The Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) plays a pivotal role in driving NielsenIQ’s Shop Reference Data Platform Transformation — connecting business process improvement, product evolution, and data operations into a cohesive, value-driven delivery model. This role serves as the translation layer between business needs and system functionality — ensuring transformation goals are captured, validated, and delivered as measurable outcomes across global markets.Key Responsibilities
- Lead the elicitation, documentation, and validation of complex business requirements across multiple stakeholders
- Translate business transformation goals into clear, testable, and deployable functional requirements
- Develop and maintain FRDs, process flows, data dictionaries, and interface specifications
- Partner with Process Team to document 'As-Is' workflows and co-design 'To-Be' optimized processes
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to align system logic and data flows with business intent
- Support UI/UX design sessions to ensure alignment with user experience objectives
- Act as a bridge across Process, Product, and Deployment teams to ensure coherence and traceability
- Contribute to transformation roadmap milestones and ensure alignment to strategic outcomes
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 8–12 years of experience in Business Systems Analysis or Functional Consulting, preferably in data platform or enterprise transformation contexts.
- Expertise in functional specification writing, data modeling, and process analysis.
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Visio/Lucidchart, and SQL for data validation.
- Strong collaboration skills across Product, Process, and Deployment teams.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies is needed
- Lean/Six Sigma principles is advantageous.
Core Competencies
- Strategic Thinking – Connects platform capabilities with transformation goals
- Analytical Rigor – Understands data, process, and system linkages
- Business Translation – Converts business requirements into actionable functional specs
- Change Leadership – Partners with process and deployment teams to drive adoption
- Quality Orientation – Ensures documentation precision and traceability
Additional Information
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.For more information, visit NIQ.comWant to keep up with our latest updates?Follow us on: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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