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Ollie's Bargain Outlet Inc Business Analyst in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Come join Ollie's 40+ years of retail success and earn a 20% discount on all your Ollie's purchases. A publicly traded company since 2015, we're 500 stores strong in 30 states, and intensely focused on increasing our footprint.
Join our team and start living the Ollie-tude! ( Ollie's Core Values): o BE A TEAM PLAYER- Be supportive and work together. o BE CARING- How do I treat others with courtesy, dignity, and respect? o BE VALUE OBSESSED- Live the "good stuff cheap" mindset. o BE COMMITTED- Operate with grit, passion, tenacity, and action. o BE GROWING- How do we get better every day? o BE REAL- Associates should be honest, transparent, genuine, trustworthy, and sincere.
Competitive Benefits
- - Medical, Dental, Vision, and RX coverage begins Day 2 of employment. - 401K, Company match begins at Associate enrollment. - FSA/HSA (Flexible & Health Savings Account), set aside pre-tax dollars to reduce your taxable income. - Strong field sales career growth & talent development culture for top performers. - 20% Associate discount on all Ollie's purchases & annual bonus program.
*Position Overview:*
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization to provide functional solutions to meet user needs. This position will partner with IT Management by supporting the successful completion of analytical, building, testing and deployment tasks to support key business initiatives. *Primary Responsibilities:*
- Develop relationships with business partners, working with them to optimize and enhance effective business solutions.
- Partner with IT management to Document current and new business processes, and help identify issues and recommend maintainable solutions.
- Provide solutions to problems through gap analysis and advisement from IT management.
- Perform quality assurance and testing and partners with IT management on reviewing results
- Learn to easily recognize and report system deficiencies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of structured techniques and standards.
- Manage your activities within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Complete all documentation needed to maintain Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
- Participates in advising and assisting end-users with the operation and use of systems including development of training plans.
- Responsibilities may require evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.
- Complete any additional responsibilities and/or duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university
- 2-3 years of work experience in Business Analyst.
- Experience in writing queries preferred.
- 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.
*Physical requirements:*
- Minimal travel to stores and distribution centers.
- Duties frequently involve being seated for extended periods of time and using computers.
Ollie's is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with Federal and State Equal Opportunity Laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran's status, disability, or any other legally protected status.