Below are the 4 Business Analysts, 4 Systems Analysts and 4 Data Analysts with MS Dynamics and other systems expertise. The Thor Group® provides SME’s, project managers, functional consultants, developers, & MS Dynamics software implementation specialists on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a business analyst who is experienced in construction, aviation and electronics industries, as well as knowledgeable in MS Dynamics AX and MS Dynamics GP pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes MS Dynamics AX, MS Dynamics GP, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB (.NET), XML and COM+. The individual has several years of IT Industry experience in areas of business requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, configuration, testing, and implementation support.

Major responsibilities of this business analyst included installing and configuring MS Dynamics AX software on physical and virtual environments, as well as providing expert guidance on CRM reporting and dashboard functions to provide business Intelligence data. Key roles covered creating ad-hoc, parameterizing, drill down and cascading parameterized reports in SSRS. Creating side by side reports and parameterizing reports in SSRS, in addition to writing expressions to execute complex reporting requirements were positive experiences brought to the business table. This individual handled implementation, system administration, end user training, and day to day technical support of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for 70 users in six business groups across 3 continents.

The job covered working on MS Dynamics AX development of material automation replacement and quality clause functionality, in addition to writing Query for generating drill down reports, standard, ad-hoc and parameterized reports in SSRS. Tasks consisted of creating and configuring OLAP Cubes (Star Schema and Snow flake Schema) using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). An additional function involved utilizing the complete set of AIF Web Services to read sales order, workflow status, SSRS Reports from AX and displaying in the Windows 8 Application. The pre and post go live support activities were carried out.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a business analyst with work background in a children’s hospital, as well as skilled in MS Dynamics NAV, Lawson-Infor and Sage MAS 90? Technical skills cover MS Dynamics NAV, Lawson-Infor, Sage MAS 90 and Visual Studio. This individual obtained certifications in MS Navision and ITIL.

While working for a children’s hospital, main functions of this business analyst involved supporting around 200 users with their day to day problems in Navision ERP (Classic Client/RTC), as well as planning, design, development and deployment of customization as required by the customers. This individual handled the Navision configuration (posting groups, dimension setups, COA, GL setup, purchasing & payables setup and payment terms). Duties involved inventory setup, master data, assigning roles and menus, along with training new Navision hires. Other roles covered developing sophisticated research fund accounting/payroll reports in Lawson, Oracle Database and Crystal.

Notable tasks included SQL reporting SSRS as needed by the management and managing projects. Navision data conversion to Lawson was completed, in addition to changing SSIS packages for new pay codes in payroll. Third party vendors were also managed.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this business analyst who worked in IT and business services industries, as well as proficient in MS Dynamics GP, MS Dynamics AX and MS Dynamics CRM? Technical competencies involve MS Dynamics GP, MS Dynamics AX, MS Dynamics CRM, JD Edwards and BPCS. Educational background includes MBA (Finance), Master’s in Science, Bachelor’s in Science and Advance Diploma in Database (.NET). The specialist has received certification in Advanced Accounting.

Important contributions of this business analyst included performing functional implementation of MS Dynamics Great Plains (GP) Financial (GL), analytical accounting, bank reconciliation (BR), cash flow management, multicurrency management (MICR) and project accounting. Sales order processing, accounts receivable (AR), purchase order processing, accounts payable (AP), manufacturing, planning, job order costing, inventory management and electronic funds transfer (EFT) were also carried out. The job entailed field service management, depot management, collection management, grant management, intercompany processing, HR, payroll management, fixed asset management and providing analysis cubes for business domains. Services were provided to the clients remotely. In-depth experience on job costing in GP and project planning was also applied.

This specialist applied experience on different businesses ranging from construction to pharma and electrical/electronic-based companies. SDLC models were followed. Knowledge of WennSoft product and integration with GP was applied. Optimizing and maintaining security tasks and roles in MS Dynamics Great Plains (GP) were skills brought to the table. Functions involved suggesting and designing the chart of accounts for clients on Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, along with performing MS Dynamics Great Plains implementation for a wide range of businesses ranging from manufacturing to transportation/courier to retail businesses.

