Senior Systems Analyst: Order Management Modernization

Simon & Schuster, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Simon & Schuster US is seeking a Lead Systems Analyst to bridge business operations and engineering in a multi-year modernization of order management, fulfillment, and finance interfaces. You’ll document behavior, validate current use, and coordinate acceptance for production cutovers.

The role demands 7+ years of analysis experience, strong writing, and ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, with emphasis on data mappings and acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of business/systems analysis experience on large-scale order processing, fulfillment, or supply-chain systems.
• Experience with EDI, order processing, and shipment-confirmation for large-scale distribution or publishing operations.
• Experience using AI tools for discovery and documentation with judgment to validate AI output.
• Ability to work effectively with both business users and engineers.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into data mappings and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Discovery and documentation of required functionality, production usage, business rules, and interfaces using AI-assisted analysis.
• Usage validation and retirement analysis of legacy programs, reports, and interfaces.
• Requirements translation into clear, testable solution requirements for engineers.
• Prioritization with business stakeholders and translation of operational pain into modernization sequencing.
• Validation and cutover sign-off, coordinating business user testing and documentation of edge cases.
• Stakeholder communication as the credible liaison between modernization team and business users.

Skills

Business/systems analysis

EDI order processing

Requirements translation

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical writing

Judgment in business rules

AI tools usage

SQL familiarity

Tools

AI tools - discovery/documentation

Batch/process tooling

Job description

Simon & Schuster US is seeking a Lead Systems Analyst to bridge business operations and engineering in a multi-year modernization of order management, fulfillment, and finance interfaces. You’ll document behavior, validate current use, and coordinate acceptance for production cutovers.

The role demands 7+ years of analysis experience, strong writing, and ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, with emphasis on data mappings and acceptance criteria.