Overview

The Solution Analyst is responsible for ensuring technology solutions address business requirements and achieve the identified business outcomes. This position understands, documents requirements in business requirements documents (BRD), functional specifications and designs and configures platforms to support business requirements. The position has a combination of strong business acumen, application domain knowledge and the ability to communicate effectively in both technical and business language. This role will assist subject matter experts with gap analysis / process definition and system enhancements and will provide a high level of service for break-fix incidents and requests. This role is different than a developer in that it does not “code”; the focus is to “build” a technical solution by taking business requirements and configuring the systems to support the business requirements

This person understands emerging technologies and can identify opportunities to automate and standardize business processes. They assist with educating the IT team on the goals of the business and assists with facilitating communication and alignment between functions and IT from the gathering of initial requirements to final implementation. This person may also manage process conformity, compliance, and is responsible for the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

Experience in data management, data design, data modeling and strong SQL skills

Knowledge of data management tools using Informatica Data Quality (IDQ), Axon, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC), Alteryx

Good understanding of SAP Business Objects and Tableau reporting tools or similar

Familiarity with Python and Sagemaker

Understanding of cloud technologies like Azure and AWS

Primary Responsibilities

Gather and document requirements and translate high-level business requirements into business requirements documents (BRD) and functional specifications

Create and maintain business processes, requirements, and functional specification documentation

Support the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials

Support the creation of test plans, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all test types

Perform testing duties as needed, working with end users and project teams during the design, construction, testing and implementation of modifications to systems

Support the definition of project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases, and elements; assist with project budget needs • Assist with monitoring project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports, and recommending actions as directed

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business Analysis, Data Management, BI)

Change Agent with Managerial Courage

Delivers Results

Holistic Thinking

Strong Teamwork & Collaboration

Effective communication

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong decision-making abilities

Process-oriented, systems thinking

Takes initiative

Strong business and systems acumen

Strong organizational skills

Strategic thinker (ability to break down complex ideas into smaller pieces)

Ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems

Ability to set and manage customer expectations

Good time management skills (i.e., setting priorities)

Strong team player and can work independently

Ability to deliver quality results on time

Ability to think at varying levels, from high-level concepts to low-level details

Collaborative

Strong decision-making abilities

Process-oriented/systems thinking

Takes initiative

Strong organizational skills

Ability to demonstrate Agile delivery values

Agile Delivery Values

Openness – Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges

Commitment – Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team

Respect – Respect your team members to be capable and independent

Courage – You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems

Focus – Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as a team

Physical Demands

Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine

Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping

May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.