Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst

Company Description

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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and valuable well-being benefits like free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well-being coaching all designed to support your health and financial security.

The targeted hiring range for this full-time position is $80,200 - $108,300 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Senior Business Systems Analyst to join our dynamic Business Technology team. In this role, you’ll analyze, design, document, and validate complex business needs across finance, tax, and point-of-sale systems—helping connect business strategy with technology execution.

You’ll work both independently and collaboratively to gather and analyze data in support of business cases, project proposals, and system requirements. While your primary focus will be on supporting our ERP (M3/Infor) and POS (EVA) environments, you’ll also play a key role in integrations with our Vertex Tax Engine and other financial applications.

We’re seeking someone who thrives on problem-solving, has strong SQL query experience, and excels at stakeholder engagement. You’ll be a trusted partner who helps bridge business needs with system solutions—balancing precision, agility, and communication.

This role is a hyflex work arrangement: Approximately 1-day onsite per week in Red Wing, MN headquarters office, with remote work eligibility the remainder of the week.

What You’ll Do:

Business Partnership

• Collaborate with Business Stakeholders, Product Managers, Enterprise Architecture, and Application Development teams to evaluate trade-offs between requirements, user experience, and performance needs.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert in the financial systems and applications you support.
• Monitor project status, ensure objectives are met, and maintain standards for implementation and support.
• Articulate system functionality and impacts to both business and IT teams at all levels.

Technical Analysis

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into data, reporting, or application specifications.
• Create and modify data mapping templates and SQL/DB2 queries to support interfaces, reporting, and ad-hoc analysis.
• Research and resolve data discrepancies, technical issues, and integration errors.

Business Analysis

• Lead and facilitate stakeholder requirements-gathering sessions.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements that enable flexible, scalable solutions.
• Develop use cases, business process flows, and functional specifications.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend functional or technical enhancements.
• Support Change Leaders with training materials and create end-user reference documentation as needed.

Quality Assurance

• Debug and troubleshoot data issues between systems.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to develop testing plans, use cases, and validation scenarios.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing and verify results align with mapped requirements.

Qualifications

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