What can a business analyst with work background in software, consumer goods and mining industries, as well as specialization in MS Dynamics AX bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve MS Dynamics AX, Shop Floor Reporting System, HTML and JavaScript. Educational attainment includes Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems.

Working with areas such as creating both BRD/FRD and working closely with offshore developers for customizations to the Sales module, Production Control module in MS Dynamics AX 2012 and Dynamics AX 7 for different business industries were some of the responsibilities of this business analyst. Duties covered performing demonstration of various modules in AX to end user clients and explaining features/functionalities along with configuration settings. Providing Dynamics AX dedicated help desk support cases for end user clients (for AX 2009, AX 2012 and AX 7 issues on various modules) was also done. Marketing efforts were supported through publishing blogs and creating video blogs about various topics in AX 2012 and AX7 (Demand Forecasting, Production Scheduling, Master Planning).

Functions in another job consisted of working as a key member of a team responsible for the global roll-out of Dynamics AX. Countries already live included Japan, Singapore, India, Russia, UK and several other European countries. Since the merger in the company, this individual worked with global IT, business excellence team and external/internal partners to re-engineer business processes and design strategy, development and execution of AX implementation for 4 full life cycle projects.

What can a senior systems analyst with work background in biotechnology, technology and business services industries, as well as specialization in MS Dynamics NAV, ADP Workforce, and QuickBooks Enterprise bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve MS Dynamics NAV, ADP Workforce, QuickBooks Enterprise and JIRA. Educational attainment includes MS Civil Engineering/Applied Mathematics. This individual obtained a certificate in Navision Payroll Implementation.

Working with areas such as partnering with the development engineers along with operations management to evaluate systems performance and propose improvements to advance quality in financial processes was one of the responsibilities of this senior systems analyst. Leading the successful delivery of operational improvement engagements and assessing functional gaps between existing or proposed systems and business process requirements were part of the duties. This individual was a key influencer in defining payroll, tax, Medicaid billing and accounting requirements, as well as selecting tools and bringing solutions to deliver desired system capabilities for new contracts. Working with multiple stakeholders/product owners was done to satisfy everyone’s needs with proposed solutions.

Other functions involved coordinating and supervising the work between onsite and offshore development teams, along with leading the scrum teams of tax accountants and developers working on projects across the organization. The job covered enabling project teams to self-manage, helping with removing impediments, coordinating activities across agile teams, as well as building a culture of openness and collaboration. Managing sprint reviews, scrum ceremonies and backlog was done to satisfy project requirements. An additional task involved serving as technical project manager within the engineering team and company financial products and initiatives.

Does a business analyst who is experienced in construction, aviation and electronics industries, as well as knowledgeable in MS Dynamics AX and MS Dynamics GP pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes MS Dynamics AX, MS Dynamics GP, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB (.NET), XML and COM+. The individual has several years of IT Industry experience in areas of business requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, configuration, testing, and implementation support.

Major responsibilities of this business analyst included installing and configuring MS Dynamics AX software on physical and virtual environments, as well as providing expert guidance on CRM reporting and dashboard functions to provide business Intelligence data. Key roles covered creating ad-hoc, parameterizing, drill down and cascading parameterized reports in SSRS. Creating side by side reports and parameterizing reports in SSRS, in addition to writing expressions to execute complex reporting requirements were positive experiences brought to the business table. This individual handled implementation, system administration, end user training, and day to day technical support of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for 70 users in six business groups across 3 continents.

The job covered working on MS Dynamics AX development of material automation replacement and quality clause functionality, in addition to writing Query for generating drill down reports, standard, ad-hoc and parameterized reports in SSRS. Tasks consisted of creating and configuring OLAP Cubes (Star Schema and Snow flake Schema) using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). An additional function involved utilizing the complete set of AIF Web Services to read sales order, workflow status, SSRS Reports from AX and displaying in the Windows 8 Application. The pre and post go live support activities were carried out.

