Lead Business Analyst

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Kforce has a client in New York NY that is looking for a Lead Business Analyst for Merchandising and Planning. This BA will lead integration upgrades and integration for TMS and finance systems.

Duties/Day to Day Overview :

• Acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT leadership translating high-level business strategy into actionable technical solutions
• Championing change management initiatives ensuring user adoption and engagement with new systems or processes
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with cross-functional teams including IT merchandising support and other stakeholders.
• Ownership of functional area; responsible for managing and optimizing the product backlog for merchandising or planning systems
• Supporting existing production systems
• Defining and prioritizing system problems and enhancement requests; analyzing to identify and address root causes Leading efforts in the support of existing systems processes services and/or in the execution of new projects ensuring that:
• Use cases and requirements are accurately captured
• Work with vendors to create wireframes and review with the business to ensure solution fits our needs
• Detailed functional designs are created and handed off to Development Team
• Test and training plans are designed and executed successfully
• Communication to project managers and leadership is accurate/detailed and projects are completed on time and under budget Taking a leadership role in exploring and analyzing new processes services and application functions and technologies to:
• Gather detailed business requirements by facilitating workshops interviews and stakeholder meetings and translating them into effective solutions
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders ensuring mutual understanding across departments

Required Skills : * Undergraduate degree in Information Systems Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent work experience * Light project management * At least 3 -5 years of experience supporting IT systems processes or capabilities; Solid understanding of IT processes and dynamics within a complex highly integrated environment * Experience with Agile (Scrum and SAFe Framework) and Waterfall approaches preferred * Experience with tools such as JIRA Confluence Azure DevOps Visio Power BI Tableau or equivalent * A solid understanding of industry best practices in retail or IT; Specific demonstrated experience mapping business processes and comparing those processes to industry best practices * Understanding of application development and software development lifecycle concepts * Familiarity with ERP or merchandising systems (e.g. Oracle Retail SAP Blue Yonder) and integration with planning and forecasting tools * Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills * Use Case and User Story Development * Ability to work with business to understand processes and document requirements * Experience working with Wireframing tools preferred * Experience working with engineers and developers preferred * Understanding of Import Logistics and Tariff law a plus

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Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No