About the position
At Extra Space, business analysis is the practice of enabling change in the enterprise by defining needs and analyzing potential and effectiveness of products/solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. Business analysis enables the company to articulate needs and the rationale for change, and to design and describe solutions that can deliver value. Product Analysts are responsible for discovering, synthesizing, and analyzing information from a variety of sources within an enterprise, including tools, processes, documentation, and stakeholders. The Sr. Product Analyst is responsible for understanding and expressing the actual needs of stakeholders-which frequently involves investigating and clarifying their expressed desires-in order to determine underlying issues and causes. Sr. Product Analysts play a role in aligning the designed and delivered solutions with the needs of stakeholders. Within the Product team, the analyst works very closely with Product Manager(s), and as a liaison between business Process Owners/Stakeholders and the Software Engineering group to accomplish desired product outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Consult with Business Owners/Stakeholders to gather information about system needs, objectives, functions, and features that are aligned to desired business/customer outcomes.
- Analyze, refine, and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, inputs and outputs.
- Understand the departments systems and process structures to recommend solutions to requested initiatives.
- Consult with Stakeholders and Developers to manage requests from initiation to successful production implementation.
- Document and maintain business requirements and drives functional specifications and testing plans.
- Work with product managers, as needed, to analyze and estimate feasibility, costs and other factors relevant for a products success.
- Understand core agile principals and help development teams work within agile frameworks to maintain existing functionality and grow products aligned with business priorities.
- Coordinate and demo changes to the business stakeholders for training to be developed.
- Research and evaluate possible tools and systems to assist programming/developing solutions.
- Monitor performance and adoption of programs and systems after implementation.
Requirements
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical writing skills and procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
- Desired experience implementing or supporting ERP systems (such as Dynamics AX, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards); AX Preferred.
- Experience with business tool administration (security, workflows, configurations).
- Domain knowledge of accounting and finance principles.
Nice-to-haves
- Preferred experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Business Intelligence (SSAS, SSRS, SSIS) or similar technologies.
- Preferred experience with SharePoint and Salesforce.com.
Benefits
- Well defined career paths
- Great work/life balance and hybrid work schedule
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending (FSA)
- Company paid Life, AD&D, and Short- & Long-Term Disability
- 401K with company match after 90 days of service
- Holiday pay and paid time off
- Extensive wellness program and various employee discount programs
- Personal health advocate
- On-site fitness center
- Free soda, coffee, and snacks all day every day and much, much more!
