Business Analyst/Consultant IV

* Onsite or Remote? Candidate must be CURRENT WI resident. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED.  Madison, WI.  Hybrid requirement is weekly not monthly. 

Introduction:

The client is seeking two qualified applicants for Business Analyst positions to support the ePermitting Discovery Project. This project is a significant, agency-wide discovery and planning effort focused on assessing the client's current permitting environment and defining requirements for a future ePermitting solution. The ideal candidates will have extensive experience in business analysis, documentation, and stakeholder engagement in complex, regulated environments.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct discovery and analysis of current state permitting processes across multiple client programs.
• Identify and document existing permitting applications, tools, and workflows.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews and workshops to elicit requirements and identify pain points.
• Document business, functional, and non-functional requirements for a future ePermitting solution.
• Develop current-state and future-state process flows and conceptual models.
• Identify opportunities for standardization and consolidation across permitting programs.
• Document statutory, regulatory, and operational constraints affecting permitting processes.
• Collaborate with IT staff to identify integration, data, reporting, and security considerations.
• Maintain discovery documentation, findings, and recommendations in accordance with PMO standards.
• Support the development of executive summaries, findings report, and leadership report-outs.
• Participate in validation sessions to confirm accuracy and completeness of documented findings.

Requirements:

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience conducting business analysis on large or complex IT initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead requirements elicitation through interviews, workshops, and document analysis.
• Strong experience documenting current-state business processes and workflows.
• Experience assessing multiple applications or systems that support similar business functions.
• Ability to identify commonalities, variations, and opportunities for standardization across programs.
• Strong written documentation skills, including business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including program staff, IT teams, and leadership.
• Ability to facilitate discussions, manage differing perspectives, and drive consensus.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to evaluate options, risks, and constraints.
• Experience working within established PMO standards, templates, and governance processes.
• Excellent communication skills for engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience with permitting, licensing, regulatory, or case management systems.
• Experience working in government or public-sector IT environments.
• Familiarity with ePermitting platforms or workflow-based SaaS solutions.
• Knowledge of enterprise integrations such as identity management, payments, GIS, or document management systems.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar collaboration platforms.

Key Attributes:

• Highly analytical and detail-oriented.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to build trust across programs and stakeholder groups.
• Effective facilitator who can guide productive discussions and capture clear outcomes.
• Proactive problem-solver who identifies risks and issues early.
• Organized, dependable, and committed to delivering high-quality documentation.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in environments with evolving priorities and constraints.

This position reports to the client IT PMO Supervisor and will work closely with client permitting program staff, supervisors, and enterprise service teams. The roles will utilize client IT standards, processes, software, and tools to deliver consistent and high-quality discovery outputs.