Business Systems Analyst

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

Job Description:

Shield AI  is seeking a Staff Business Systems Analyst to lead both the day-to-day stewardship of Finance's Procure to Pay (PTP) processes and play a primary role in a high-priority ERP implementation initiative. In this business role, you will develop deep relationships with key accounting and finance stakeholders and build a thorough understanding of the Procure to Pay process and the systems that support it. You will own and drive standardization so our operations teams can scale and achieve process excellence. A critical near-term mandate is serving as the Procure to Pay Business Lead for Shield AI 's Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation — acting as the bridge between Finance and IT to ensure business requirements are accurately translated into system design, that milestones are met on time and on budget, and that end users are set up for lasting success.

Success will require close partnership with Finance and Accounting leaders and teams, the CIO organization, and external implementation partners to align systems and practices with Shield AI 's overall business strategy. You will own scalability, functionality, and ease of execution across all Procure to Pay processes, with the Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation as the cornerstone initiative.

What you'll do:

ERP Implementation (Primary Mandate)- Act as Business Lead for the full Procure to Pay end-to-end implementation — from requirements gathering and process design through system configuration, UAT, data migration, cutover, go-live, and hypercare, working closely with the Systems Integration vendor throughout.

• Lead cross-functional workshops to document current-state Finance processes for Procure to Pay and define future-state workflows within Oracle Fusion Cloud; translate outputs into functional specifications for configuration and integration, including Purchasing, Accounts payable, Expenses, Cash management and Supplier management Cloud design decisions.