Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst

Job Posting Organization:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization established in 1944 with the mission to promote global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. The IMF has a diverse workforce of over 2,700 employees from more than 150 countries, working in various capacities to support its mission. The organization operates in multiple countries and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Job Overview:
The position of Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst within the ITD Finance and Human Capital Management Unit at the IMF is crucial for supporting the ERP financial applications that are integral to the Fund’s corporate finance and capacity development processes. The selected candidate will engage with both business and technology stakeholders to define requirements, analyze existing processes, and support enhancements to applications. This role also involves coordinating testing efforts and contributing to modernization initiatives, particularly in the context of integrating AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise processes. The candidate must possess a strong background in ERP business analysis, particularly with PeopleSoft Financials or similar ERP platforms, and demonstrate the ability to work effectively across various stakeholder groups, including business, technology, governance, and vendors.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities of the Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst include: 1) Eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business and functional requirements for ERP application enhancements. 2) Developing process flows, business rules, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability, and related delivery artifacts. 3) Assessing business needs, functional gaps, dependencies, risks, and operational impacts to support enhancement prioritization and solution decisions. 4) Supporting system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, including test scenarios, defect triage, and business validation. 5) Coordinating release-readiness activities, including approvals, deployment planning, communications, documentation, and post-implementation support. 6) Collaborating with product owners, platform teams, architects, vendors, and business stakeholders to align solutions with approved requirements and enterprise standards. 7) Supporting Statements of Work, service-provider coordination, and vendor deliverables within the scope of assigned business analysis activities. 8) Identifying opportunities to improve ERP-enabled processes through configuration, reporting, workflow optimization, automation, analytics, or appropriately governed AI-assisted capabilities. 9) Assessing AI-enabled use cases for business value, data readiness, privacy, security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">security, risk, controls, and human oversight. 10) Validating AI-generated outputs and process results against authoritative sources, approved business rules, and expected outcomes, escalating material limitations or risks as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
The minimum qualifications for this position include an advanced university degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration, finance, or a related field, along with a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience. Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience is acceptable. Candidates must demonstrate business analysis experience supporting ERP financial or enterprise administrative applications, and hands-on experience with PeopleSoft Financials or a comparable enterprise ERP financials platform such as Oracle Fusion ERP, SAP, or Workday. A strong understanding of financial management or related corporate business processes is essential, along with the ability to translate process needs into ERP requirements and delivery artifacts. Proven ability to develop clear requirements, functional specifications, process documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability artifacts for ERP enhancements is also required.

Educational Background:
Candidates must possess an advanced university degree in a relevant field such as computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration, finance, or a related discipline. A bachelor’s degree in a related field is acceptable if accompanied by significant professional experience in the relevant area.

Experience:
The position requires a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience for candidates with an advanced degree, or a minimum of ten years for those with a bachelor’s degree. Candidates should have demonstrated experience in business analysis, particularly in supporting ERP financial or enterprise administrative applications, and should be familiar with the processes involved in ERP enhancement delivery, including intake, analysis, prioritization, testing, release readiness, deployment validation, and post-production support.

Languages:
While the job description does not specify mandatory languages, proficiency in English is likely essential given the international nature of the IMF and its operations. Additional language skills may be considered advantageous but are not explicitly stated as requirements.

Additional Notes:
The position is a contractual role within the IMF's ITDAI FH Information Technology Department, specifically in the Digital Finance and Human Resource Unit. The job level is classified as A11, A12, indicating a mid to senior level of responsibility. The IMF emphasizes a non-discriminatory hiring process and welcomes requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.