CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong partnerships. This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries. CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.

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CIMMYT is seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, and service-oriented professional for the position of HR Information System Business Analyst to work in the Operations Chapter in the department of Human Resources.  

A Business Analyst (BA) representing areas such as Finance, HR, or Procurement plays a critical role in aligning IT applications with organizational strategies and goals. Serving as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams, the BA gathers and translates business needs into IT requirements, ensuring alignment and clear communication. They prioritize tasks, balance costs and feasibility, manage project scope, and adapt to evolving needs. Additionally, BA oversees testing, addresses issues, and ensures the successful implementation of IT solutions. As a trusted and respected professional, the BA contributes to delivering value by ensuring IT projects support business objectives.

 

The positions will be based at CIMMYT’s headquarters in Texcoco, near Mexico City.

 

Specific duties:

Requirement Analysis and Documentation

Translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements for KMIT, documenting and presenting the requirements to KMIT following the KMIT procedures. When required, prepare the statement of benefits for business case related to the functionality and/or change requests to be introduced in the applications. As focal point with KMIT, consolidates and prioritizes all change requests and sets the severity of all fix requests to be submitted to KMIT. Serve as a bridge to clarify questions and concerns between his/her Department and IT teams.

Human Resources department Specific duties:

Act as focal point for HR in the implementation of Dynamics 365 Human Resources and related best in class systems in Knowledge Management & IT led projects. Contribute to the system integrations where required. Monitor and support the effective operation of all the HR information systems: ERP (Dynamics 360), HR Database, Payroll Systems, Recruitment system, ticketing and KPI system, Performance Management system, Leave Module, CIMMYT Academy (online-academy) and Learning Management Systems, etc. Work closely with IT and data engineering teams to ensure the availability, quality, and integrity of data sources necessary for analysis. Support monitoring of data accuracy, completeness, consistency and integrity of HR data across all systems. Maintain the HR data privacy policy and set rules for data access to different HRIS modules. Develop and create reporting analytics through data handling to ensure robust and accurate reporting capabilities. Maintain and update the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the various HR sub-areas, and report on these as required. Prepare supporting document to HR data audit requests, whether internal or donor related. Support monitoring of data accuracy, completeness, consistency and integrity of data across all systems.