Business Analyst II

Johnson Brothers•St. Paul, MN

About The Position

Johnson Brothers is a national family-owned wine, spirits, and beer distributor. We’ve been providing exceptional service to our customers since 1953, representing the world's most famous brands in the beverage industry. We are seeking a new Business Analyst focusing on ERP technology including IBMi and Microsoft technologies. This role is responsible for facilitating discussions with all levels of the organization to define details to achieve expected outcomes and working as a liaison between business and information technology.

Requirements

Experience determining the explicit and implicit needs and requirements of various stakeholders.
Ability to quickly learn the objectives, structures, operations, and policies of a new business area.
Strong problem resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Demonstrated ability to engage both developers and business partners to achieve target outcomes.
Proven interpersonal skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
Experience creating documentation such as business case documentation or business requirements summaries.
Adaptability and a willingness to learn new skills.
Experience with agile development methodologies and agile planning tools such as Jira.
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent years of experience).
3-5 years of experience in business analysis.
Background in Enterprise Resource Planning platforms including IBMi based and/or Microsoft D365,
Experience using productivity tools including Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, JIRA, ServiceNow and others
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or at any point in the future.

Nice To Haves

Business analysis certification (e.g. CBAP) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Possess a general understanding of relevant business area(s) within the Distribution Supply Chain and the supporting ERP business processes for Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, and Finance to Manage to be able to recommend solutions and build high-quality requirements.
Ability to translate business requirements into native ERP configurations to enable business rules and workflows.
Use a variety of techniques to understand business requirements, such as interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, and storyboards.
Shape business requirements by making recommendations and suggesting alternatives to proposed solutions.
Translate conceptual user requirements into clear, detailed functional requirements.
Work with business and delivery teams to prioritize requirements.
Manage requirements scoping throughout the delivery process.
Create artifacts as appropriate, including business case documentation, scope documentation, and process flows.
Support delivery teams as they develop, test, and deploy solutions.
Review delivery team output to ensure requirements are correctly interpreted; define and execute test cases.
Identify and assist in prioritizing opportunities to streamline business processes.
Collaborate to develop test cases and scripts for defined business requirements.
Complete testing in the agreed upon timelines and deadlines.
Execute all test cases and report defects, define severity and priority for each.
Provide support through assigned tasks to assist in resolving issues identified by business users including after hours if necessary.
Collaborate to implement solutions.
Project Support and project management for smaller efforts.