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Sr Systems Analyst (Finance)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota
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Job ID 24-5710 Date posted Nov. 05, 2024 Category IT

*** Strong preference for Marshall based candidates but open to Twin Cities location***

At Schwan’s Company, the opportunities are real, and the sky is the limit; this isn’t just a job, it’s a seat at the table. Around here, every job matters, every voice counts, and every person contributes in a big way. We look to you to execute business, build relationships, and take pride in your work because at Schwan’s, you lead the way, and we value what you bring. Our passion is our food. Our secret is our people.

Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company, CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels. Our many popular brands include Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Freschetta® pizza and Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™; Pagoda® and bibigo Asian-style snacks and Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® desserts. Schwan’s is a place for people with an appetite for more.

Our team is growing!  We are looking for a savvy Sr Systems Analyst where you will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders within our Finance departments.  You will be empowered to identify opportunities to improve business performance through the application of technology and/or process improvements; and leading projects while creating plans and documenting requirements to enable achievement of business unit strategic goals. You will also help lead and assist with the ongoing technology planning.

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as a liaison between the business unit and technical teams in support of the relationship management function and business strategy. Identifies opportunities for process improvements, gathers solution requirements in terms of business capabilities, and creates business process models of current and proposed systems.
  • Supports the innovation process and the introduction of new solutions through researching competitors, vendors, industry solutions, emerging technologies, and managing RFI/RFP processes.
  • Provides estimates to develop project plans; monitors and directs project plans, when assigned; identifies and resolves issues; and communicates status of assigned projects. Involved in change management activities. Participates in annual budget cycle.
  • Maintains a complete understanding of and adheres to the IS Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and standards and systems planning process. Assists with changes to standards.
  • Mentors less experienced systems analysts.
  • Configures or develops, tests, implements, and supports software solutions. Ensures solutions meet the stated objectives through facilitation of user acceptance testing.
  • Ensures that the systems continue to meet the needs of the Business Unit through upgrades and maintenance testing.
  • Supports and maintains quality of existing software by troubleshooting processes, identifies and resolves problems on a 24-hour emergency need basis.
  • Provides customer service to end-users (customers) to ensure systems continually meet or exceed the users or customers’ expectations. Participates in escalation situations for projects and support issues.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Minimum 6+ years of experience in an IT liaison role working with key stakeholders in the business where you are leading the process design, requirements gathering, configuration and testing
  • SAP or other large ERP system experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience in an IT liaison role working with key stakeholders in the business where you led SAP/S4 Hana process design, requirements gathering, configuration and testing
  • Finance module experience
  • Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

  • Knowledge of business and strategic planning process
  • Knowledge of systems development principles, theories and concepts
  • Change management and project management experience
  • Lean / six sigma / continuous improvement experience
  • Advanced Business process management and modeling skills.

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan's Food Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin, or other protected class.


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