Business Application Consultant
Job Summary
Business Application Consultant is responsible for the end-to-end support configuration administration and continuous improvement of all enterprise business applications excluding Oracle ERP and CRM platforms. The role serves as the primary point of contact for business users across all functions ensuring high availability data integrity and effective utilization of the application portfolio. The incumbent partners with business stakeholders to gather and document requirements map and optimize processes deliver user training manage vendor relationships and coordinate application enhancements and integrations to support efficient organizational operations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide day-to-day functional support and incident resolution for all business applications across the enterprise portfolio (excluding Oracle and CRM platforms) including but not limited to HRMS document management project management asset management HSE procurement and other operational systems.
- Act as the first point of contact for business users triaging diagnosing and resolving application issues in a timely manner in accordance with agreed service levels.
- Conduct discovery sessions and workshops with department stakeholders to understand existing business workflows pain points and requirements across all supported application areas.
- Perform process mapping and gap analysis to identify inefficiencies and recommend process improvements automation opportunities or new application features.
- Document and maintain accurate business requirements functional specifications configuration guides test scripts and user manuals for all supported applications.
- Manage and execute application configuration user setup role-based access control and system administration tasks across the supported application portfolio.
- Coordinate with application vendors and implementation partners for issue escalation patch management version upgrades and platform roadmap alignment.
- Design plan and execute user acceptance testing (UAT) for new releases enhancements and integrations; track and resolve defects in collaboration with vendors and IT teams.
- Deliver structured end-user training programs onboarding sessions and knowledge base content to ensure high user adoption and effective application utilization.
- Collaborate with IT infrastructure security and integration teams to ensure system performance availability security compliance and seamless data exchange between applications.
- Monitor application health dashboards and proactively identify and mitigate risks to system stability or data integrity.
- Assist in evaluating new business applications and tools preparing business cases and supporting procurement and vendor selection processes.
- Maintain compliance with data governance information security policies and audit requirements across all managed application platforms.
- Support project delivery for application implementations upgrades and enhancements using structured project management and change management approaches.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science Business Administration or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in business application support systems administration or a related IT role with hands-on experience supporting multiple enterprise applications across diverse business functions.
- Ability to understand analyze and document business requirements and map end-to-end business processes.
- Strong functional knowledge of standard business processes across HR finance procurement operations and asset management.
- Proven ability to configure administer and support diverse business applications and portals.
- Experience in coordinating with vendors and managing support escalations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Self-motivated detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Established in 1981, Ghobash Group stands as a distinguished UAE-based conglomerate renowned for its highly diversified and progressive business ventures. With a robust portfolio spanning eight pivotal sectors, including a strong focus on Technology, Energy & Utilities, and Healthcare ... View more