Sr. Business Analyst

Education: A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or other related field.

Certifications:

1.      Six Sigma certification or similar business analysis and engineering certifications

2.      SCRUM Master or Product Owner certification.

Required Experience:

1.      12+ years' experience in business process reengineering and documentation.

2.      Experience must also be in a professional environment in a financial discipline.

3.      Experience with business process tools and how they were deployed for a successful outcome

Job Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

1.      Knowledge of financial management best practices which can be translated to transportation financial practices.

2.      Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.

3.      Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.

4.      Ability to work effectively with users and a project team, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement, or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.

5.      Ability to develop and manage business and information systems technical documentation in accordance with the Department's standards.

6.      Knowledge of relational database theories and concepts.

7.      Skill in testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements and designs were met in the product.

8.      Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and prioritize work assignments for him/herself or lower-level analysts.

9.      Skill in accurately preparing schedule estimates for requirements analysis and computer programming tasks in a computer application maintenance environment.

10.  Ability to work effectively with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Technical Architects to build efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of business applications utilizing all established Departmental standards.

11.  Ability to prepare complex computer program specifications.

12.  Ability to prepare computer program test plans and to create test databases and test environments.

13.  Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.

14.  Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

15.  Experience working on accounting and financial computing applications and monitoring complex interfaces with external systems.

16.  Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies and practices.

17.  Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework.

Preferred KSAs:

1.      Skill in performing QA reviews and provide valuable feedback in determining that standards are met and that documents are complete and comprehensive.

2.      Knowledge of mainframe programming languages, computer systems and supporting software.

3.      Skill in data conversion techniques, data cleansing approaches and validating data relationships.

4.      Basic knowledge of Universal Modeling Language (UML) and supporting enterprise tools to document business processes and data lineage, collect requirements, develop test scripts, and manage traceability.

Responsibilities:

1.    Participate in efforts to define the impact on Department computing assets from the implementation of Florida PALM standard business process model, chart of accounts, and PeopleSoft solution. Produce deliverables including, but not limited to business process diagrams and narratives, business requirements, program specifications, and supporting business processes, data conversion and technical impact analyses.

2.    Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies and best practices, and automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the Department for required changes to complex financial-related business processes to align with the Florida PALM solution.

3.    Detail data element inputs and outputs for Department computing assets interfacing with Department of Financial Services FLAIR. Inputs may include, but not limited to, manual data entry, direct access via scripting solutions, and batch uploads. Outputs can include data extracts, outgoing interfaces, and reports.

4.    Prepare specifications to communicate Department specific functional requirements for the FPST transition efforts and address dependencies with other interfacing computing assets and external stakeholder interfaces. Oversee the development of testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed.

5.    Assist in the business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing FPST efforts in the enterprise environment.

6.    Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the Department's internal financial-related systems and interfaces from/to the Florida PALM solution.

7.    Document business cases and feasibility studies. Facilitate work sessions to elicit and prioritize remediation requirements. Identify any functionality seen as needed, but missing, in Department maintained systems. Include analysis of outstanding remediation requests.

8.    Translate high level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or functional specifications.

9.    Coordinate the development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for computing asset remediation. Present to management, customer, and technical staff.

10.  Assist with User Acceptance Testing and Florida PALM cycle testing; Confer with Central Office and District personnel to ensure Department financial-related systems are performing as required.

11.  Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces.

12.  Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of business processes.

13.  Help manage user stories, the project backlog, and sprint backlogs.

14.  Prepare proposed business rules, develop, monitor, and implement knowledge transfer activities.

15.  Participate in SCRUM meetings including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives