Business Analyst 3

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Vancouver, Washington, United States

Vancouver, Washington, United States

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Job Title ASSIGNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES Note: All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so. Facilitate large teams in problem solving and identifying improvement opportunities using industry methodologies (i.e. Kanban, Client Workout or like tools/models). Perform organizational maturity analysis, assess gaps, and draft maturity roadmaps based on management goals and objectives. Provide analysis and support in the development / draft and recommendation of tools for organizational alignment, strategic content, alignment of capabilities and work, and a roadmap for success. Conduct background research and interview end-users, stakeholders and other interested internal parties (customers) to gather and understand customer / end-user requirements, which may include software solutions and/or business process, procedure or workflow development; present solution recommendations for management, executive, stakeholder consideration and approval. Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), other analysts, specialists and teams to perform root cause analysis and lessons learned, as part of identifying opportunities to apply business or process improvement strategies. Support the structure for, facilitate the planning of, and provide assistance with the development / draft, recommendation and implementation of management approved initiatives, studies, analyses, and projects supporting business and process analysis and continuous improvement efforts. Plan, facilitate and conduct working sessions to analyze and document/map current state processes and value streams, and future state processes and value streams. Facilitate decision making to verify that key requirements of the future state are vetted and agreed to across the Transmission Engineering and Technical Services /Transmission Value Chain. Review and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities. Perform all analytical tasks related to a project, including requirements definition, validation, management and supporting documentation (i.e. process flows, user stories, use cases) and related testing; assist management with implementation activities that contribute to system, process, and/or business improvements. Provide background information, technical input, options and recommendations that facilitate decision-making and that will enable key requirements of improvement projects, project milestones and/or implemented solutions to be met. As requested, perform appropriate testing of recommended and/or management-approved solutions, which may include creating / drafting and recommending new analytical tools or components, new or revised workflows, processes, standards, business-case criteria, and/or mitigation measures. Facilitate the definition and documentation of business and functional requirements. Conduct user/stakeholder interviews and facilitate joint requirements sessions. Draft requirements documentation, review with user representatives, recommend priorities and obtain user signoff. Maintain the requirements documentation created and map it to specific delivery releases and schedules. Prepare use cases, process models and activity diagrams to support a project, coordinate efforts with business process activities when needed. Verify with user representatives that use cases and process models accurately portray specific business processes. Collaborate with staff and user representatives to verify that all user requirements are accommodated. Participate in user/stakeholder review of program/project artifacts and obtain signoff. Trace acceptance criteria to business and functional requirements and support the development of test plans. Provide input to program/project managers on schedules and program/project plans with particular emphasis on analysis-related activities. Collect and document detailed descriptions and specifications of user needs, business rules, functionality and steps required to develop or modify business solutions. Promote and maintain effective client and stakeholder relationships. Work with clients and stakeholders to understand and facilitate requirement changes including changes in scope. Translate business requirements into definitions and solutions. Identify problems, research alternatives, prepare presentations, recommend and assist management with implementing solutions. Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze potential tradeoffs between usability and performance needs; work with appropriate manager / personnel to reconcile and determine acceptable "tradeoffs". Design/draft templates and tools to support the project management methodology, including creating, recommending and utilizing tools (such as MS Project, Access, SharePoint, etc.) to assist Project Managers (PMs) in tracking and reporting project progress / status, project milestones and deliverables, as well as metrics reporting. Draft and recommend key project deliverable documents including: requirements, process diagrams, workflow maps, project plans, and change management plans. Develop /draft approximate documentation to validate repeatability of processes, to facilitate training of new analytical tools and to support business continuity and knowledge transfer. Work with appropriate manager / personnel to facilitate resolution of conflicting priorities and requirements, as well as conflicting team positions in order to build consensus among stakeholders and project team members.
Requirements Education & Corresponding Experience (required on matrix) A degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Accounting, Computer Science (or a closely related field) is preferred. With an applicable Bachelor's degree, 8 years of experience is required. With an applicable Associates degree, 10 years of experience is required. Without an applicable degree, 12 years of experience is required. Experience should include direct work experience as a change manager, business analyst, strategic business partner or equivalent. Business analysis experience should be progressively more technical in nature. Required Technical Skills & Experience (required on matrix) 5+ years experience applying methodology to process improvement and optimization efforts across multiple business units within a defined enterprise. Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts. Technical interview skills sufficient to facilitate group process design/requirements gathering sessions in a business environment. Intermediate proficiency in Visio (flowcharts), MS Project, Access, and SharePoint. Preferred Skills & Experience (optional on matrix) Demonstrated experience with project and change management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle. Experience with the Prosci methodology for Change Management. Additional Requirements (not required on matrix) Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.
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