Remote Program Cost Control Analyst Jobs in Portland, OR

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for gaining a detailed understanding of components of the business and translating that knowledge into the requirements for systems or processes.
- Act as primary liaison between project business staff and technical staff.
- May lead area of requirements development including; work plan development, timeline, and resource management.
- Evaluate and recommend enhancements to application efficiency and reliability.
- May provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary point of contact with MAXIMUS project staff and/or clients to define and document business and technical requirements for assigned projects.
- Act as the principal liaison between business stakeholders and technical personnel to ensure alignment of project objectives, requirements, and deliverables.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of business processes, operational workflows, and system components, and translate this knowledge into detailed functional and technical specifications.
- Lead or support requirements-development activities, including work-plan creation, task coordination, timeline management, and resource planning.
- Define and document data file extracts, automated process flows, report structures, and content specifications to support application development, enhancement, and maintenance activities.
- Support customer application development and systems integration efforts involving SaaS platforms, including CRM systems, customer-experience tools, document-management solutions, and financial ERP applications.
- Analyze and document system interfaces, data flows, and integration points across cloud-based and on-premises applications.
- Design, document, and produce ad hoc and recurring reports that summarize, analyze, and present data in support of project operations and decision-making.
- Participate in system testing, design reviews, and code walkthroughs to validate requirements and ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Audit, evaluate, track, and report on application performance and project activities to ensure adherence to QA/QC requirements.
- Provide support for system maintenance activities, including the assessment of change requests, troubleshooting of issues, and coordination of enhancements.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience applying Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) for backlog refinement, user-story development, acceptance-criteria definition, and estimation using Jira or comparable tools.
- Proficiency in Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN 2.0) for documenting current-state and future-state workflows.
- Experience supporting customer application development and systems integration involving SaaS products, APIs, and cloud-based services.
- Experience supporting CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Dynamics, or comparable systems) and customer-experience technologies, including Genesys Cloud CX.
- Familiarity with digital-experience solutions, customer-journey mapping, and omnichannel service-delivery platforms.
- Experience working with document-management systems, workflow automation tools, and content-services platforms.
- Exposure to financial ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workday, or similar) and understanding of financial data flows and business processes.
- Proficiency with AI-enabled analysis and documentation tools, including platforms that support automated requirements generation, data analysis, or process optimization.
- Experience with process-automation technologies (e.g., RPA tools such as UiPath, Blue Prism, or Power Automate).
- Strong working knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS).
- Understanding of data-modeling concepts, data governance principles, and data-quality frameworks.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams within large, matrixed organizational environments.
- Extensive experience working with Jira or similar work-management and tracking tools.
- Experience working with AWS Cloud services, including data-integration, analytics, and application-development components.
- Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
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EEO Statement
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com.
Minimum Salary
$
85,400.00
Maximum Salary
$
125,000.00