Strategic Business Applications Analyst

Marine and Industrial Supply; Flowood (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Health

Life

Long-term Disability

Dental and Vision

Holidays

Vacation

Sick Leave

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Flexible Spending Account

Tuition Assistance

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Ergon, headquartered in Flowood, MS, is seeking a Business Applications Analyst to support the EHSS Systems area. You will translate business requirements into functional specifications, lead analysis and testing, and collaborate with management and technical staff to deliver enterprise software solutions.

You will document data flows, configure applications, and participate in training, testing, and implementation, using tools like Power BI, SQL, Python, and Tableau.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT or related field.
• At least three years of data or business analysis experience.
• Strong process documentation skills and knowledge of BA tools.
• Test scenario creation and execution aligned with organizational goals.
• Data analysis and visualization with Power BI, Python, R, SQL, and Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives within supported applications that drive efficiency and value back into the business.
• Interacting with internal and external team members to understand business and technical requirements supporting process improvements. Developing and executing test plans via automation and collaborative user acceptance tests with documented results.
• Build relationships with business partners to identify system functions and enhancement requirements
• Participate in analysis, development, testing, and implementation of system modules and projects
• Research and elicit user requirements to develop new applications and upgrade existing modules
• Provide end-user training, support, and troubleshooting for business applications
• Lead interview sessions with stakeholders and end-users to gather enterprise system requirements
• Maintain interrelated systems analysis documentation (e.g., system context diagrams, data models)
• Interact frequently with team members and stakeholders to identify and address activity roadblocks
• Chart business and/or IT processes using appropriate methods and tools
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and data security standard
• Create content and execute plans for quality assurance and user acceptance testing related to test cases scenarios development, acceptance testing facilitation, and logging test issues and results
• Support business units with sign-off project documents (e.g., Design, Change Orders, & Requests)
• Coordinate with the relevant user groups for acceptance testing prior to production release
• Serve on cross-functional teams to create training content and support training materials development
• Participate in project planning, status meetings, and process improvement initiatives
• Plan, coordinate, schedule, and execute end-user system training & support sessions
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Data analysis

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Process documentation

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT or a related field

Tools

Power BI

Python

R

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Ergon, headquartered in Flowood, MS, is seeking a Business Applications Analyst to support the EHSS Systems area. You will translate business requirements into functional specifications, lead analysis and testing, and collaborate with management and technical staff to deliver enterprise software solutions.

You will document data flows, configure applications, and participate in training, testing, and implementation, using tools like Power BI, SQL, Python, and Tableau.