Strategic Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst (SBA)to join the Business Strategic Service team for a contract role in Lawrenceville, GA . 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.

Skills:

· 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.

· Communications. o 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.

· Must be a critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.

· Strong organizational skills.

· Interpersonal and collaborative skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Experience:

· 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

Responsibilities:

· Lead business requirements gathering sessions with a diverse set of stakeholders to generate detailed solicitation requirements and content using Client 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 Client 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.