Title: Senior Business Analyst, Digital Ad Sales
Location: New York City
Permanent
Salary: unspecified
Travel: n/a
Contact: Email resumes to Natasha.Capozzi@mtvstaff.com

Required Skills:
JOB SKILLS: Exceptional communication skills – written, presentation skills, etc. Exceptional client handling skills – able to work with all levels of staff within Digital Ad Sales Proven ability to support Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and Change Management Demonstrated ability to deliver business-oriented solutions, across a portfolio of projects Strong knowledge about systems and the software development lifecycle General Project Management skills including familiarity with project scheduling and tracking documents Ability to apply the following tools in project management tasks and high level business modeling: MS Excel, MS Project, MS Access, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint. Strong knowledge of Digital Ad Sales, preferably from the publisher perspective preferred

EXPERIENCE: 4+ years in Business Analysis BPR/Change Management Experience with all the major phases of system development - General Project Management - Business requirements - Detail design - Coding - Integration - Testing - Training - Rollout - Ongoing user support and maintenance

Experience working at one of the major consultancies/System Integration firms in a BPR/change management role (nice to have)

Experience and industry specific knowledge related to Digital Ad Sales and our systems: Solbright, DART, Rapt, Operative (nice to have)

Experience with business intelligence implementations (nice to have)

Education:
Bachelors Degree (required)

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Senior Business Analyst ensures that the Digital Ad Sales team for MTV Networks is well supported with information systems. The primary goal of this individual will be to understand business and system processes for Digital Ad Sales and other integrated business units. This individual will be part of a team that bridges the gap between the business users and the Application Development team responsible for building and maintaining Digital Ad Sales systems. The Digital Ad Sales systems application suite spans CRM (lead management and opportunity tracking), order management, inventory management, product development, trafficking and delivery, billing and collections, and reporting and analysis. Specifically, this business analyst will:

Work with Digital Ad Sales to define the vision and document business requirements for large and small projects Obtain “sign off” from the business and help kick-off new projects Support project roll-outs: acceptance testing, training, documentation, user hand holding, etc. Stay aware of business initiatives and address potential impacts to systems/operations (e.g. site acquisitions, mergers, new business required enhancements, etc.)

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
*Supports Manager in planning and managing new and enhanced system projects for the Digital Ad Sales business unit
*Help the business define scope and priorities for system initiatives (new projects and ongoing maintenance)
*Research, design, and document processes and systems for the enhancement, development, and maintenance of business and systems operations *Design and prepare project plans for new and existing systems and / or business processes including the development of business requirements. *Support all rollout activities that are critical for making projects successful – business training, documentation, user hand holding, etc.

* Identifies and resolves problems which may impact projects by monitoring progress and project status. Escalates important issues to the attention of the Manager so that decisions can be made promptly.

*Act as a liaison between IS&T Applications Development and the business community
*Proposed recommended improvements to Digital Ad Sales and IS&T Management.
*Works closely with business users to ensure implementation activities are in alignment with business strategy and objectives

*Fosters collaboration among IS&T Business Partners to keep them informed of related projects and other IS&T development requests

EOE/M/F/D/AAP

Please send resumes to Natasha.Capozzi@mtvstaff.com

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