IS Business Analyst III

SCOPE

The Business Analyst III works in a fast-paced environment within Mouser's IS team, and supports the delivery of global solutions across Mouser Electronics. The Business Analyst III analyzes department processes, documents business requirements, recommends process improvements, proposes ideas for technical solutions, and acts as the functional subject matter expert (SME) for the project and assigned business unit(s). Has a passion to improve processes, initiate change, and embrace new technologies. The Business Analyst III works and establishes solid relationships with stakeholders, project team members, IS Managers and Directors, Mouser Executives, and other "key" individuals throughout the organization.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Maintain a strong acumen in both IS and the Mouser business and apply it to each assignment.

Establish and maintain open, fluid and timely communications with all interested parties, stakeholders, and project team members. This could include all levels from Company Executives to individual contributors.

Must take initiative to spend time with all user levels. This includes formal meetings, informal meetings, side by sides, etc.

Expected to send out meeting agendas in advance and distribute comprehensive meeting notes to attendees.

Facilitate requirement sessions with key individuals to understand current processes, identify requirements, and business rules.

Is an agent of change; ask questions, suggest ideas for requirements, projects, and technical solutions.

Expected to be a strategic thinker and contributes to the roadmap and vision for assigned business unit(s).

Partners with assigned business unit(s) to improve internal processes, external customer experiences, and increase sales.

Establish a firm understanding of assigned business unit(s) and projects, including the business value behind each change.

Document and assist with prioritization of functional and non-functional requirements to support new and existing applications.

Responsible for producing wireframes, mockups, user guides, demoing new solutions or changes, validating the project meets requirements, supporting UAT, and implementation of assigned projects.

Collaborates with IS Teams to validate business requirements against system functionality.

Serves as the point of contact for the Business, Developers, Software Architects, and QA throughout the lifecycle of the project.

Partners with Developers, QA, and Business Teams to support the development, testing, and deployment of the project.

Responsible for project communication, weekly project dashboards, creating timelines, and overseeing the completion of smaller projects.

Schedules, facilitates, and leads regular project prioritization sessions with assigned business unit(s).

Fosters a learning environment and mentors Business Analyst I & II.

Is the "go to" person for projects or topics relating to assigned business unit(s).

Available to work early, late and weekends when needed to fulfill assigned responsibilities.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's Degree in Business or relevant discipline and 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst in software development.

CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA Certificate or 4500 hours of Business Analysis experience in software development at Mouser Electronics.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• In depth understanding of Mouser's business systems, applications, data sources etc.
• In-depth understanding of the software development lifecycle, project management tools and methodologies (waterfall, agile, prototyping, JAD).
• Proficient in process mapping, business process reengineering, and gap analysis.
• Must be able to analyze spreadsheets, data, business processes, and workflows.
• Exhibits strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation, organizational, teaching, and capacity to think outside the box skills.
• Ability to ask the right questions, understand the need, and identify requirements and solution gaps.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly describe business problems or processes to technical and non-technical audience.
• Proven ability to work in teams with a collaborative interpersonal style in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Possess strong influencing and relationship building skills.
• Must be able to manage multiple projects and priorities with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision.
• PC experience in a Microsoft Windows environment, Microsoft Visio, Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and other software.
• Lean Six Sigma experience a plus.
• Ability to read programming languages such as C, C , Unibasic, MV Basic, Java, or Python.
• Proven understanding of relational and/or multivalue databases including the ability to read and write SQL statements.

This is a summary of the primary accountabilities and requirements for this position. The company reserves the right to modify or amend accountabilities and requirements at any time at its sole discretion based on business needs. Any part of this job description is subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Category:IT/IS

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.