What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Systems Analyst position at Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc.?
On-Site Role in Harrisburg, PA.
Join our team and live the Ollie-tude!: (Ollie’s Core Values)
Position Overview
This key role directly supports the technical development of functional solutions for the business community by working closely with both the business and the development team. They will gather, interpret, and document requirements for the design, coding, and testing of approved software implementation and enhancements while ensuring alignment with key business initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities
Join our team and live the Ollie-tude!: (Ollie’s Core Values)
- BE A TEAM PLAYER- Associates are expected to be supportive and work together.
- BE CARING- How do I treat others with courtesy, dignity, and respect?
- BE VALUE OBSESSED- Live the “good stuff cheap” mindset.
- BE COMMITTED- Operate with grit, passion, tenacity, and action.
- BE GROWING- How do we get better every day?
- BE REAL- Associates should be honest, transparent, genuine, trustworthy, and sincere.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and RX coverage after 30 days of employment.
- 401K, Company match begins at Associate enrollment
- 120 hours of PTO that start accruing on day one
- Strong career growth & talent development culture
- 20% Associate discount on all Ollie’s purchases.
- Vast array of voluntary benefits
Position Overview
This key role directly supports the technical development of functional solutions for the business community by working closely with both the business and the development team. They will gather, interpret, and document requirements for the design, coding, and testing of approved software implementation and enhancements while ensuring alignment with key business initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with business partners to implement, optimize, and enhance effective business solutions.
- Document current and new business processes and help identify issues and design maintainable technical solutions during project execution.
- Support development by providing solutions to problems through gap analysis
- Perform quality assurance and testing and review results with developers
- Contribute to the enhancement and documentation of software development techniques and standards
- Manage your activities within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Prepare and maintain technical change documentation supporting the development and implementation of new software and enhancements.
- Present completed software features to stakeholders as part of the development lifecycle to validate functionality and support final testing and acceptance.
- Responsibilities may require evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being delivered.
- Complete any additional responsibilities and/or duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university or equivalent experience working as a Business Analyst.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as a member of an Application Development team.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience writing SQL queries preferred.
- Basic knowledge in generating process documentation.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment.
- Good problem solving and analytical skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to learn and communicate new information and processes to IT and business associates within the company.
- Outstanding interpersonal and listening skills.
- Minimal travel to stores and distribution centers.
- Duties frequently involve being seated for extended periods of time and using computers.