Business Analyst I-JDE

D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., was founded in 1978 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. It is engaged in the construction and sale of high quality homes designed principally for the entry-level and first time move-up markets. The Company also provides mortgage financing and title services for homebuyers through its mortgage and title subsidiaries. Please visit our website at www.drhorton.com for more information.

D.R. Horton, Inc. is currently looking for a Business Analyst I-JDE. The right candidate will be involved in planning and identifying business requirements, workflows and supporting/training end-users in the proper use of JDE applications. This position is responsible for supporting the existing JDE business functions for DR Horton and Forestar, gathering information and helping determine output enhancements for various applications within JDE. The Business Analyst I-JDE works collaboratively within the IT department and business units to define and interpret requirements into function for development to execute.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Respond to JDE support calls for DR Horton/Forestar to resolve end user data issues
• Responsible for the timely completion of project tasks and providing feedback to accounting managers, controllers, department managers at all levels, auditors, and end users
• Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and assist in developing solutions
• Conduct training for the user community on JDE systems and applications. Participates in configuring the application based on the defined business processes
• Ensure established audit procedures are followed with respect to user, company, and accounting setups
• Provide technical support for daily business operations focusing on Best Practices, system administration and audit-requirements
• Assure conformance to DR Horton JDE system architecture, methods, standards & practices, and promote their creation and coordination with other teams
• Coordinate financial system change requests, and/or JD Edwards patches/bug fixes identified by the users
• Conduct testing to ensure products perform according to user requirements and within established guidelines
• Designated as a critical member of the JDE Super User Group working which grants full and mostly unrestricted access to all companies, menus and modules, data files and library structures
• Drive to continue to learn and grow in the use and application of JD Edwards Home Builder modules
• Ensure proper JDE testing of any systemwide changes prior to implementation
• Clearly outline, document, and communicate problems, enhancements and business scenarios that will be used in advancing new and current custom software applications
• Identify appropriate parameters, functions, and data to test and validate JDE changes; parameters may include general function, validity of results, accuracy, reliability, and compliance within industry standards
• Execute test cases and scripts to thoroughly test company software products on multiple projects of varying size and application systems to ensure all objectives are met
• Maintain JDE documentation and ensure it is current
• Log and document bugs, enhancement, and product issues
• Draft quality assurance policies, procedures, and knowledge articles
• Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
• Ability to work overtime