:

• Data Design (‘to be’ data model and how we map ‘as is’ into this)

• System design (for both the user interface and the master data management system)

• Process design 

• Support the development of Standard Operating Procedures reflecting To Be accountabilities

• Conduct data analysis of existing SAP systems to inform as-is & to-be change management approach

• Work across the project to ensure design is reflected in the business change plan

• Support development of workshops with relevant stakeholders across both IT and Business and document business requirements across system (functional and non-functional), data, security, service and reporting requirements.  Take a lead on completing post workshop documentation and development of action plans

• Documentation of test scripts.

• Contribute to analysis of both vendor and customer data & provide support to data workstreams as required

• Contribute to the development of training & communications material as appropriate

Your essential qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Strong education background (University Degree Level).

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

• Strong data analysis and profiling skills

• Proven track record of being able to distil down and simplify complex topics into concise requirements and design documentation for review.

• Experience of working on large change programmes, across multiple stakeholder groups.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills.

• SAP & MDG expertise strongly preferred.

Your desirable qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context

• Knowledge of Finance, Customer and Vendor master data management systems, processes, data structures and principles.

• Experience of writing functional/technical design specifications.

Competitive rates of pay apply

Opening date: 19th Aug

Closing date: 3rd Sept

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.