Business Analyst Specialist

Role Description

The Specialist position is considered an expert position that has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or unique skillset in a particular area. The Business Analyst reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.

Under the direction of the WIC Technology Administration Director, the Lead WIC Business Analyst (BA) provides day-to-day direction to assigned staff and works closely with both technical and non-technical staff to plan, assess and document requirements. The Lead BA is responsible for creating and implementing a project plan that includes business and gap analysis work that supports the WIC MIS system and results in system requirement documentation. Responsibilities include:

• Tracking and reporting on project milestones
• Identifying, managing, and escalating project risks and issues
• Leading team members, as well as technical and non-technical subject matter experts to deliver project objectives

This position works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develops, manages, and implements the WIC MIS requirements documentation project plan. Coordinates all project activities, including reviewing the current MIS, translating current MIS functionality into usable system requirements, gathering and documenting business needs and system requirements, and performing a gap analysis of existing system documentation against federal, state and program requirements. Utilizes project management methodologies to develop a plan for the creation and documentation of business requirements for the existing WIC MOSAIC system, ensuring accuracy and effective communication with leadership and relevant stakeholders. (40%)
• Provides support, direction and guidance to team members in analyzing current systems and supporting documentation to develop business requirements and conducting a gap analysis of existing system functionality documentation against current documentation and program requirements. (25%)
• Develops expertise and assist team members in developing expertise in the assigned application, obtain stakeholder sign-off on requirements and priorities. (20%)
• Collaborates daily with team members to monitor progress, proactively identify issues, and report status. (10%)
• Other duties as assigned (5%)

Qualifications

• 10 years Business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
• Knowledge of Project Management Framework
• Knowledge of large-scale IT operations and information technology industry trends
• Skill in defining all types of requirements, functional specifications, and other deliverables
• Skill in interpersonal relationships, ability to negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• Ability to create clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
• Ability to ensure accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks (Preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management (Preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team or workgroup (Preferred)
• Skill in policy interpretation and translating regulations into system requirements (Preferred)
• Skill in requirements elicitation techniques such as reviewing current MIS functionality and translating into requirements (Preferred)
• Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in business, communications, computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field (Preferred)
• Experience with gathering management information system requirements at a large organization (Preferred)
• Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements (Preferred)
• Preferred PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP

Requirements

• 10 years Business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
• Knowledge of Project Management Framework
• Knowledge of large-scale IT operations and information technology industry trends
• Skill in defining all types of requirements, functional specifications, and other deliverables
• Skill in interpersonal relationships, ability to negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• Ability to create clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
• Ability to ensure accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements

Benefits

• Remote with the potential to be in office as instructed by management for tasks assigned
• Local only - LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius)