Senior Business Analyst, Business Information
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About Ross Stores:
Ross Stores,
Inc. is an S&P 500, Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) Company headquartered
in Dublin, California, with fiscal 2019 revenues of $16 billion.ย The Company
operates Ross Dress for Lessยฎ (โRossโ), the largest off-price apparel and home
fashion chain in the United States with 1,546 locations in 39 states, the
District of Columbia and Guam. The Company also operates overย 259 ddโs
DISCOUNTSยฎ locations in 19 states that feature a more moderately-priced
assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories,
footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings.
The companyโs merchandise mix and assortments are constantly evolving as merchants and planners focus on what customers want to buy and respond by delivering great discounts on a wider variety of name brand merchandise. With its solid management team, proven off-price concept, strong cash flow and return on equity, Ross is ideally positioned to successfully execute its growth strategies.
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At Ross you will find:
- A career that fits you
- Teamwork
- Amazing culture and people
- Big company with a family feeling
- Customer focus
Are you ready for the next big move in your career? We look forward to hearing from you!
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The culture demands hands-on, close engagement at all levels, and the ability to think and act strategically. Within this culture, there are many opportunities to attain and even exceed personal goals quickly while partnering with professionals across multiple categories. This creates a win-win culture with a rigorous standard of performance for everyone.ใ
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Structured for growth and profitability, individuals are measured on performance rather than process. What this yields is an environment that is invigorating and offers a clear, compelling reward system for the team.ใ
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Additional information is available at\:
www.rossstores.com
www.ddsdiscounts.com
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About this job:
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The Senior Business Analyst for Business Information in the New York Buying Office will help to bridge the gap between the business teams and the technical teams who will provide solutions. S/He will play an important role in establishing the foundation for reporting standards across the enterprise. The Senior Business Analyst will be continuously involved in communications with stakeholders, other team members and developers as they create the solution to business reporting and data needs / gaps. The Senior Business Analyst will lead and participate in information-gathering sessions including interviewing, gathering requirements, and solution workshops. The Senior Business Analyst may also get involved with negotiating the solution with the business and the technical team to come up with the right solution for all involved and influencing the results of decisions during the solution cycle. S/He will be presented with a business need or problem, have an opportunity to work with a dynamic team to arrive at a solution, and work with the technology team through the delivery of the solution back to the business community.Areas of focus include retail knowledge, reporting governance, business requirements gathering and documentation, user support, change management, relationship
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Responsibilities:
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Gain a solid understanding of business reports and tools
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Maintenance of the report inventory
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Data enrichment to capture attributes for the existing report inventory
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Develop a data dictionary for all metrics, calculations and metric abbreviations for report column headings
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Drive a report rationalization effort to evaluate the usage of the existing reports with an eye towards consolidation
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Partner with business to review and understand all new reporting demand
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Elicit and document comprehensive business requirements for reports and data pulls
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Develop partnership acting as a liaison between technical and business teams to understand, troubleshoot, interpret and advise on questions or use cases
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Assess and determine priorities for training deliverables and routinely manage the creation of training deliverables\: training plan, training schedule, job aids, etc.
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Lead creation and review of all test-related deliverables including test approach, test scenarios, test cases/conditions, test scripts, and test results, as they relate to User Acceptance Test (UAT
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Drive the communication of the release and deployment plans with business stakeholders
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Support the team to deliver projects in a timely manner
Qualifications:
- Bachelorโs Degree with a concentration in Business, Economics or Computer Science, or an equivalent diploma
- 5-8 years of experience in the Retail field โ either business or IT
- Ability to determine methods and procedures on new assignments and coordinate activities of other associates
- Ability to exercise judgment and influence in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
- Excellent communication skills to all levels of the organization
- Ability to network with key contacts outside of own area of expertise
- Advanced application of productivity suite software (i.e. Microsoft Office)
- Solid level of working business knowledge
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Desired Skills:
- Hands on experience with BI tools (i.e. MicroStrategy)
- Hands on experience with data governance tools
- Basic SQL skill is a plus
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