Senior Business Systems Analyst

The Cato Corporation, a leading specialty retailer of value-priced women’s fashion apparel with corporate offices located in Charlotte, North Carolina, operates three concepts: Cato, It’s Fashion and Versona. The Company has over 1,300 stores throughout the United States and a diverse workforce of approximately 10,000 associates. The Company’s stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “CATO”. Cato is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst to join its Merchandise Information team. Responsibilities include: Liaise with key stakeholders to understand their business needs and translate these into requirements for the development of technology solutions to improve business efficiency and execute company goals; Design, test and train merchandising systems and maintains a detailed knowledge of end to end business functions, processes and controls; Develop and maintain understanding of all merchandise-related system workflows, functions, processes and business needs to supply quality support and solutions; Collaborate with cross functional business teams to gather business requirements; Deliver precise functional specifications to Technology partners based off business requirements and use cases; Partner with Technology team to develop business functionality; Work with Technology team to communicate, verify and test functionality changes; Work with business teams to demonstrate the changes to the systems to ensure all relevant business needs are addressed; Develop training materials and provide system and process training; Manage multiple competing priorities through effective communication and organizational agility; Recommend and institute best practices and new functionality to streamline processes; and Coordinate and implement business resolutions.