Title: Business Analyst III
Duration: 8 Months - (Possible Extension)
Location: Portland OR - Hybrid
Job Description
- Team size: 10 direct teammembers, 30 individual contributors
- Project initiatives:Streamline and standardize project and portfolio management throughconsolidating tools and implementing a new software application.
- Applications used: Quickbase,P6, ERP, Maximo, Coupa, Microsoft Products, WinEst, DevonWay.
- This BA would contribute toinformation gathering from all direct team members and individualcontributors, to inform the software integrations and implementationrequirements to support the project initiative.
- This would include attendingproject team meetings and initiating 1:1 meetings with individualcontributors to report back to the project manager.
- Gather high valuerequirements for the implementation of a software application. Candidateshould be self-driven and highly organized.
- Working with individualcontributors to identify software needs and how integrations can bedeveloped to implement the new project application.
Responsibilities
- May lead functional teams orprojects.
- Takes responsibility forinvestigative work to determine business requirements and specifyeffective business processes, through improvements in information systems,information management, practices, procedures, and organization change.Applies and monitors the use of modelling and analysis tools, methods andstandards, giving special consideration to business perspectives.Collaborates with stakeholders at all levels, in the conduct ofinvestigations for strategy studies, business requirements specificationsand feasibility studies. Prepares business cases which define potentialbenefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of newor changed processes, and associated business risks.
- Facilitates scoping andbusiness priority setting for large or complex changes, engaging seniorstakeholders as required. Selects the most appropriate means ofrepresenting business requirements in the context of a specific changeinitiative. Drives the requirements elicitation process where necessary,identifying what stakeholder input is required. Obtains formal agreementfrom a large and diverse range of potentially senior stakeholders andrecipients to the scope and requirements, plus the establishment of abaseline on which delivery of a solution can commence. Takesresponsibility for the investigation and application of changes to programscope. Identifies the impact on business requirements of external impactsaffecting a program or project.
- Manages provision ofconsultancy services and/or management of a team of consultants. In ownareas of expertise, provides advice and guidance to consultants and/or theclient through involvement in the delivery of consultancy services.Engages with clients and maintains client relationships. Establishesagreements/contracts and manages completion and disengagement.
- Analyzes business processes;identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends newapproaches, typically seeking to exploit technology components. Evaluatesthe financial, cultural, technological, organizational and environmentalfactors which must be addressed in the change program. Establishes clientrequirements for the implementation of significant changes inorganizational mission, business functions and process, organizationalroles and responsibilities, and scope or nature of service delivery.
- Identifies specific measuresand mechanisms by which benefits can be measured and plans to activatethese mechanisms at the required time. Monitors benefits against what waspredicted in the business case and ensures that all participants areinformed and involved throughout the change program and fully prepared toexploit the new operational business environment once it is in place.Supports senior management to ensure that all plans, work packages anddeliverables are aligned to the expected benefits and leads activitiesrequired in the realization of the benefits of each part of the changeprogram.
Functional Competencies
- Advanced knowledge ofbusiness analysis framework
- Expert knowledge of discoverytechniques and requirements definition
- Expert knowledge ofrequirements documentation
- Advanced knowledge of clientrelationship management techniques and client service models
- Advanced knowledge ofbusiness process improvement frameworks
- General Competencies
- Advanced customer focusskills
- Advanced oral and writtencommunication skills
- Advanced organization andprioritization skills
- Advanced meeting facilitationskills
- Intermediate team buildingskills.
- Intermediate developing otherskills
Requirements
Requirements
- 8 or more years of experiencein or knowledge of specific line of business and/or IT environment.
- Utility experience is notmandatory but good to have.
- Certified Business AnalysisProfessional (CBAP) certification preferred.
- Requires specialized depthand/or breadth of expertise.
- Interprets internal orexternal business issues and recommends best practices.
- Solves complex problems;takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
- Works independently, withguidance in only the most complex situations
Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
- IT background withintegrations and application implementations.
- Business analysis skills,knowledge of the International Institute of Business Analysis - BABOKprocesses.
- High proficiency withMicrosoft Products. And the ability to create data visualizations andcommunicate highly technical processes to business professionals.
Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)
- Ability to prioritizerequirements and negotiate with various stakeholders.
- Adaptability in a teamenvironment.
- Creativity and criticalthinking.