Senior IT Business Analyst: Data-Driven Solutions Leader

Smithfield Foods; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Sr. IT Business Analyst to serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and IT across a diverse portfolio of enterprise applications.

You will partner with business and technology teams to understand needs, analyze data, and deliver technology solutions that drive value. Expect to lead initiatives, manage stakeholders, and deliver improvements across several corporate functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college; 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required
• Experience with Power BI, reporting, dashboard development, and data visualization preferred
• Ability to translate complex business problems into actionable recommendations
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements and supporting solution delivery
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication with technical teams, users, and leadership
• Ownership, accountability, and ability to drive work to completion
• High learning agility and ability to quickly learn new processes, tech, and apps
• Team-oriented and positive work culture advocate

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand objectives and translate needs into tech solutions
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure alignment with goals
• Serve as trusted advisor between business teams and IT
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks and opportunities; create dashboards and insights
• Support a portfolio of enterprise applications; manage enhancement requests and issues
• Develop training materials and support change management
• Document requirements, processes, testing, reporting specs and procedures
• Coordinate project activities across multiple workstreams
• Foster a positive team environment and strong partnerships across IT and business

Skills

Bachelor's degree relevance

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IS/Analytics/Marketing/Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Sr. IT Business Analyst to serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and IT across a diverse portfolio of enterprise applications.

You will partner with business and technology teams to understand needs, analyze data, and deliver technology solutions that drive value. Expect to lead initiatives, manage stakeholders, and deliver improvements across several corporate functions.