Business Systems Analyst (Expertise in SharePoint)

Business Systems Analyst – Expertise in SharePoint (Hybrid)

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Business Systems Analyst – Expertise in SharePoint for their Portland, Oregon location. This position is located in the Real Property Services Organization within Transmission Services. This assignment will coordinate with other business analysts and software engineers in the host organization, and all disciplines throughout Transmission Services, Environmental and Legal organizations.

This hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Business Systems Analyst – Expertise in SharePoint:

• Conduct internal interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit business requirements.
• Plan, organize and facilitate process improvement and business process documentation sessions in support of Real Property Services.
• Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to distinguish between solution ideas and business needs.
• Facilitate requirements validation sessions and present findings. Provide analysis and fact-based criteria to the requirements and/or solutions vetting process, incorporating analysis and criteria in decision-making materials and presentations.
• Provide background information, technical input, solution options and weighted recommendations that facilitate decision making and that will enable key requirements of the subject initiative and/or other projects to be met. This may include arranging, attending and facilitating decision-making sessions/meetings with TER management, Work Stream Leads and key stakeholders, including drafting agendas, answering technical questions and presenting information, options and recommendations for decision-maker consideration.
• Assist in the development / draft of business cases and/or justifications for Management pre-identified improvement opportunities; present the proposed solutions in both verbal and written formats to key stakeholders and sponsors.
• Draft, build, recommend and assist management in implementing SharePoint solutions, including assistance with design, testing, setting permissions, creating workflows, and utilizing change management principles.
• At manager / team lead request, create user interfaces in both Project Web Access (PWA) and SharePoint.
• Prepare/draft and update user manuals, implementation and training documentation as well as design, testing and other appropriate project and/or system administration documentation.
• Analyze solutions and business practices and recommend new or revised procedures and processes to increase group efficiency, quality and effectiveness. Serve as point of contact and SharePoint site collection administrator for multiple group SharePoint sites, which may include such tasks as adding, deleting or changing site settings and designing/drafting site content, developing InfoPath flows, creating libraries, lists, views, establishing site permissions, implementing company-wide changes and a myriad of other, similar routine or standard site administration tasks.

Requirements/Qualifications for Business Systems Analyst – Expertise in SharePoint:

• A degree in Computer/Information Technology, Business Systems, Business Management, Technical Management, Engineering or a directly-related technical field is preferred. 
• With an applicable Bachelor’s degree, 5 years of experience is required.
• With an applicable Associate’s degree, 7 years of experience is required.
• Without an applicable degree, 9 years of experience is required.
• Experience must be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
• Advanced knowledge and mastery of SharePoint; sufficient for: providing administration, maintenance and customization activities for multiple sites, including designing, creating libraries, lists, views, InfoPath flows, performing updates, establishing site permissions, and a myriad other routine / standard site administration tasks.
• 5 years of SharePoint design experience

• InfoPath
• PowerView
• PerformancePoint
• Workflows

• 5+ years of Microsoft Project and Project Web Application (PWA) experience
• Experience and skills with front-end Web development (for deployment within a SharePoint environment) tools such as: Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript / JQuery / SPServices
• Expert level skills with MS SharePoint are required sufficient to design, setup and maintain MS SharePoint sites and provide support to other site administrators
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Software (MS Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio)
• A working knowledge of automated data systems.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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