What opportunities can hiring a senior business systems analyst who has experience in manufacturing and professional services industries give your organization? Systems experience includes Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SQL and Salesforce. The individual is pursuing B.S. in Computer Information Systems.

While with a professional solutions provider, this senior systems analyst had first successful CRM system implemented after three previous failed attempts from previous CRM vendors. In addition to launching kick-off meetings, the job required forming business working teams and facilitating meetings with 16 enterprise-wide business teams. Detailed analysis and cross-functional workflows (current/ future state) were performed and documented for all business processes, data, systems, and applications for sales, recruiting, marketing, contracts management, claims, billing, finance, commissions, contracts, and payroll. Part of the job was working with business managers to standardize and streamline KPI’s across the sales organization and to implement policies/ procedures around leads or opportunities. The individual assumed three various roles throughout the project in addition to working as lead business systems analyst: data modeler, product owner, and project manager.

The specialist was part of daily Scrum team that created and delivered Agile requirements, such as epics, story maps, user stories, and wireframes. Other tasks were managing and grooming the backlog: splitting user stories, managing requirement changes, along with managing problems, issues, outcomes; impacting to project; preparing alternative solutions and recommending a solution. The job called for integrating MS Dynamics Great Plains with new CRM, as well as documenting user requirements and developing specifications for customization of the GP ERP system.

What can a business analyst with work background in software, consumer goods and mining industries, as well as specialization in MS Dynamics AX bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve MS Dynamics AX, Shop Floor Reporting System, HTML and JavaScript. Educational attainment includes Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems.

Working with areas such as creating both BRD/FRD and working closely with offshore developers for customizations to the Sales module, Production Control module in MS Dynamics AX 2012 and Dynamics AX 7 for different business industries were some of the responsibilities of this business analyst. Duties covered performing demonstration of various modules in AX to end user clients and explaining features/functionalities along with configuration settings. Providing Dynamics AX dedicated help desk support cases for end user clients (for AX 2009, AX 2012 and AX 7 issues on various modules) was also done. Marketing efforts were supported through publishing blogs and creating video blogs about various topics in AX 2012 and AX7 (Demand Forecasting, Production Scheduling, Master Planning).

Functions in another job consisted of working as a key member of a team responsible for the global roll-out of Dynamics AX. Countries already live included Japan, Singapore, India, Russia, UK and several other European countries. Since the merger in the company, this individual worked with global IT, business excellence team and external/internal partners to re-engineer business processes and design strategy, development and execution of AX implementation for 4 full life cycle projects.

Could your organization use a data analyst who is experienced in business services and agriculture industries, as well as proficient in MS Dynamics AX, Oracle and SAP R/3? Technical proficiencies cover MS Dynamics AX, Oracle, SAP R/3, SAP Material Management, SQL and MiniTab. Educational attainment includes Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (major in Logistics & Supply Chain Management) and Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (major in Design & Manufacturing). This individual obtained certifications in Six Sigma Green Belt and Master Course in Tableau.

Primary tasks of this data analyst included doing criticality matrix development for supply chain risk assessment and development priorities for low spend supply base. The Agile methodology was managed by analyzing business requirements and understanding the functional workflow of information from source systems to destination systems; the work was completed through Sprints. Developing and building upon a predictive risk evaluation tool for application through the supply chain base were some of the key roles. Learning and understanding a method of grading and prioritizing supplier development needs based on the risk index were carried out. Improving the PPAP internal process control was done to resolve incorrect rev, expired interim approval and incomplete records issue.

Contributions involved summarizing specific areas of development needed for suppliers falling within the upper quartiles of the criticality matrix, along with automating the capacity model generation and report automation with VBA scripting, SQL and MS Access. This individual leveraged SQL programming to pull categorized data from ORACLE database for auditing and ad-hoc reporting.

