Senior Business Systems Analyst - Technology Projects (Hybrid)

Senior Business Systems Analyst – Technology Projects (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Business Systems Analyst for their Vancouver, Washington location.  In this role, you will perform systems analysis, interfacing with users to support functional requirements development, analysis of tools and techniques to support the development of systems, troubleshooting, analysis, performance monitoring and improvement of systems used by the Operations functions.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits!  If you this position aligns with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Senior Business Systems Analyst:

• Supporting Requirements Development:
  • Conduct interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit application requirements.
  • Research, analyze, model and organize information for developing requirements.
  • Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to distinguish between solution ideas and application needs.
  • Facilitate requirements validation sessions, identify gaps and present findings.
  • Resolve requirement conflicts between stakeholders.
  • Research, document, and validate current and future state processes and designs (functional and technical)
  • Help define approach, alternatives, and decision framework for alternative solutions analyses.
  • Help define and execute business analysis approaches.
  • Assess and document descriptions of complex technical systems
• Solution Development and Proposal:
  • Facilitate design sessions, key decisions, team meetings, sponsor meetings, and stakeholder engagement sessions
  • Facilitate/assist in technical process improvement initiatives.
  • Research and develop methods to automate repetitive manual data manipulations.
  • Assist in the development of Business Cases/Justifications for the identified improvement opportunities and present the proposed solutions in both verbal and written formats to key stakeholders and sponsors.
• Solution Build:
  • Prepare functional and technical documentation for hand-off to IT workgroups.
  • Work closely with IT development teams to encourage a smooth build.
  • Create queries and reports for extracting, manipulating, and reporting business architecture-related information.
  • Proactively communicate key updates and documents to team members, sponsors, and stakeholders
  • Support project manager in the maintenance of project information including scope, status, schedule, budget, forecast, risks and issues, resources
• Implementation and Change Management:
  • Support development and implementation of change management plans that reduce employee resistance and empower management as change sponsors.
  • Facilitate various system verification activities such as systems and user testing.
• Solution Maintenance:
  • Provide first line technical support to business users of the developed solutions.
  • Complete and improve user manuals, onboarding and training documentation.
• Promote the adherence to the Operational Technology Systems Life Cycle (OT SLC) processes:

Requirements for Business Systems Analyst:

• A degree in Information Technology, Technical Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business Systems, Computer Science or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
  • 10 years of experience is required with an applicable Associate’s degree.
  • 8 years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor’s degree.
  • 12 years of experience is required without a degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
• Advanced knowledge of Visio and/or other flowchart tools.
• Expert proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Utilizing requirements management tool.
• Expert knowledge in supporting full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle
• Expert knowledge in IT planning, functional and technical specifications, and system life-cycle (SLC) management.
• Experience Supporting Requirements Development, to include: 
• Conduct interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit business requirements
• Research, analyze, model and organize information for developing requirements
• Decompose high-level information and abstract up from low-level information to distinguish solution ideas from business needs
• Facilitate requirements validation sessions and present findings to stakeholders
• Collaborate to resolve requirements conflicts between stakeholders
• Research, document, and validate current and future state processes and designs (functional and technical)
• Help define best approaches, alternatives, and decision frameworks for alternative business solutions analyses.

**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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Job ID: 14471