IT Business Analyst

In this role, you will operate as the principal liaison between business stakeholders and the IT Department, help support the development, launch and future road map of strategic initiatives that help grow and scale their Finance or Merchandise, Planning and Distribution (MPD) team. The right candidate will be a self-starter and have an entrepreneurial spirit towards problem solving and innovating on the fly. In addition, you will drive continuous improvement efforts and ensure both the employee and customer experience is protected and enhanced. A successful IT Business Analyst is a great communicator, mediator and capable of building partnership with business stakeholders in all levels of the organization, becoming a recognized expert and resource to the user communities they support.



What you'll be doing:
- Lead Merchandise, Planning and Distribution (MPD) teams from IT- requirements gathering perspective, ongoing implementations, and defining end-to-end business solutions
- Engage with business leaders to fully understand business needs, manage, and influence key stakeholders, demonstrating consultation and relationship management skills at the technical and business leadership levels
- Provide guidance on solution designs and act as an escalation point for solution design decisions, collaborating with the developer/Architect/Technical lead.
- Establish and enforce end to end solution and documentation standards along with solution integrity, through process and system integration with other teams, systems, and process areas.
- Ensure system solutions support long-term department goals while delivering maximum incremental short-term benefits
- Manage stakeholder relationships and software vendors; understand business priorities and strategic initiatives



Education and Experience:

- 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- College degree in Computer Science/Management Information Systems or Business Administration highly favor



Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Exceptional ability to position and "sell" solutions that are reasonable, actionable, and cost-effective, including the ability to properly gauge the requirements and "plug" the appropriate solution
- People skills, with the ability to engage diplomatically with stakeholders and communicate changes that may not be aligned with the original expectations

- Knowledge of proper requirements specification and development, such as process/functional requirements definition methods, use case development, process flow diagrams