Senior Business System Analyst
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About the Role
Ayedh Dejem Group seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst to lead enterprise transformation from AS-IS to TO-BE design and execution. The role bridges strategy and implementation, managing Jira, dashboards, ERP/Yardi optimizations, and governance controls for a real estate development company.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the enterprise transformation program from AS IS to TO BE and ensure execution is measurable, governed, and time bound
- Translate transformation objectives into initiatives, roadmaps, workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and accountable owners
- Coordinate with business departments to ensure adoption of the approved transformation plan and remove execution bottlenecks
- Prepare weekly executive reports covering progress, delays, key risks, decisions required, and escalation items
- Lead structured workshops with business users, executives, IT, vendors, and consultants to elicit, validate, and prioritize requirements
- Prepare Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), System Requirement Documents, process specifications, and Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs)
- Conduct gap analysis and impact analysis across processes, systems, data, controls, roles, and organizational capabilities
- Document AS IS processes using six required dimensions: workflow, system, data source, responsible role, SLA/actual time, and issues
- Support the design of TO BE processes and Target Operating Model across multiple departments
- Convert transformation outputs, meeting decisions, system improvements, and change requests into Jira tasks with clear owners, due dates, priorities, status, and deliverables
- Lead the definition of business, system, data, and dashboard requirements for the management Control Tower
- Support Yardi and ERP improvement initiatives including requirements gathering, data mapping, workflow analysis, integration specifications, testing, and adoption
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Real Estate, Finance, or a related discipline
- Minimum 6–8 years of experience in business analysis, digital transformation, ERP implementation, process improvement, enterprise architecture, or enterprise transformation programs
- Practical experience in real estate, property management, asset management, finance operations, or shared services is preferred
- IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) required
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (minimum) or Black Belt (preferred)
- TOGAF or ArchiMate preferred
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or Jira certifications preferred
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About Us
- Ayedh Dejem Real Estate Development, part of the Ayedh Dejem Group, is a leading private enterprise headquartered in Jeddah, KSA.
- Specializing in acquisition, development, and management of properties, operating across KSA, UAE, Egypt, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Job Summary
- The Senior Business Systems Analyst will drive the organization’s enterprise transformation journey from AS IS assessment to TO BE design and execution.
- The role combines transformation leadership with advanced business systems analysis to ensure alignment of processes, systems, data, KPIs, controls, risks, and execution plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the enterprise transformation program from AS IS to TO BE and ensure execution is measurable, governed, and time bound.
- Translate transformation objectives into initiatives, roadmaps, workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and accountable owners.
- Coordinate with business departments to ensure adoption of the approved transformation plan and remove execution bottlenecks.
- Prepare weekly executive reports covering progress, delays, key risks, decisions required, and escalation items.
- Ensure that no process, system, or operational change is implemented outside the approved TO BE design and change governance process.
- Lead structured workshops with business users, executives, IT, vendors, and consultants to elicit, validate, and prioritize requirements.
- Prepare Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), System Requirement Documents, process specifications, and Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs).
- Ensure full traceability from business objectives to processes, systems, data, analytics, controls, and management insights.
- Conduct gap analysis and impact analysis across processes, systems, data, controls, roles, and organizational capabilities.
- Document AS IS processes using the six required dimensions: workflow, system, data source, responsible role, SLA/actual time, and issues.
- Support the design of TO BE processes and Target Operating Model across leasing, property management, asset management, facility management, finance, HR, procurement, IT, and legal operations.
- Define process ownership, RACI, approval points, control points, handoffs, and escalation paths.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Real Estate, Finance, or a related discipline.
Experience
- Minimum 6–8 years of experience in business analysis, digital transformation, ERP implementation, process improvement, enterprise architecture, or enterprise transformation programs.
- Practical experience in real estate, property management, asset management, finance operations, or shared services is preferred.
Certifications
- Required: IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
- Preferred / Highly Desirable: IIBA CCBA, PMI PBA, or EFQM Assessor
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (minimum) or Black Belt (preferred)
- TOGAF (Foundation or Practitioner) or ArchiMate
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or Jira certifications
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