Strategic Business Analyst – Lawrenceville, GA (Onsite)

Volantsoft Inc•Lawrenceville, GA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Strategic Business Analyst (SBA)to join the Business Strategic Service team. The position is a contract position to assist in initiative discovery, research, analysis, creation of technology solicitations such as Request for Proposals (RFPs), facilitation and management of business and functional requirements pre-project creation. This position will report directly to the Division Director of Business Strategic Services (BSS), which is a division within the Department of Information Technology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, or related field.
Job-related work experience at or for technology or government solutions providers or customers.
Five years conducting technology research and analysis.
Eight years facilitating and producing business requirements.
Five years of working experience authoring technology solicitation content such as RFPs.
Working knowledge and experience in production product comparisons, SWOT analysis, and other artifacts in support of technology selections.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Fluent in English in both written and verbal business and technical communications.
Ability to create compelling presentations and reports.
Experience facilitating requirements gathering of business-level requirements.
Proficient in MS Suite (Word, Excel, Power-Point.).
Experience in Visio, MS Project, and SharePoint preferred

Nice To Haves

ITIL and Business Analysis certifications in requirements gathering.
Stable work history.
Experience facilitating process improvement engagements.
Experience facilitating customer-facing requirement gathering and/or journey mapping.
Working knowledge and experience creating Excel formulas and pivot tables.
Experience authoring business cases.
Financial analysis
Must be a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational skills.
Interpersonal and collaborative skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead business requirements gathering sessions with a diverse set of stakeholders to generate detailed solicitation requirements and content using County templates.
Facilitate business requirements gathering and author the artifacts from that effort such as Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
Create technology Request for Proposal content in prescribed templates that include extensive Word documents and accompanying Excel Workbooks.
Perform assigned primary and secondary research in support of business cases, technology research, and other Business Relationship Management deliverables.
Create reports, analysis, and visualizations to support technology selections.
Create technology inventories, business architectures, process Swim Lanes (as is and future state), and technology comparisons.
Assist BRMs in the creation of project hand-off documentation using County templates.
Author business cases in support of new technology that includes financial analysis.
Facilitate customer journey mapping sessions with customer departments.
Describe and validate solutions that meet business needs, goals, and objects.