Business Systems Analyst – Cascade Application (Hybrid)

Business Systems Analyst – Cascade Application (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Business Systems Analyst – Cascade Application for their Vancouver, Washington location. This role
will support the Transmission Field Services organization, specifically working within the Business Controls and Information group. This group is responsible for providing an accessible, reliable, and comprehensive asset register, working closely with the Work Planning and Evaluation Group to develop maintenance plans and providing critical information to the Reliability Centered Management group. The position will analyze and document existing processes, as well as facilitate future state process design and re-engineering work sessions. The analyst will also perform data gathering and analysis, write business requirements, and participate in change management activities to support the overall business transformation effort.

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 – Cascade Application:

• Provide Cascade technical support for all users of the software, with emphasis on the Power System Control (PSC), Substation Maintenance, System Protection Control (SPC) and Transmission Line Maintenance (TLM).
• Provide ongoing communications to the customers and stakeholders of the ADM team, including but not limited to process changes, system usage support, task status, etc.
• Regularly works on tasks that are varied and complex in support of the implementation of new/upgraded tools and business processes.
• Train/mentor new and existing personnel on the ADM team, as well as other system users on configuration changes to data systems.
• With manager oversight and approval, make complex changes to the core components of the configuration of Cascade. These changes affect the configuration that is presented and functional to the end user, to meet needs of the Transmission Organization. 
• Analyze requests for non-routine changes to supporting systems and make recommendations for adapting data systems through configuration changes that meet all business needs and are sustainable. 
• Design and perform user acceptance testing to validate that upgrades and enhancements meet requirements and do not negatively impact the business.
• Perform system configuration changes, maintenance order management and data update tasks within TF Operations & Maintenance asset and work management systems with manager oversight.
• Apply full range of specialized skills and job knowledge to perform data analysis, document trends and/or unique findings during daily activities that may generate change requirements or have compliance implications. Present compiled information to ADM team for awareness and analysis of needed actions.
• Plan and facilitate working sessions to elicit requirements and analyze and document current state processes and design or re-engineer future state processes in support of Cascade processes.
• Communicate technical information (supported systems data, analysis results, etc.) verbally and in writing to a wide variety of technical and business experts, as well as non-technical users, in both individual and group settings.
• Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to resolve solution vs. requirements conflicts.
• Provide analytical support and objective data to the appropriate manager or other federal personnel to assist in their facilitation and resolution of conflicting priorities, requirements, or stakeholder concerns.
• Evaluate and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities.  Support change management efforts.
• Use a variety of diagrams and other tools (such as Visio) to explain and simplify complex problems.
• Collect, organize, and validate data and model results to verify data completeness, accuracy and quality.
• Interpret modeling results and propose alternative courses of action.
• Facilitates assigned process improvement/development and data analysis projects/initiatives under the direction of the manager.

Requirements/Qualifications for Business Systems Analyst – Cascade Application:

• An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Systems or a 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 should include a combination of work-related experience on-the-job training and/or vocational training and should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
• 5 years of demonstrated work-related analyst experience. 
• Specific experience conceptualizing and planning initiatives for data integration, gathering, and organization experience.

**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.