Senior Business Analyst, Master Data Office

Ross Stores • New York, NY

4d • $99,900 - $115,000

About The Position

The Master Data Office is an enterprise team at Ross defining how data can better serve the business. The Senior Business Analyst will identify key opportunities for improvements and contribute to critical operational/process improvements or projects. This role will support the MDO vision to be the central point of contact for all master data needs within a certain data domain (i.e. Vendor/Supplier, Product Hierarchy or Item). They will ensure that all requests are prioritized, addressed and resolved in a timely manner. The Senior Business Analyst may represent the team in meetings with executives or key business partners. They will be able to independently work, managing deliverables and expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with a concentration in Business, Economics, Finance or Computer Science, or an equivalent diploma
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, (preferably in Retail or in an IT field), with strong process, data, and systems understanding
• Thorough knowledge of business process documentation that includes prior experience with documenting Merchandising, IT or Finance workflows, processes and requirements
• Ability to work with both business (non-technical) and IT (technical) with ability to communicate/translate requirements easily and effectively between all parties
• Strong understanding of productivity suite software (i.e. Microsoft Office)
• Ability to understand and apply instructions or suggest alternate proven methods to move projects or requests forward
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to follow established practices, policies and procedures
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build working relationships and bring about cooperation from leadership and working teams
• Ability to adjust with changing work environments, priorities and goals

Nice To Haves

• Prior Data Governance and Administration experience or exposure preferred

Responsibilities

• As point of contact for multiple business departments across the organization, the Senior Business Analyst will be playing an important role to support multiple business units, address regular requests, and troubleshoot issues
• Analyze data to troubleshoot or provide data insights and business visibility
• Ability to partner with cross functional teams
• Ensure that existing governance and process documents are up to date based on changes in requirements or business needs
• Develop foundational domain specific operational processes and reporting structures related to Master Data Management
• Manage workflow and requests in a Master Data Management Tool. Execute on all (change) requests from business effectively to ensure that they are implemented according to set data governance standards and processes
• Identify and provide solutions on ways to service the business better
• Play a role on enterprise-wide initiatives involving Master Data across the organization
• Promote adoption of data governance processes by establishing clear understanding (e.g. conducting periodic refresher workshops), and improving the MDO governance processes based on ever changing needs of the business and other partners. Provide Manager with solutions or best practices.
• Verify all Master Data Management processes around data governance are followed
• Play an integral role in escalating requests that do not comply with the governance set by MDM
• Build deep content knowledge around how the business end-users use this foundational data to run the business
• Work and partner with Business Analyst on complex challenges as they arise

Benefits

• A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge
• 401(k) with employer match
• Life insurance
• Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace
• Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior