Business Analyst

Job Title

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We are hiring a talented Business Analyst with deep grants experience.

Summary

We are launching its first enterprise-level Grants Management Solution, a high-profile initiative that will standardize and modernize the way state agencies administer grants. Today, approximately 25+ agencies administer over 4,400 grants that are managed through disparate processes, tools, and technologies. This project will consolidate those efforts into a single unified software solution with an initial roll-out to 10 state agencies. We are seeking a Business Analyst with deep grants experience to play a critical role in the analysis, design, and implementation of this new solution. The Business Analyst will work closely with our state agencies, IT teams, and the selected vendor to define business requirements, evaluate configuration options and workflows, and establish a repeatable playbook to onboard new agencies over time. This role requires strong knowledge of grants lifecycle management, enterprise solution analysis, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit and document detailed business, functional, and non-functional requirements across state agencies
• Analyze existing grant-related processes and tools to identify commonalities, differences, and opportunities to standardize
• Translate complex requirements into clear process flows, user stories, configuration documentation, and other requirement artifacts
• Evaluate selected vendor solution capabilities to determine what is configurable vs. standard, communicate limitations and trade-offs, and make suggestions on enterprise standards
• Act as the primary liaison between business users, technical teams, and the vendor to ensure solution alignment with business needs
• Support change management and user adoption by assessing current state business process flows, defining future state process flows, and identifying solution gaps and/or training needs
• Assist in testing, validation, and user acceptance efforts to ensure the solution meets business goals
• Assist in developing a governance plan and framework for managing enterprise-wide changes
• Assist in developing a repeatable implementation and requirements playbook for new agencies to onboard onto the grants enterprise level management system

Required Experience

• 7+ years of business analysis experience with large-scale technology implementations
• Experience with public sector grants processes is required, including grant application, review, award, monitoring, and reporting
• Experience implementing standardized enterprise solutions across disparate systems, processes, or organizations
• Demonstrated success working with or implementing COTS/SaaS platforms
• Proven experience coordinating across multiple government agencies or large stakeholder groups
• Experience with vendor-driven solutions, including evaluating standard out of the box functionality and configuration/customization options

Required Skills

• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and critical thinking skills, with ability to synthesize large volumes of data and complex processes into clear requirements
• Proven ability to lead discovery workshops, surface misalignment, uncover unexpressed dependencies or expectations, and drive clarity on complex or conflicting needs
• Ability to build trust, advise stakeholders, and facilitate consensus on acceptable solutions or options
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to "zoom in and out" – balancing a deep understanding of the detailed requirements with understanding the broader enterprise strategy and goals
• High level of initiative, ownership, and organization, with expert written and verbal communication skills
• Strong documentation skills, with expertise in a variety of business analysis tools (Microsoft Office Suite, JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Miro, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity in government or non-profit organizations
• IIBA CBAP or similar business analysis certification
• Bachelor's or master's degree in business, public administration, information systems, or related field