What can a data analyst with work background in security, financial services and oil/energy industries, as well as specialization in MS Dynamics NAV, NetSuite and JD Edwards OneWorld bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve MS Dynamics NAV, NetSuite, QuickBooks, JD Edwards World, JD Edwards OneWorld, Essbase Global Sales Database and Contract Compliance Service (CCS) Software. Educational background includes Bachelor of Arts in Accounting.

Working with areas such as preparing revenue analysis reports for management to determine business processes and forecasting sales trends for various segments of the business were some of the skills brought to the table by this data analyst. Working closely with sales management was done to analyze individual sales reps and the overall sales team productivity based upon total recurring revenue being produced and units installed. Tasks involved rolling forward monthly financial flash reports and KPIs for all areas of the business, along with populating all actuals each month. Preparing the ops presentations and slides for monthly board meetings with private equity firm was also handled.

Responsibilities consisted of assisting the CFO, controller and private equity financial directory in preparing annual project, as well as 3- year forecast, in addition to providing extensive reporting surrounding historical trends and using forecasting methods to project future financial budgets. One of the tasks involved working with the production manager to ensure all inventory items being assembled into fixed assets were tracked in the Fixed Asset system (FAS) and depreciated monthly within FAS. Also, booking additions, disposals and depreciation entries to the GL each month and reconciling GL to FAS to ensure all assets were accounted for each month were part of the job.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this data analyst who worked in construction, financial services and automotive industries, as well as proficient in MS Dynamics GP? Technical competencies involve MS Dynamics GP, SQL Server, .NET, C#.NET and Microsoft C++.NET. Educational attainment includes BS Information Technology.

Important contributions of this data analyst included serving as team lead for Windows XP rollout to all of the US and Canadian plants with a team of 30 working in various sites, migrating user data and confirming all systems were accessible after the upgrade. Callers were assisted with a wide variety of technology related issues having to support approximately 13,000 users of PCs throughout the company sites. Software applications supported included Access, Oracle, Terra data, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, SAS Systems, Rumba 7.0, PeopleSoft, Hummingbird Exceed, Same Time, cc:Mail, Intellisync and additional supplemental as well as user managed software packages. This specialist worked in multi-server environment consisting of several hundred Novell Netware 5, Windows 2000, AS/400, ERP Microsoft Dynamics system and UNIX servers.

Visio was used for both application process flow modeling and database modeling. The job covered serving as team lead on the rollout project which consisted of upgrading PCs throughout the company sites. This project ended at an earlier date and cost than anticipated due to team efforts to complete the project and with a user satisfaction rate of 96%. Custom designed database application issues were corrected due to lack of ODBC connectivity or incorrect parameters to Oracle and Microsoft SQL database servers.

Does a data analyst who is experienced in government, telecommunication and advertising industries, as well as knowledgeable in MS Dynamics AX and Oracle pique your interest? Technical knowledge involves MS Dynamics AX, Oracle, Java, C, C++, SQL, JSP and Basic UNIX. Strengths cover working knowledge on software development life cycle, Object Oriented concepts, and manual/ automated testing. Educational background includes B.E in Electronic & Telecom as well as MS in Software Engineering.

Major responsibilities of this data analyst included creating documentation including test plan, test cases and report metric, as well as getting involved in ETL testing using SSIS packages. Key roles involved using Microsoft management studio and SQL developer for writing Transact SQL, in addition to analyzing different dimensions and fact tables around the complex datasets. This individual was involved in business intelligence data validation with the help of ad hoc reporting tools such as Tableau. Tableau was used to pull up and validate ad hoc reports/extracts and various BI activities were conducted for testing and requirement coverage. Creating various joins across fact and dimension for data validation and reporting, along with validating various error logs as part of data extract, load and transform were positive experiences brought to the business table.

The job covered working on Agile methodology with daily scrum meetings and conducting production validation as when required. SharePoint was used for all data documentation. Tab jolt was used for performance analysis for various ad hoc reports. Conducting and helping the UAT Team to complete verifications were completed.