Principal Business Systems Analyst; Business Intelligence & Reporting

As a Principal Business Systems Analyst at MKS, Inc. you will partner with business and IT partners to gather business intelligence reporting and analytic requirements, write functional specification documents to map data from applications, create report & dashboard wireframes, conduct detailed source data analysis, identify data gaps and work with the business and technical teams to implement high-quality BI solutions. In this role, you will report to the Sr.

Manager of Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Reporting.

• Partnering with business stakeholders and cross‑functional teams to gather, analyze, and document reporting and analytics requirements, translating business needs into functional specifications, user stories, and technical report designs.
• Designing, developing, testing, and implementing data and reporting solutions that support enterprise‑wide business intelligence and analytics initiatives.
• Leading requirements definition, business process analysis, and documentation efforts, including Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), while obtaining stakeholder alignment and approval.
• Collaborating with project managers, architects, and technical teams to define solution roadmaps, delivery plans, and reporting strategies that align with organizational objectives.
• Leading testing activities, including integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT), documenting test plans, managing issue resolution, and ensuring successful solution deployment.
• Serving as a subject matter expert for reporting and analytics solutions by troubleshooting data and reporting issues, validating data integrity, improving business processes, and delivering end‑user training to drive adoption of BI capabilities.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

8+ years of progressive experience in IT, systems/data analysis, and SAP data warehouse environments.

Strong understanding of data warehouse and ETL processes with ability to write SQL queries to analyze data;
Experience working with SAP BW, SAP BW on HANA, SAP ECC, ORACLE or other major ERP systems.

Experience working with Enterprise data warehouse platforms such as SAP BW architectures (BW 7.x, or BW on HANA, or BW/4

HANA).

Experience in SAP Datasphere or experience in Cloud-based data warehouse solutions is desired.

Proficiency with reporting and visualization tools such as SAP Business Objects, SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, or Tableau.

Understanding of key business processes, including Sales & Distribution, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Materials Management, and Finance (FICO) within a manufacturing environment.

Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to work independently and handle incident resolution with limited documentation.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex…