Business Analyst

Acosta Group; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Business Analyst to ensure operational excellence. The role involves designing workflows, analyzing business processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to improve efficiency. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience as a Business or Systems Analyst.
• Five years of Project Management or Process Leader experience required.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze project business requirements.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Act as Project Manager identifying goals and objectives.

Skills

Project Management Methodology

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

Job description

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Description

The Business Analyst Role is responsible for ensuring the operational efficacy and excellence of the organization. The business analyst designs and documents work flow, manages and provides solutions to new business concepts and idea, and trends appropriately through the latest automatic and technological paths. The business analyst understands the stakeholders’ business requirements and business process management, and then translates them to requirements, while prioritizing, analyzing and documenting business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement/efficiency and negotiating agreements and commitments between business partners (internal and external), operations and IT from requirements gathering to implementation. BA’s work directly with stakeholders at various levels within the organization and with outside parties to research and identify operational business requirements with sufficient detail and clarity to allow staff to collaboratively develop the solution.

Description

The Business Analyst Role is responsible for ensuring the operational efficacy and excellence of the organization. The business analyst designs and documents work flow, manages and provides solutions to new business concepts and idea, and trends appropriately through the latest automatic and technological paths. The business analyst understands the stakeholders’ business requirements and business process management, and then translates them to requirements, while prioritizing, analyzing and documenting business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement/efficiency and negotiating agreements and commitments between business partners (internal and external), operations and IT from requirements gathering to implementation. BA’s work directly with stakeholders at various levels within the organization and with outside parties to research and identify operational business requirements with sufficient detail and clarity to allow staff to collaboratively develop the solution.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions of this Position

• Collecting, Analyzing, and Draft the project’s business requirements and transferring the same knowledge to development team. Must clearly articulate the functions, goals, and metrics required to translate into technical requirements
• Evaluate the data collected through task analysis, business process, surveys, and workshops. Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations when necessary and in a timely manner
• Diagnose and track down any functional issues to a root or functional cause
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members, internal partners, customers, and others using good interpersonal skills
• Communicate effectively with external/internal stakeholders to deliver functional requirements. Coordinate with respective areas to resolve issues and develop processes to accomplish shared goals
• Effectively deal with change in a fast-paced demanding environment while maintaining a positive and cooperative attitude
• Act as a subject matter expert to the business leadership/operations to influence, manage change, and educate for priority setting to ensure business commitments and objectives are met
• Participate in cross-functional work sessions with various resources to capture stakeholder needs and required system requirements/features. Managing any change requests related to the working project plans daily to meet the agreed deadlines
• Act as Project Manager identifying the goals and objectives, success criteria, action items/deliverables and task owners responsible for completing a project. Manage project timelines, workflow, and administrative tasks to meet deadlines and budget constraints in accordance with project requirements
• Designing and executing the test scripts and test scenarios. Coordinating with the groups of business unit who test, validate, evaluate new applications and functions, and determine issues in services and software
• Provide customer support and post implementation monitoring during initial rollout
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or any related field from an accredited institution
• Five years’ experience as a Business or Systems Analyst
• Five years of Project Management or Process Leader experience required
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Requirements

• Proficiency in Project Management Methodology (PMM) including the development of project plans/documentation
• Must be motivated, energetic; possess strong organizational skills as well as excellent people and team building skills
• Team oriented and multi-tasked with exceptional organizational skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Good communication skills (written & oral)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook
• Advanced skills with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, and analytical tools and flowcharting tools such as Microsoft Visio preferred
• Ability to work independently or assisting senior analyst in the design of technical business processes
• Ability to shift priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Competent and good understanding of Microsoft Windows
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Good working knowledge of current Internet, mobile/technology trends, and familiarity with client/server environments
  
  
  

Physical requirements

• Seeing
• Color Perception
• Ability to Travel
• Listening
  
  
  

About Us

Premium Retail Services is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey.

Since 1985, Premium has been a top provider of sales and merchandising services, reshaping retail through innovation and excellence for hundreds of renowned brands across retail categories.

With 12,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada, we are a people-first company, and we strive to ensure our team members enjoy their jobs, feel valued, and emulate our core beliefs – that’s why we frequently promote from within. We encourage our employees to innovate and expand new horizons, making internal development our cornerstone. Find your place at Premium – whether it’s merchandising, sales or brand advocacy, there's a spot for you on our team.

Acosta Group and its subsidiaries believe the posted compensation range accurately reflects this role at the time of posting. Final pay may vary based on qualifications and location, and the range may be updated in the future.

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Premium Retail Services is part of Acosta Group. To learn more about Premium Retail Services click here: https://acosta.jobs/agency/premium

Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Category: Administration

Business Unit: Marketing

Salary Range: $50,000.00 - $65,000.00

Company: Premium Retail Services, LLC

Req ID: 5949

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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