IT Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Life Fitness; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

HSA and financial benefits

Life insurance

Job summary

Life Fitness is seeking a Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst to bridge business needs with technology across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and more.

You will own Oracle EBS functionality, coordinate with solution architects and stakeholders, and drive end‑to‑end improvements in global processes. In this role, you will translate requirements into actionable plans, lead testing efforts, and document designs and training materials.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role supporting enterprise applications and business processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant business and technology experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting or implementing Oracle E-Business Suite R12, with exposure to operations or supply chain modules.
• Strong understanding of global operations and supply chain processes, data, controls, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience with requirements elicitation, process mapping, functional design, configuration, testing, deployment, training, and production support.
• Ability to analyze complex issues, distinguish symptoms from root causes, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Experience working with integrations, data conversions, reporting, extensions, workflows, and third-party applications in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects across business functions, regions, and time zones with appropriate independence and escalation.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical audiences.
• Collaborative approach and demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with global stakeholders, colleagues, partners, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Partner with global business stakeholders to understand objectives, pain points, process variations, controls, and opportunities for standardization or improvement.
• Translate business needs into clear process maps, functional requirements, user stories, solution options, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Provide functional ownership and day‑to‑day support for Oracle EBS and other applications used across operations and supply chain.
• Work with solution architects, developers, integration teams, data teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business users to design and implement end‑to‑end solutions.
• Assess cross‑functional and upstream/downstream impacts across order‑to‑cash, plan‑to‑produce, procure‑to‑pay, inventory, logistics, service, and financial processes.
• Plan and lead functional, system integration, regression, and user acceptance testing; document outcomes and support defect resolution.
• Create and maintain process documentation, functional designs, test scripts, training materials, support guides, and knowledge articles.
• Lead troubleshooting, problem diagnosis, root‑cause analysis, and resolution for production incidents and recurring application issues.
• Manage functional changes and enhancements from intake and prioritization through deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
• Support global deployments, acquisitions, site launches, process harmonization, and application lifecycle initiatives.
• Monitor solution effectiveness after implementation and use business feedback, support trends, and operational data to identify continuous‑improvement opportunities.
• Provide project leadership for small to medium initiatives and functional leadership within larger, cross‑functional programs.
• Mentor colleagues and business users and promote consistent methods, documentation, reusable standards, and knowledge sharing across regions.
• Participate in scheduled after‑hours or weekend support when required for critical incidents, releases, deployments, or global business coverage.

Skills

Oracle EBS

Requirements elicitation

Process mapping

User stories

Testing (UAT)

Cross-functional collaboration

Business systems analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Join us as we empower the world to work out, creating healthier lives together. As our Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst, you will connect business needs with technology solutions across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Service, and Technology. You will take an enterprise-wide view of processes and systems, partnering across teams to simplify how work gets done and deliver reliable, scalable application solutions. This is a systems-agnostic role supporting enterprise platforms, integrated third‑party applications, reporting tools, interfaces, and workflow solutions. Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle EBS) is the primary platform focus, particularly across order management, planning, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, quality, maintenance, and related operational processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with global business stakeholders to understand objectives, pain points, process variations, controls, and opportunities for standardization or improvement.
• Translate business needs into clear process maps, functional requirements, user stories, solution options, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Provide functional ownership and day‑to‑day support for Oracle EBS and other applications used across operations and supply chain.
• Work with solution architects, developers, integration teams, data teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business users to design and implement end‑to‑end solutions.
• Assess cross‑functional and upstream/downstream impacts across order‑to‑cash, plan‑to‑produce, procure‑to‑pay, inventory, logistics, service, and financial processes.
• Configure approved application functionality where appropriate and coordinate technical development, interfaces, extensions, reports, conversions, and workflows.
• Plan and lead functional, system integration, regression, and user acceptance testing; document outcomes and support defect resolution.
• Create and maintain process documentation, functional designs, test scripts, training materials, support guides, and knowledge articles.
• Lead troubleshooting, problem diagnosis, root‑cause analysis, and resolution for production incidents and recurring application issues.
• Manage functional changes and enhancements from intake and prioritization through deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
• Support global deployments, acquisitions, site launches, process harmonization, and application lifecycle initiatives.
• Monitor solution effectiveness after implementation and use business feedback, support trends, and operational data to identify continuous‑improvement opportunities.
• Provide project leadership for small to medium initiatives and functional leadership within larger, cross‑functional programs.
• Mentor colleagues and business users and promote consistent methods, documentation, reusable standards, and knowledge sharing across regions.
• Participate in scheduled after‑hours or weekend support when required for critical incidents, releases, deployments, or global business coverage.

