Sofico is a global ERP software provider with an exclusive focus on automotive finance, leasing, fleet, and mobility management. Our software called “Miles” is an end-to-end solution encompassing front, mid and back-office functions that can be extensively customized to meet customer needs. Our clients are leasing and financial services companies as well as mobility management companies active in the automotive sector.
For the implementation of our software in Japan, we are looking for Junior Business Consultants.
What is the job about
As a Business Consultant, you will help our customers think about their present and future situation and facilitate the optimization of business processes and improve operational efficiencies by conducting workshops. You will translate requirements into functional analyses, configure our software, follow up internally with developers, and implement the rollout of new developments. You will also be involved in data migration and the configuration of reporting tools.
As a Business Consultant your main role and responsibilities are as follows:
Project requirement gathering and analysis
- Analyze and evaluate available customer requirement and scope documentation
- Conduct requirement gathering workshops with customers starting from the standard Miles process flows
- Gap analysis: investigate the customer's to be situation, derive the functional requirements and use cases to be covered, define the gap versus the Miles solution
- Document and process requirements according to agreed project approach
- Interact with customer application management or SMEs to clarify and validate requirements and proposed solutions
Business processes
- Understand, describe, propose business/functional processes to support understanding of requirements and solutions
- Perform process gap analysis and may articulate and describe gaps between as is and to be processes along with any associated business rules
Requirement stewardship
- Safeguard understanding of requirements throughout the delivery flow
- Elaborate business and functional requirements for development (FA/CR) and configuration solutions with solution developers. Design flows and concepts
- Provide business requirement input to data migration and reporting solution developers.
- Support acceptance, participate in internal and external handovers, provide acceptance criteria, scope management
Business advisory
- Expert advice: from business, country, legal, customer and system knowledge, propose high level solutions and alternatives
- Challenge requirements and assumptions to reveal actual needs, goals and issues
Contribute to projects
- Participate in upgrade projects, detect opportunities and match to customer case
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Perform consulting service for large enhancement projects, optimization projects etc.
Your role will also include advisory tasks as follows:
- Project / Implementation related advice
- Project-related, can support the customer in scope decisions and new business areas and process and system impact
- Business optimization/innovation advisory: providing business advice on the customer's product offering, processes based on experience in the niche market.
- Organization (optimization) advisory: supporting our customers in setting up (and temporarily managing) part of his organization, such as the installation of a 1st line, 2nd line organization and even broader Miles Competence Center.
What we expect from you
- You have 3+ years experience working in a business consulting or analyst role
- You have the ability to quickly absorb and understand the customer’s business, think creatively, and come up with innovative solutions to business problems
- Bonus if you have experience with leasing and / or asset finance
- Native Japanese and fluency in English (business communication)
What we offer
- A challenging job in an international high-tech company that has been in business for over 30 years and is doubling in size every 5 years.
- You will be part of a dynamic and diverse team and have lots of opportunities to extend your expertise or broaden your scope. You will have the possibility to keep learning, acquire the desired skills, and be the driver of your own career. You will be part of a global community where you'll be able to share knowledge and experience with your colleagues.
- Apart from work, we also like to make time for fun. We organize several activities throughout the year to maintain the team spirit and to celebrate our successes.
- An attractive salary package in line with your knowledge and experience.
What you can expect from us
- In the first week you will be onboarded and start your integration into the Sofico organization. You will meet new colleagues in our development, consultancy, and operational teams and start your professional journey.
- In the first month you will learn about our software, shadow colleagues on existing engagements, and begin leading project pursuits.
- In the first three months you will build relationships with our project teams and start to contribute to the project teams as a trusted advisor.
- In the first six months you will be proactive about new development and innovation initiatives. You will also be proactive with customer requirements and improvement opportunities.
- In the first year you will have established your expertise in software development have and learned more about digital product development than you could have with any other company.
About Sofico's remote work policy
Sofico considers in-person interaction a critical success factor and therefore expects employees to work a certain number of days at the office (or at customer site) depending on position, needs and circumstances. 100% remote work will not be considered.
