Retail Business Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION:Note - Hybrid workSUMMARY: As part of a large project team, responsible for defining, developing and delivering technology solutions through collaboration with brand/business leaders to gather business requirements, create detailed functional specifications, collaborate with development resources, provide quality assurance oversight and guide brand/business teams through User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and solution implementation.ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:- Lead business requirements gathering process by responsibly collecting, analyzing, reviewing, documenting, and communicating business needs to ensure the proposed solutions meet business requirements.- Employ techniques to derive information e.g. business process mapping/modeling, As-Is/To-Be business process analysis, business process reengineering.- Collaborate with brand/business, related functional areas, development and/or other stakeholder teams to identify user requirements and recommend solution options.- Document work, including change requests and functional specifications, and manage changes to documentation. Solution Implementation:- Apprise program management team of progress; keep program management aware of issues, potential problems and mitigation plans.- Test system changes/enhancements related to assigned business processes to ensure changes satisfy business requirements with no negative impact.- Assist in the development of end user documentation including help document instructions and release notes.SKILLS DESIRED:- Confidently takes initiative; independent, self-motivated.- Demonstrates being a respectful listener.- Quickly becomes part of the team.- Keeps focused; ability to manage multiple, changing priorities.- Comfortable playing a leadership role with technical and business resources.- Excellent oral and written communication skills.- Functional experience in retail industry a plus.