Primary Oracle EBS Focus

Apply strong functional knowledge of Oracle EBS R12.2.10 to support and improve global operations and supply chain processes. Support business capabilities that may include Order Management, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Bills of Material, Work in Process, Manufacturing, Quality, Shipping, Warehouse Management, Enterprise Asset Management, and related master‑data processes. Understand key Trading Community Architecture concepts, including customers, suppliers, sites, and related data dependencies. Collaborate with Finance and Tax teams on cross‑functional requirements that affect operational transactions, accounting, controls, and eBusiness Tax. Contribute functional insight to Oracle EBS architecture, integrations, extensions, reporting, security, and sustainment decisions. Support Oracle EBS implementations, upgrades, rollouts, enhancements, and post‑go‑live stabilization.

Systems‑Agnostic Responsibilities

Evaluate solutions based on business fit, process integrity, usability, supportability, integration, data quality, security, scalability, and total lifecycle impact rather than preference for a single product. Support applications and technologies that complement or integrate with Oracle EBS, including planning, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing, service, quality, reporting, integration, automation, and collaboration solutions. Learn new platforms and capabilities as the enterprise application landscape evolves. Help define when a requirement should be addressed through process change, existing functionality, configuration, extension, integration, reporting, automation, or a different application.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role supporting enterprise applications and business processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant business and technology experience.
• Hands‑on experience supporting or implementing Oracle E‑Business Suite R12, with meaningful exposure to operations or supply chain modules.
• Strong understanding of global operations and supply chain processes, data, controls, and cross‑functional dependencies.
• Experience with requirements elicitation, process mapping, functional design, configuration, testing, deployment, training, and production support.
• Ability to analyze complex issues, distinguish symptoms from root causes, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Experience working with integrations, data conversions, reporting, extensions, workflows, and third‑party applications in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects across business functions, regions, and time zones with appropriate independence and escalation.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical audiences.
• Collaborative approach and demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with global stakeholders, colleagues, partners, and vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multiple Oracle EBS supply chain or manufacturing modules and integration with other modules and third party systems.
• Experience supporting global templates, multi‑organization environments, multiple legal entities, currencies, languages, or regional process variations.
• Experience with enterprise integration, analytics, workflow, automation, cloud, or adjacent operational platforms.
• Experience leading workstreams, coordinating vendors, mentoring analysts, or transitioning project solutions into production support.
• Knowledge of IT service management, change control, release management, security, audit, and data‑governance practices.

About the Employer

At Life Fitness / Hammer Strength, we think customer first, play as one team, and raise the bar on fitness innovation—in the gym and in every corner of our facilities. We persevere and get it done, with a clear purpose to inspire each other to live healthier lives.

Life Fitness / Hammer Strength takes pride in our talented employees and believes in providing opportunities for further growth and advancement.

The salary range for this position, intended for U.S. applicants, is $109,400 - $153,800 annually. This position is eligible to participate in Life Fitness / Hammer Strength’s annual Manager Incentive Plan to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of bonus varies based on company and individual performance goals and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

• a 401(k) savings plan with 4% employer match;
• medical, dental and vision insurance,
• parental, medical and military leaves of absence,
• paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year,
• paid vacation days beginning at 13 days annually,
• paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws,
• company paid short‑term disability and optional long‑term disability,
• health savings account,
• health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts,
• employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance,
• hospital indemnity;
• identity protection,
• legal services,
• adoption assistance,
• tuition assistance,
• commuter benefits,
• employee discounts,
• and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.

Employees also have access to our state‑of‑the‑art on‑site fitness center featuring industry‑leading Life Fitness and Hammer Strength equipment, making it easy to support health and wellness before, during, or after the workday.

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

Life Fitness / Hammer Strength is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. Life Fitness / Hammer Strength complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding employment, recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Our values drive how we work, grow, and win—together: We think customer first: We’re proactive, adaptable, and always improving the customer experience. We play as one team: We care, collaborate, and pick each other up—we win and lose together. We raise the bar on fitness innovation: We lead, not follow—pushing fitness further every day. We persevere and get it done: We out‑work, out‑match, and never compromise on quality or performance. We inspire each other to live healthier lives: We support well‑being, inside and outside of work, to build a healthier world—together.